Week of February 23, 2014

This week is a bit of a hiatus for the Advanced Students, myself included, because there is no show this week, and the Broadcast students are taking a Midterm exam.

Even though there wasn't a mentoring session this Tuesday, I still made sure the Facebook page was updated. I added a link to listen to the newest show.

I also had my turn this weekend in finding Two-Way stories to assign to the Broadcast students. I sent an email out Monday morning to the students in the Tuesday class, and sent an email to the two students doing Two-Ways the week after Spring Break. I'm so excited to see how these kids find the tension and turn these articles into interview pieces. It's still surreal to see how I assign an article, and the Broadcast kids bring it to life. 

Thursday: February 27, 2014

Dr. Petrich treated his "A-Team" to lunch today!  Thank you so much for this delicious "nice" Italian lunch! Today we reflected as a class about how far we have come, along with the Broadcast kids too. It's unreal to be at the halfway point in the semester already. Can I repeat these last two semesters, please? I'm going to miss Broadcast and Advanced so much. 

After the relaxing and reflective lunch, we headed into the studios and recorded a couple Wavelengths promos. I was the engineer, along with Markella, for the entire class, as no one was willing to help us with our recordings. We stayed after class to make sure we could record each other too. 

As I sat back recording each student, it's great to hear how far we've all come. Some people had more trouble than others in the beginning with inflections, but now we are all so well trained in picking up where we didn't feel comfortable with something we said. We know when to stop and ask to re-record. 

Along with engineering the recording sessions, I snapped a photo for the Facebook page. It's always nice to be on the other side of the mic, as I watch the Broadcast kids hog it each and every Tuesday! Just kidding about the hogging part, but it's definitely something I miss. 

Because the show is taking a bit of a break from production, because of Spring Break and midterm exams, I made sure to let our Facebook fans know of our hiatus. Is this semester really half over? Where's the rewind button?