500 Word Summary

500 Word Summary

Spring semester was very different then the fall semester as I was expected to do more and I feel like in this semester I have enhanced my abilities to become even better in the upcoming fall semester.

                This semester I shot sports and news and I think both have had a big effect on me.  When it came to sports I often shot with Tony, Justin, or Ryan. They all taught me different techniques to make myself better and make the videos better.  With Tony I shot Basketball, Softball, and even Tennis he was very hands on, always trying to focus on the play at hand and trying to anticipate where the play will be. Justin and Ryan both where great guys to shoot with as well as they tried to get the best shots for the packages, what they wanted be too shoot more was cutaways, player profiles, and team discussions. In addition to shooting I also worked on Mocs Sports Talk with Ryan and Tony this really helped me learn more about the studio especially the audio board and being prepared for technical problems. I really enjoyed working on Mocs Sports Talk and our new format where we used a timer on topics, and I hope we get to do it again next semester.  

               I also took part in the News show again this semester and I felt like I was given more responsibility, I even wrote a reader for the news show. I know it is cheesy to say but Austen’s professionalism and Rachel’s leadership was really inspiring to me and I would love to host or produce the News Show in the future. Near the end of the semester I also started to go to the sports show and I really enjoyed shooting that and I really want to continue with them. The only thing I feel like I did not take much of an effort in this semester was editing, however, I think being in Broadcast Writing will help me continue to work on my editing skills and possibly work on my producing skills. 

               I know it sounds I keep talking about the future, but taking classes such as Practicum and Media Writing and my internship are making very excited for next semester and getting more involved. I believe Rachel and Katie have done a great job as freshmen this year and I want to bring some competition between the three of us and I really look forward to that.

               This semester has been a lot of using skills last semester and putting them to use, now I cannot wait for next semester to be here so I can be ready to take charge and be a part of the News Show, Sports Show, Mocs Sports Talk, and using skills in learn in Broadcast Writing to write more readers for Olivia and become a big part of the communication department.  I know this is a lot but I think having a lot to do is better for me.