life...or something like it

Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Ohhh my...

This has been a crazy week...and it's only Tuesday. I reported for the news on Monday...and ended up talking to a few gas station managers in the area about the rise in gas prices. They were all hit pretty hard by the building of the new Sheetz and didn't want to go on record talking about anything. I used the information I got to do a voicer, though....so it wasn't all bad. Last night was the gay marriage debate that I covered for radio news....eventually to be turned into a web story. The debate was pretty good...but I found out that students expected more of the argument to be based on fact and not just on opinion. I thought that was a good point. The debators could've been a little more prepared. The one guy was much younger and did a better job of appealing to the audience...but the other guy seemed to back up his argument a little better. I got a few student interviews, and I caught up with both the speakers and interviewed them also. I ended up getting some good sound to turn into a wrap for the web. That's about it for this week...one more day til break!!! :)

Thursday, April 06, 2006

and it starts...

Well...tomorrow is my 21st birthday, so since I'll be officially legal, what better way to start the year than blogging! I only have about a month left before I will be a senior broadcast major. Time has gone by waaaay too fast...let me tell you. I started out as a business major my freshman year, and ended up switching to broadcasting after so many people in the major said how sweet it was. Well, broadcasting is a like its own world at Westminster. I really love the atmosphere around our little area of Thompson-Clark. The people are so fun...and they all work incredibly hard at what they do. Me? I like doing news. I've pretty much done a little bit of everything in broadcasting--DJ shifts, news producing and anchoring, producing packages for TCL, titan crew, behind the scenes on TCL, remotes, etc. This semester was my first time producing a newscast...and I'll be doing it again next semester for broadcast journalism. I really like it so far...the fast-paced atmosphere especially. I've also learned how to manage others better and help them to meet deadlines. I hope to get a lot better...I'll keep ya posted!! There's a lot more to come...