Started as a regional publication, School Video News has grown in popularity and content since its inception in 2007.  Originally a four page newsletter featuring product recommendations and a single case study, SVN includes articles on all aspects of K-12 video production:  lighting and audio, set construction tips, increasing production values, case studies, projects and profiles of other schools.  In addition to technical articles by industry professionals, there are product reviews, student projects, event coverage, and industry/academic news as it relates to TV/Video production.

"Over time, we have seen many teachers who with little or no TV production experience or training suddenly being put in the role of creating not just a curriculum, but in some cases an entire production facility,” says John Churchman, publisher of School Video News.  “One of our primary goals is to help teachers expose, train and nurture an on-going technical competence and understanding in those students that demonstrate an aptitude and interest in TV production as a possible career after graduation.”

School Video News is published monthly. Subscriptions are free.

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Barry S. Britt

Barry S. Britt executive producer and co-founder of Soundzabound Royalty Free Music.  After being hired to head up the content and Professional development divisions at Soundzabound, Barry began educating the K-12 educators on various technologies and compliance in 1998.  As and ASCAP member with 20 years of experience in music and digital copyright, Barry also studied professional music at Berklee College of Music in Boston and classical music at Clayton State College in Atlanta.  By trade, Barry is a songwriter, producer and instrumentalist who has gone on to ventures in film, video, broadcast, podcasting and web 2.0 applications for education.  Barry lives in Atlanta, GA with his wife and daughter.

Phillip L. Harris

Phillip L. Harris taught Television Production for 34 years in Northern Virginia, before retiring in June ‘06.  As a consultant, he helps to design curricula and build production facilities throughout the country. In 2006, his high school textbook Television Production was published by Goodheart-Willcox, Co., Inc. Phil is passionate about sharing his successful curriculum and facility design tips with fellow TV broadcasting instructors and, to that end, is a session presenter and contest judge at many conferences (SIPA, JEA, STN, ITEA, VENE, FETC and ACTE, TSA, SkillsUSA to name a few).  Phil works closely with the Radio and Television News Director’s Foundation where he manages the RTNDF Tips and Tricks column.  He can be reached in Northern Virginia at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .  

Dr. Fred Ginsburg

Fred Ginsburg C.A.S. Ph.D. MBKS is a Production Sound Mixer with over two decades of experience on feature films, episodic television, national commercials, corporate, and government. He is the author of over 100 articles as well as the textbook, "Guide to the Nagra and Production Sound Recording". Fred is a member of the Cinema Audio Society and the BKSTS (International Moving Image Society); along with being active in the University Film & Video Association. Fred is president of the Equipment Emporium Inc., a leading supplier of sound recording equipment and video editing equipment (VideoEditSystems.com). Dr. Ginsburg also teaches at the California State University Northridge; and is available for seminars/workshops.

Michael Schoonmaker

Michael Schoonmaker is chairman of the Television Radio Film Department at the Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University.  He began his production career at MTV, then moved to NBC's Olympic Unit coverage of the 1988 Games.  He has spent more than fourteen years working with K-12 students and teachers.



 

Kenny Valenzuela

Kenny Valenzuela, Director of New Business Development and Technical Support, has an MBA in Marketing from Tulane University and a BA in Radio-TV Film Production from San Jose State University. He was a freelance video producer and editor prior to joining Prompter People.

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Dr. Ron Wittaker

Dr. Ron Whittaker has authored several books and more than 100 articles in film, radio and television. He has served as a writer, photographer and section editor for major broadcasting magazines.

His professional background includes full-time work as newspaper and magazine columnist and photographer, a TV producer-director of hundreds of hours of TV programming, a TV newscaster, a radio announcer, and a professor of broadcasting at two universities. Dr Whittaker is the creator of CyberCollege TV Production Course

Rob Zdrojewski

Rob Zdrojewski (a.k.a. Mr. Z) is a Technology Education Teacher at Amherst Middle School, NY and founder of SchoolTVmadeEasy.com  As an Adobe Education Leader and Adobe Community Expert, Rob's expertise has enabled hundreds of educational, corporate, and personal users of Adobe's Visual Communicator software to create professional green screened newscasts and presentations for a variety of uses.  He presents at national conferences and offers professional development workshops, training and consulting.  Rob has produced the Visual Communicator Made Easy training DVD series, and is a SchoolTube.com featured teacher/blogger at AskMrZblog.com In 2007, T.H.E. Journal Magazine named Rob as one of the "Most Innovative Educators of 2007" for creating the Amherst Tech TV program.  Visit their official website at AmherstTechTV.org.