... And school's back in session! Well, Spring Break flew by and all I did was get excited over this week! I'm co-hosting again and I couldn't be more thrilled. Today, I uploaded a picture from the Coverage of Public Affairs class that Markella sent to me, since I couldn't be there. I like how now they have a type of Progress Report due, which allows them to present an outline of what's to come for their semester Beat Story project. This gives them more structure, something the Coverage class needed last semester. Group projects always seem to take a turn for the worst, but it's good that this is a driving force for successful works at the end of the semester.
Tuesday: March 11, 2014
Mentoring day is always my favorite. Today, I got the amazing chance to hear one of the two-ways I assigned come to life. Kimberly and Chris practiced in class, and talked about the entryway beautification plans for Coral Springs. I've never been to that area, and I was excited to see how she'd bring tension to the story, so it wouldn't sound PR-ish. I engineered the two-way recording also.
Something I had Kim do while in the studio was a little sneaky, but I knew it would work. Because she became nervous as her interview went on in the recording booth, I called her back in alone, and asked her a couple questions relating to her story that she could expand upon. She didn't know I was recording. I wish someone did that to me when I had my two-way. It was so much easier for her to speak to me as a peer, or a friend, than to sound rehearsed when talking to her co-host. I'm the queen of nerves, so when I saw how relaxed she was talking to me, I wished someone thought of this when I was in her shoes. I ended up using both of her responses to my questions in her two-way edits. It just added a bit more original reporting that was needed in her first draft.
While Kim and Chris practiced their two-way in class, I shot a 30-second video of her responding to the first question. Check Facebook for the entire clip.
Wednesday: March 12, 2014
Today I put out a teaser for this week's show on Facebook. I'm counting down the hours until I'm co-host again. I'm actually updating this blog now and annotating the script/ marking inflections at the same time. No, I don't love being part of the Advanced Broadcast class- what made you think that?
Thursday: March 13, 2014
I attended today's production class, as I was one of the co-hosts. Before I get started talking about today, I want to make mention that I added a photo to the Facebook page of our tasks at hand for the day! This gives the students an idea of what the process on production day is like for SFJ.
I am going to miss co-hosting so much, and I was very lucky to be able to do that twice this semester. While in the studio, it reminded me that I only knew four people really well going into this semester, and now, I feel like I know everyone's backstory. For example, Addison engineered my co-hosting with Taylor, and we had such a blast together that we all couldn't stop laughing for some odd reason before we got our serious faces on and recorded. It's those unexplainable times that I'll always remember from SFJ.
After I recorded the co-host script, I edited out all the whispers and mess-ups, and cleaned up the recording before having to leave for my next class in Boca. I really regret signing up for a class that causes me to cut my SFJ production day short. I love the atmosphere on any given Thursday and wish I didn't have to leave and attend a lecture each week. It makes me realize that Journalism is my love, and Sociology (my class that night) is just fine as my minor!
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