Week of February 16, 2014

Tuesday: February 18, 2014

Chris and Aramei presented their two-way in class today, and I helped critique them. Chris just needs to watch his pacing, and that was something I had to deal with also last semester. I'm from New Jersey, and we tend to speak fast there. So I definitely had to adjust.

After, Kylie and I recorded their two-way. I think Aramei needs to loosen up a bit. I can't tell if it's nerves, or if she's just a really quiet person. But when I sit on the opposite side of the mic and listen in my headphones, she just sounds a bit disconnected. Kylie and I tried to get her to change her voice a bit and add more inflection, but she just wasn't taking to direction.

After them, Hector and Alyssa had their two-way, as I recorded theirs too. I stayed after classs to edit Chris' two-way by cleaning it up a bit. I also stayed late to help Briana find ambient sound for her story, while helping her position it where it made sense in her story. She already had an idea, and with Dr. Petrich peering over my shoulder, he agreed on a slight move. It's so nice to see a student as bright as Briana get the editing process so early in the game. It's a little bit of a teary-eyed moment for me too. My teaching, as well as other A-Team members' and Dr. Petrich's teaching, have been wearing off!

I added a promo for this week's show on Facebook, making sure to highlight the first Beat Story being aired from the Fall semester of Coverage of Public Affairs. I'm sure they're excited!

I also uploaded a picture of the in-class practice session for Aramei and Chris' two-way.

Earlier today, I received an email from Sharlene with the list of Approved Story Assignments for this week's show. I sent an email out to the Social Media Team including the document containing the story links, and made sure each member had a task of uploading each social media outlet with those promos.

Thursday: February 20, 2014

I did not attend production this week, but will be attending next week. I did create a promo for Facebook though, once I saw the Co-Host script uploaded into Drop Box.