BROADCAST

JOURNALISM

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    Fall shows; behind the scenes

    This video is a behind the scenes of Fall Shows, it includes backstage views of makeup, costumes, and set, as well as exclusive interviews from all the directors. This was my first ever video product, and I filmed and edited everything myself. I wanted to get really up close and personal with the subjects to be able to tell the story of putting on the productions as in-depth as the actors and technicians would tell it.

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    Students attend Thespians Festival

    This video follows a group of theater students as they attend a state festival at the Gaylord Texan. This video was QR coded content for our papers entertainment page. One thing we really wanted to put emphasis on as a leadership team was creating more QR coded content, so it was exciting that I had the opportunity to contribute to that.

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    Students Juggle work and school

    This video was QR coded media connected to my center-spread from our second issue this school year; “Students In the Workforce.” I was really excited about this project because it gave me the opportunity to have a package of work that included reporting, design, and broadcast created all by me. Overall, I was very proud of this video.

TEACHING MYSELF BROADCAST

Trying something new

When I was first encouraged to join newspaper by my advisor, it was clear that my strengths would be in print writing and design and in my first few years those are the skills I really worked on perfecting. It was important to my advisor that I was really strong in these categories in order to set me up for success as an editor-in-chief my junior year. Once I settled in to this role, I found myself drawn to Photo and Broadcast Journalism, knowing I hadn’t explored these subjects as thoroughly, especially Broadcast. However, this desire came right at the start of my junior year, and one of the years bringing the most change for our publication. Because of this I had to find a way to dip my toes in the world of broadcast while maintaining my responsibilities as the print-editor-in-chief and designer and writer for our double-truck. One thing I know about my journalism style is that I am incredibly independent. I wanted to teach myself how to shoot, interview, and edit to tell stories through broadcast.

Discovering my strengths and weaknesses

Although it took me a while to begin producing Broadcast content, I am incredibly proud of the few projects I’ve done. Especially considering I was self-taught. Above all, I hope that my broadcast products can tell stories as effectively and with as much heart as my writing and print design have.

Closing thoughts

Early on when I begin learning Broadcast, I quickly notices some things that came naturally and others that I knew were going to be a challenge. For one, I noticed that I would have a surplus of quality B-roll after a session of shooting, and this made it a little easier to tackle one element that would be very difficult for me, editing. The dispatch uses Premiere pro to edit video products, and I had never used it so getting to know the functions was a process to say the least. But again, the engaging b-roll helped tremendously by guiding my editing choices, and informing where I imported and overlayed snippets of different interviews.

Photojournalism