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2023 Ag Comm CDE

General Information

Meeting ID: 952 1786 9233
Password: 2023CDE

Click Here to Access the Zoom Link for the Press Conference

Press Conference Materials 

Click Here for the Powerpoint slides from the press conference
Click Here for Fact Sheet
Click Here for Speaker Bios

Practicums

Web Practicum
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Click Here to Access Web Practicum Assets Bins
Web Designer
Task: Develop a WordPress site.
Time: 90 minutes to complete the practicum.
Item to turn in: When completed, please submit the URL of your WordPress site.
Instructions: Use the press packet and information that was gathered in the press conference to develop a WordPress site. The objective is to communicate the press conference speaker’s organization through appropriate design, navigation and use of provided photos and graphics. The designer may use the provided WordPress templates or customize the template. If you haven’t created a WordPress account, click on this link to access Wordpress.
click here to submit your Web Practicum Page Link

Video Practicum
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Video Producer
Task: Create a 60-90 second video.
Time: 90 minutes to complete the practicum.
Item to turn in: When completed, you have two options to turn in the video:
          1. Directly upload your video file
          2. If you posted the video on YouTube, submit the YouTube video URL
Instructions: Use the selection of video clips, photos, and music and will create a 60-90 second video that promotes the client’s product or service. Students will not be recording a voice track. We recommend using Adobe Premiere Pro to create the video, but other software is allowed. If you haven’t created a free YouTube video, click on this click to access YouTube.
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Click here to submit your video practicum youtube link

Journalistic Practicum 
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Click here to submit your journalistic practicum file
Journalistic Writer
Task: Write a news story (350 - 500 words)
Time: 90 minutes to complete the practicum.
Item to turn in: When completed, please upload a Word document of the news story.
Instructions: Writers will write a 350-500 word journalistic piece based on the press packet and information that was gathered in the press conference. It should be written for an appropriate audience, have a strong focus and lead (opening paragraph) and include a headline.
Notes: A news story discusses current or recent news of either general interest (i.e. daily newspapers) or of a specific topic (i.e. political or trade news magazines, club newsletters, or technology news websites). A news story can include accounts of eyewitnesses to the happening event. It can contain photographs, accounts, statistics, graphs, recollections, interviews, polls, debates on the topic, etc. Headlines can be used to focus the reader's attention on a particular (or main) part of the article. The writer should also give facts and detailed information following answers to general questions like who, what, when, where, why and how.

Opinion Practicum 
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Opinion Writer
Task: Write a Op-Ed (250 - 300 words)
Time: 90 minutes to complete the practicum.
Item to turn in: When completed, please upload a Word Document of the blog post.
Instructions: Writers are to write a 250 - 300 word piece that takes a position and supports it with evidence based on the press packet and information that was gathered in the press conference. It should be written for an appropriate audience, have a strong focus and lead (opening paragraph) and include a headline.
Notes: An op-ed, short for "opposite the editorial page", is a written prose piece, typically published by a North-American newspaper or magazine, which expresses the opinion of an author usually not affiliated with the publication's editorial board. Op-eds are different from both editorials (opinion pieces submitted by editorial board members) and letters to the editor (opinion pieces submitted by readers).

Editing and Communication Quiz

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  • Home
  • UMN AECM Programs
    • Ag Education Major
    • Ag Communication & Marketing Major
    • The Minnesota Model
  • Ag, Food and Environmental Stories
    • Virtual Field Trips >
      • Dairy Industry Virtual Field Trip
      • Natural Resource Sciences
      • Turkey Farm Tours
      • A Trip to the Apple Orchard
      • Grain and Crops Virtual Field Trip
      • Beef Industry Virtual Field Trip
      • Sheep Industry
      • Professional Development in Agriculture
    • UMN Student Produced Videos
    • UMN Student Produced Podcasts >
      • Livestock Themed Podcasts
      • Campus Life Themed Podcasts
      • Food Themed Podcasts
      • Future of Ag Themed Podcasts
      • Career Exploration and Development Themed Podcasts
      • Policy, Plants and More Podcasts
      • Mini Documentary Episodes
    • NACT Award Winning Projects >
      • 2022 NACT Award Winning Projects
      • 2021 NACT Award Winning Projects
      • 2020 NACT Award Winning Projects
  • K-12 Teacher Resources
    • AFSA Presentation FA22
    • Lesson Plans
    • Ag Comm CDE Preparation
    • Digital Media Production Tools >
      • Online Teaching Tools
      • Video Editing Resources
      • Podcasting Resources
      • Web Design Resources
      • Graphic Design Resources
  • Ag Comm CDE Welcome Page
    • 2023 Ag Comm CDE
  • Contact