Tonight, I got news that Sharlene was in the hospital and could not continue overseeing assignment editing this week, so, I was asked to take over. I was very thankful that she and Dr. Petrich believed in me to do such an important task. I emailed Wakaria back to tell her that her stories were not applicable to the content of SFJ, and then had to revise the stories Linda chose for the April 10 show. I clicked through and found a story that was repeated, so after about an hour of searching both the Sun-Sentinel website and the Palm Beach Post website, I found new stories for almost each student that week. I forwarded them to Sharlene and Dr. Petrich, and with two minor story changes, my stories were approved. I literally cannot wait to here the complete show this weekend. I'm so proud that this is pretty much my one chance to control the content on a show. It was a great experience and I thank Sharlene and Dr. Petrich for letting me take that on. Feel better, Sharlene!
Monday: March 31, 2014
I received an email from Dr. Petrich this morning about a Broadcast student's amazing chance to interview FAU's newly elected President. Veronica Santiago got the chance to interview Dr. Kelly and Dr. Petrich wanted to make sure we upload the picture she got after the interview. I uploaded it onto the Facebook page. I was shocked to see a reporter get such a great and memorable interview, pretty much as soon as the new President was elected. It's nice to see our future A-Team members out in the field, and seeing them smile as they report/interview.
Tuesday: April 1, 2014
Dr. Petrich started class by telling the Broadcast class that they were going to have an exam. APRIL FOOL'S! I love the fact that the students weren't upset about it, but laughed it off. It really shows how they're growing up!
I felt sort of sad today because there were no two-ways scheduled! That's my THING! I absolutely love editing them and recording the kids. They really improved and know exactly what sounds good and bad in a two-way recording session.
Well, I put my efforts into helping with spot stories today instead, especially Nick's story. Over the weekend, we exchanged emails about editing his draft of his second spot story. I came in to class about an hour early to help him in the studio, putting the last touches on his story before presentation in class. Nick has absorbed so much this semester, and I can see him really enjoying being part of the A-Team next semester. He knew what I was going to pick out in his story as we listened together, and he continued to finish my sentences even when looking at his script.
In class, I sat through the entire Spot story critique, which I never got to do before because I am always in the studio recording the two-ways. This was interesting because from the first week, I saw such improvement. I remember Dr. Petrich saying, please A-Team, let the Broadcast kids attack each other's story first and then jump in when the time is right, letting them talk first. Well, by the time I had a chance to say my comment, I felt like my words didn't hold value because the kids all took what I was going to say. I can see now why Dr. Petrich gets such joy from teaching. It's because the kids he teaches gain knowledge and are truly interested in journalism. It almost put a tear in my eye.
Also bringing a tear to my eye was Hector's speech during class time. He said that he feels like he, and the other students, were ready to take on Advanced Broadcast Journalism and that he has learned a lot from the Tuesday A-Team! Yay that's me! Well, it made me realize that my college career is almost over, and that it really can't be over yet. No! I'm never leaving Advanced Broadcast Journalism, Dr. Petrich!
After that touching talk, I worked through the class break and to the end of class aiding Nick in editing his Spot story, that needed more condensed language. It was tricky, but I think we did really well. I went in and recorded him also.
In the mean time, I snapped a photo for Facebook of Nick editing his story, and added two more posts- one about the blog Markella created, to generate more page views, and another post about a teaser for the show that week.
When I was done helping Nick edit and record his story, I went into the studio to record a new Wavelengths promo at Dr. Petrich's request. The best part about this recording session was that both Taylor and I recorded while Hector and Nick were the engineers. It was the first time that Broadcast kids and A-Team members switched positions in the studio. I was so elated. The boys did a great job adjusting levels, and took great direction with adjusting earphone volumes.
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