Yup that's the truth, the semester is finally winding down. I never did understand why all professors assign big projects that are all due around the same time immediately before or after Thanksgiving break, but oh well. I'm just about finished with all of them, so I'm doin' just fine.
What I did in BC this week: The aircheck is back! It hasn't been working for most of the semester, but now it's fixed and I can continue airchecking my news and dj shifts! Unfortunately I kept forgetting my tape this week. All the usual stuff went well, though. I was especially hyper during my radio shift Tuesday, and our newscast Wed went great; good stories, good flow, good sound!
Career Planning: I talked to Marshall Adams yesterday about my internship. I'm really looking forward to it, it sounds like I'm gonna do a lot of fun stuff. Since I don't live in the area, I'm free to spend all day in the newsroom. I'm gonna sit it on some newscasts and talk shows, go out with the reporters, and get to know a lot of the staff and stuff. I have to work out the details still...I've been focusing so much on my schoolwork that I need to take a day to settle the exact dates that I'm going and where I'm going to stay and such.
What's happenin' in the biz: Ugh, has reality tv gone too far? I was glancing through tvweek.com and saw an article about UPN. They're planning a reality-based show to pick a female singer and merge her into TLC . Surviving members T-boz and Chili are planning on making a new record, and this show would add their winner to the group for the new record. This is interesting on a number of levels... it sort of takes "American Idol" from Fox and raises the stakes ...also... what will TLC sound like with someone new? A lot of TLC fans may not like this change. I also wonder if they'll change their name (which I doubt) because the "L" is for Lisa "left-eye" Lopez, who passed away a few years ago. In any case, I'm not a big fan of this idea.
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Progress Report
So this week our blogs are focusing on an update of our senior project. Well I'm happy to say that I am DONE! Well, for now at least. LOL.
I finished creating, editing, and burning to disc both my DJ resume tape and radio news resume tape. Yesterday I mailed them both to my previously identified "off-campus professionals." I included a cover letter and resume for good measure (and possible critiquing). Now I wait for them to critique the tapes and send back their suggestions! I think I did a really good job with my stuff and I am anxious to hear what my contacts in the business think.
As for registering for my last semester EVER.... YAY! Who could be sad about that? Lord knows I can't afford one more year here. I do enjoy the atmosphere though. If I could get hired by the college to hang out and continuing doing all the things I do with the TV and radio station and live in the "dorm" environment...yeah, it would be doable. For awhile at least. But at the same time, there are a lot of things here that I, like everyone else, have grown tired of and am ready to move on from.
I'm not worried about the future or anything like that. Right now I'm just taking things one step at a time, to make sure I do everything I want to do here and get through it all unscathed. To say that I'm not looking to the future would be a stretch, because I am working on my January internship and heading into final semester and narrowing down the job search and all...but we'll just say it's not weighing on my mind right now.
Everyone have a good weekend! Good luck to Pat in the musical, and come see the football game at home this Saturday at 1, because it's senior recognition and the last game of our college careers! Julie will be with the cheerleaders at pre-game, and Amy and I are at halftime with the marching band. Yay!
I finished creating, editing, and burning to disc both my DJ resume tape and radio news resume tape. Yesterday I mailed them both to my previously identified "off-campus professionals." I included a cover letter and resume for good measure (and possible critiquing). Now I wait for them to critique the tapes and send back their suggestions! I think I did a really good job with my stuff and I am anxious to hear what my contacts in the business think.
As for registering for my last semester EVER.... YAY! Who could be sad about that? Lord knows I can't afford one more year here. I do enjoy the atmosphere though. If I could get hired by the college to hang out and continuing doing all the things I do with the TV and radio station and live in the "dorm" environment...yeah, it would be doable. For awhile at least. But at the same time, there are a lot of things here that I, like everyone else, have grown tired of and am ready to move on from.
I'm not worried about the future or anything like that. Right now I'm just taking things one step at a time, to make sure I do everything I want to do here and get through it all unscathed. To say that I'm not looking to the future would be a stretch, because I am working on my January internship and heading into final semester and narrowing down the job search and all...but we'll just say it's not weighing on my mind right now.
Everyone have a good weekend! Good luck to Pat in the musical, and come see the football game at home this Saturday at 1, because it's senior recognition and the last game of our college careers! Julie will be with the cheerleaders at pre-game, and Amy and I are at halftime with the marching band. Yay!
Thursday, November 04, 2004
Election week
This was a very busy week for everyone everywhere, I'm sure. Especially for those in the news - and those of us working on the news here at WC were no different (except we didnt have to stay up and live until 3 am or so waiting for results. hehe.)
What I did this week in BC: Like I said, busy week. On Election Day I went to nearby Hermitage to do a live report on the iniative on the ballot that would consolidate 5 municipalities in the Shenango Valley. As expected, it failed. However, the live went pretty well. I also had my usual radio shifts - and some really funny material this week! And radio news went over just fine.
Career planning: Well, it's mostly official now that I'm going to spend a week in North Carolina as an intern at WBT- AM. I'm kinda nervous! But I'm sure things will go great. Also, I'm putting together my resume tapes and things are going pretty well there. I need to go buy some cds though, so I can burn them from minidisc to CD to get them sent out.
This week in the 'biz: This week's big story was of course, continuing coverage of the election. Part of this was speculation in part due to exit polls, which were showing Sen. Kerry ahead of President Bush. Most networks avoided announcing results until facts were checked and double checked, especially because of the mess last election, and obviously the exit polls turned out to be pretty wrong. Now, exit polls are not concrete evidence, but its interesting to see how they were misleading. This article talks about exit polls and people in the business's reactions to the way things happened Tuesday night.
What I did this week in BC: Like I said, busy week. On Election Day I went to nearby Hermitage to do a live report on the iniative on the ballot that would consolidate 5 municipalities in the Shenango Valley. As expected, it failed. However, the live went pretty well. I also had my usual radio shifts - and some really funny material this week! And radio news went over just fine.
Career planning: Well, it's mostly official now that I'm going to spend a week in North Carolina as an intern at WBT- AM. I'm kinda nervous! But I'm sure things will go great. Also, I'm putting together my resume tapes and things are going pretty well there. I need to go buy some cds though, so I can burn them from minidisc to CD to get them sent out.
This week in the 'biz: This week's big story was of course, continuing coverage of the election. Part of this was speculation in part due to exit polls, which were showing Sen. Kerry ahead of President Bush. Most networks avoided announcing results until facts were checked and double checked, especially because of the mess last election, and obviously the exit polls turned out to be pretty wrong. Now, exit polls are not concrete evidence, but its interesting to see how they were misleading. This article talks about exit polls and people in the business's reactions to the way things happened Tuesday night.
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