Week of January 12, 2014

Tueday: January 14, 2014

I am so pleased to take on the role of Social Media Coordinator for the South Florida Journal. Today, I took the time to show the Broadcast students the Facebook page. The class suggested even more ways my social media team can utilize different media to promote the show. Some suggestions were taking photos or videos of reporters and featuring them on Instagram and/or Facebook. Another great suggestion was the creation of a Twitter page which would showcase breaking news.

After a short break, I led a couple students- Kimberly, Jadarius and Aramei to a recording room to record their own voices as they read my Beat Story from last semester. Reading a script cold is hard, so I showed them how to find words to emphasize with inflections and make it their own. We went through the basics of editing their voice tracks, seeing how much they absorbed from class time. In between the fade-ins and outs, and the adjusting amplitude, I had the students go through some possible practical exam questions to get them prepared.

I can already see how the class could see Jadarius as the next Addison H. of South Florida Journal. His deep voice is really lovely on air. I saw that from this mini recording session.

I also updated the South Florida Journal Facebook page with a picture of Shanea editing her voice tracks while in the recording studio. She seemed really excited to be starting a new-type of hands on class.

Thursday: January 16, 2014

WORKSHOP

Today we got to go into the studio and get our voices back on track. With not having practiced my Broadcast voice since last semester, I felt a little rusty. So, I went into the recording studio with Tina and Addison to listen and record their run-through of the Co-Host script for the first show of the semester. Being able to laugh over the mess-ups, and joke about them later, already shows me that my classmates and I will get even closer this semester. I'm excited for it all.

I also updated the Facebook page with a collage of the first voices we will hear on the first program of the semester. I can hardly wait for my turn as Co-Host!