Bowie State University News June 1, 2016 Students Become Mobile Reporters with Media Partnership Fan Media Network Hires Students as Interns, Equips Them with Mobile Devices Bowie State University students taking mobile journalism courses can now gain real-world reporting experience as video correspondents with a social media company that delivers sports news and commentary through a mobile app. Assistant Professor Allissa Richardson established a partnership with Fan Media Network<http://fanmedianetwork.com/> that created internships for Bowie State students to create and upload 30-second sports-related videos for users of the company's iPhone app to view, rank and share. Fan Media even donated the latest iPhone equipment to help the student interns produce high-quality videos. The company aims to build a network of iPhone journalists to provide professional and college sports information through news reporting, fan interviews, analysis, and more - Bowie State is Fan Media Network's first collegiate partner. With the connection, students can cover major sporting events as journalists and produce weekly videos. Last semester, three of Richardson's students - Ronald Baines, Robert Matthews, and Efrain Juarez - worked as interns to produce iPhone videos as part of their class. For Baines, a sport management senior, the internship helped him envision his future career. Fan Media Network even promoted one of his videos<http://fanmedia.co/14xCCpxs6j> on its Twitter account. "That's been a great opportunity to give my videos the chance to possibly go viral," he said. "Sports is what I love. There's nothing like going to a game and then to just walk around talking to people and enjoying the atmosphere. This is what I really want to do for the rest of my life." SANDRA M. PHOENIX Executive Director HBCU Library Alliance sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> 800-999-8558, ext. 4820 404-592-4820 Skype: sandra.phoenix1 Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/ Register here http://hbculibraries.org/html/2016meeting-form.html for the October 10,11 Membership Meeting in Atlanta. [Sized Coming Soon]NEW DIGS!!!! The HBCU Library Alliance is relocating to the Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library. July 1st is target date for transition. Stay tuned!!! LYRASIS, Inc. 1438 West Peachtree NW Suite 150 Atlanta,GA 30309 Toll Free: 1.800.999.8558 (LYRASIS) Fax: 404.892.7879 www.lyrasis.org<http://www.lyrasis.org/> Honor the ancestors, honor the children.