The first thing that I noticed about Channel 11’s broadcast was that they too started off with a synopsis of what stories they were going to be featuring on that newscast. I really like this because I can see if I have already seen the stories they are going to run that night.
The anchors were Melanie Moon and Rick Edlund. Melanie was wearing a red suit jacket with a white, button up, collard shirt underneath it. Rick was wearing a navy blue jacket with a whit, button up, collard shirt underneath it and a blue and white striped tie.
One of the reporters that I saw was Tony Miller. He did a story on the sex offender who abducted a little girl and sexually assaulted her. Tony’s stand-up was in
Belleville and he was not reporting live.
Another reporter was Grant Murphey and he did a story about the election. His stand-up was outside the White House, but he was not reporting live.
Lastly, Theresa Petry was reporting about the residency rule change for officers. She had no stand-up and she was reporting from inside the newsroom.
Some of the stories that I remember from the 9 o’clock newscast was the registered sex offender who kidnapped a girl from her school and tried to rape her. A neighbor heard this and stopped it from happening.
Another story that I remember was about a heart condition that makes it extremely difficult for people to even breathe. They interviewed an older woman named Mary Ann who had this condition. She now has a new heart valve and is feeling a lot better.
Lastly, I remember the story about two little puppies that were thrown over an overpass in St. Louis. This story breaks my heart. The one puppy ran away and the other one suffers two broken legs. They are posting a reward fee for anyone who knows who did it.
My overall impression of the newscast was that I thought it was good. I liked the anchors and all of the reporters seemed to know what they were doing. The anchors were very appropriately dressed and they did a great job of speaking. I think they seem credible, but outside this newscast, they seem to always have the news a lot later than everyone else. I always watch 2 and 5 for my news, because they are my favorites, but sometimes 11 will come on if I was watching something previously on that channel and I will watch it. Other than that, I don’t really have a desire to watch 11 news.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
TV Jobs Assignment
The first job I would apply for is in Joplin, Mo; they are a 145 Market. Their station is KSNF, and their news director’s name is Jim Jackson. The station is looking for a morning show co-anchor who can bring a sparking on-camera presence and interview skills to the show, and can interact well with the other co-anchor and forecaster. I would love this job because I could interview people and do other things besides anchoring. The distance would not be a problem for me because it is in the same state. That is definitely a plus. I picked this job over the other jobs because it is in the same state that I live in and because it is an entry level job.
The second job I would apply for is in the city of Wausau, WI; their station is WAOW. They are looking for a Reporter/videographer who can write compelling copy, shoot great video, edit stories into concise and easy-to understand reports and exhibit an aggressive desire to succeed, and a tape and resume. The market level is a 134, and the news director’s name is Randy Winter.
I would be willing to move here even though I don’t like the fact of moving so far away, but if I got the job, I would definitely go. The reason I picked this over the other jobs was that they were accepting entry level jobs and also I really liked their website. It was set up very nicely and made their station look very credible.
Lastly, I would be interested in applying for a job in was Rockford, Illinois; the station name is WTVO/WQRF. They are looking for a GA reporter/fill-in anchor who is aggressive, is creative, is highly motivated, loves to break local news stories, comes to the table with story ideas daily, is a team player, can handle the pressures of deadlines and breaking news in a competitive fashion; must be able to go live, with experience is a plus. Must have a tape, resume and references.
The market number for this city is a 132 market and the news director’s name is Kent Harrell.
I would be more than willing to move there for this job because I am from Missouri and it is only one state away from were I grew up. I picked this job over the other jobs because the other ones you needed to be in the business for x many years and I haven’t yet. What interests me about this one in particular is, yes, it is a smaller market, but it could be a lot smaller and also that it is pretty close to where I live is a plus.
The second job I would apply for is in the city of Wausau, WI; their station is WAOW. They are looking for a Reporter/videographer who can write compelling copy, shoot great video, edit stories into concise and easy-to understand reports and exhibit an aggressive desire to succeed, and a tape and resume. The market level is a 134, and the news director’s name is Randy Winter.
I would be willing to move here even though I don’t like the fact of moving so far away, but if I got the job, I would definitely go. The reason I picked this over the other jobs was that they were accepting entry level jobs and also I really liked their website. It was set up very nicely and made their station look very credible.
Lastly, I would be interested in applying for a job in was Rockford, Illinois; the station name is WTVO/WQRF. They are looking for a GA reporter/fill-in anchor who is aggressive, is creative, is highly motivated, loves to break local news stories, comes to the table with story ideas daily, is a team player, can handle the pressures of deadlines and breaking news in a competitive fashion; must be able to go live, with experience is a plus. Must have a tape, resume and references.
The market number for this city is a 132 market and the news director’s name is Kent Harrell.
I would be more than willing to move there for this job because I am from Missouri and it is only one state away from were I grew up. I picked this job over the other jobs because the other ones you needed to be in the business for x many years and I haven’t yet. What interests me about this one in particular is, yes, it is a smaller market, but it could be a lot smaller and also that it is pretty close to where I live is a plus.
Lights, Camera, LIVE!!!
We got to do the news live today and I am so glad we did. I always seem to perform better under pressure, and by the way we performed today, I think everyone in our class does too.
First, we met in the classroom and showed Professor Schroeder our logs and she gave out some very informational hand outs about the market sizes and demo reels. We briefly talked about these packets and she informed us how to make a good demo tape. Then Professor Schroeder showed us a couple of her demo tapes and one from another reporter friend of hers. It made me really excited to start on my demo reel.
Then we went to the station and started rehearsing for our live newscast. Jen and I anchored, Mike did sports and Beth did weather. Jen and I have done the news live before, so I give props to Beth and Mike because they have never done it. I thought they did a great job.
I definitely tried to apply the corrections that Professor Schroeder coached me on, but I am afraid that if I start to correct them all at one time I will get too frustrated with myself, so instead, I am working on one at a time. Today, I worked on breathing from my stomach and it worked wonders. Even though I was not exactly thinking of not punching my words, breathing through my stomach helped that too because my voice sounded lower to begin with.
The live news went fairly smoothly and I am very glad that we had the opportunity to do that today.
First, we met in the classroom and showed Professor Schroeder our logs and she gave out some very informational hand outs about the market sizes and demo reels. We briefly talked about these packets and she informed us how to make a good demo tape. Then Professor Schroeder showed us a couple of her demo tapes and one from another reporter friend of hers. It made me really excited to start on my demo reel.
Then we went to the station and started rehearsing for our live newscast. Jen and I anchored, Mike did sports and Beth did weather. Jen and I have done the news live before, so I give props to Beth and Mike because they have never done it. I thought they did a great job.
I definitely tried to apply the corrections that Professor Schroeder coached me on, but I am afraid that if I start to correct them all at one time I will get too frustrated with myself, so instead, I am working on one at a time. Today, I worked on breathing from my stomach and it worked wonders. Even though I was not exactly thinking of not punching my words, breathing through my stomach helped that too because my voice sounded lower to begin with.
The live news went fairly smoothly and I am very glad that we had the opportunity to do that today.
Packages?
Our group decided to do our package on the number of DWI's from 2006-2007. We set up an interview for the Commanding Chief at the Missouri Highway Patrol, Captain Johnson at three. We also had an interview with the Public Information Officer, Sgt. Nothum.
We were all going to meet at the station at two, but there were some communication problems and Ed was gracious enough to shoot it for us. Thanks Ed; what a lifesaver!!!!
We got to the Missouri Highway Patrol and everything went smoothly from there. Captain Johnson was extremely nice and gave us a great interview. Sgt. Nothum was just as nice and also gave us a great interview. We got their business cards and went and shot some b-roll. We got b-roll of the cop cars, cars on the highway, signs around that area and the DWI bus.
Our stand ups went very well too; overall, we had a great day, once we got past the hectic beginning. Also, thank you Jill for working with us in the beginning; I know we probably bothered the heck out of you but we all appreciate it. :)
We were all going to meet at the station at two, but there were some communication problems and Ed was gracious enough to shoot it for us. Thanks Ed; what a lifesaver!!!!
We got to the Missouri Highway Patrol and everything went smoothly from there. Captain Johnson was extremely nice and gave us a great interview. Sgt. Nothum was just as nice and also gave us a great interview. We got their business cards and went and shot some b-roll. We got b-roll of the cop cars, cars on the highway, signs around that area and the DWI bus.
Our stand ups went very well too; overall, we had a great day, once we got past the hectic beginning. Also, thank you Jill for working with us in the beginning; I know we probably bothered the heck out of you but we all appreciate it. :)
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Hangin' with the pros
Today we went to Fox 2 KTVI for a tour. It was a lot of fun, and it wasn’t your ordinary, here’s the set, here’s the control room..bla bla bla…, we got to do more than that and shoot a package about Julie Beard’s J-term class.
When we first got there, we all sat in the waiting room and Julie talked to us about what all her J-term class does. Then we all went inside and started the shooting process. We learned about how reporters and anchors blog about their story experiences and all the other things that are on the myfoxstl.com website.
Then, a few of us interviewed some people for the package; I interviewed Patrick O’Brien, the web producer, and one of the students Sarah Meadows. We only got to ask a few questions because everyone had to do the interview together; it was a lot of fun though.
After that, we all went into the studio and posed for our Kodak moment. After we got through all 150 cameras, we went outside and shot our stand ups. I thought I did fairly well, but I have a problem with doing my stand up more than three times without messing up. I can do the stand up 3 times flawlessly, but if asked to do it anymore, I lose my train of thought; I really need to work on that. So anyway, I did it about three times perfectly except I needed to walk a little further, but I couldn’t do it anymore after that. Oh well.
When we first got there, we all sat in the waiting room and Julie talked to us about what all her J-term class does. Then we all went inside and started the shooting process. We learned about how reporters and anchors blog about their story experiences and all the other things that are on the myfoxstl.com website.
Then, a few of us interviewed some people for the package; I interviewed Patrick O’Brien, the web producer, and one of the students Sarah Meadows. We only got to ask a few questions because everyone had to do the interview together; it was a lot of fun though.
After that, we all went into the studio and posed for our Kodak moment. After we got through all 150 cameras, we went outside and shot our stand ups. I thought I did fairly well, but I have a problem with doing my stand up more than three times without messing up. I can do the stand up 3 times flawlessly, but if asked to do it anymore, I lose my train of thought; I really need to work on that. So anyway, I did it about three times perfectly except I needed to walk a little further, but I couldn’t do it anymore after that. Oh well.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Local Newscast Analysis: KTVI
Local Newscast Analysis: KTVI
The first thing that I noticed about the KTVI broadcast was that they started their broadcast off with an over-view of their entire broadcast. I really liked this because I can decide whether or not I want to stay tuned in to watch. I think this could work in their favor or not so much in their favor because people might not want to watch what they are going to have on.
The show that I watched was the 9:00 p.m. and Mandy Murphey and Tom O’Neil were the anchors. Mandy Murphey was wearing a blue silky blouse with a half zipper in the front. Tom O’Neil was wearing a black suit jacket, a white button up collared shirt underneath, and a light blue printed tie.
There were not a lot of reporters out on live broadcasts during the newscasts because there were a lot of stories in the studio to broadcast. The first reporter was Sean Conroy and he was reporting live from Main Street. He did not have a stand up in his package but he was live. His story was about the bars on Main Street and the laws they are trying to pass to prevent profanity. The only other reporter was Theresa Woodard; she was reporting from downtown St. Louis about the MySpace scandals. She also did not have a stand up in her package.
The first story that I remember is a 13 year old boy, Brendon Wile, was hit and killed by a driver by Green Park and Lemay Ferry. He was not on his skateboard but the driver could not avoid hitting him. The second story that I remember is the story about ending the profanity in the bars on Main Street. The bill will cover things such as dancing on tables, cussing and underage drinking. Lastly, I remember the story about MySpace’s enhanced safety guidelines. They are trying to pass the guideline that teens under the age of 16 have to set their privacy settings on their profile so that only their friends can look at it.
My overall impression of the newscast was good. I thought that they did a great job, but sometimes I feel like they try to do too much and mess some things up because of it. But all in all, I thought they did really good. I think the team seems credible because they look and sound professional and seem like they are ready for their stories. I would watch this station again because I trust them and, for the most part, I like the layout of their broadcasts.
The first thing that I noticed about the KTVI broadcast was that they started their broadcast off with an over-view of their entire broadcast. I really liked this because I can decide whether or not I want to stay tuned in to watch. I think this could work in their favor or not so much in their favor because people might not want to watch what they are going to have on.
The show that I watched was the 9:00 p.m. and Mandy Murphey and Tom O’Neil were the anchors. Mandy Murphey was wearing a blue silky blouse with a half zipper in the front. Tom O’Neil was wearing a black suit jacket, a white button up collared shirt underneath, and a light blue printed tie.
There were not a lot of reporters out on live broadcasts during the newscasts because there were a lot of stories in the studio to broadcast. The first reporter was Sean Conroy and he was reporting live from Main Street. He did not have a stand up in his package but he was live. His story was about the bars on Main Street and the laws they are trying to pass to prevent profanity. The only other reporter was Theresa Woodard; she was reporting from downtown St. Louis about the MySpace scandals. She also did not have a stand up in her package.
The first story that I remember is a 13 year old boy, Brendon Wile, was hit and killed by a driver by Green Park and Lemay Ferry. He was not on his skateboard but the driver could not avoid hitting him. The second story that I remember is the story about ending the profanity in the bars on Main Street. The bill will cover things such as dancing on tables, cussing and underage drinking. Lastly, I remember the story about MySpace’s enhanced safety guidelines. They are trying to pass the guideline that teens under the age of 16 have to set their privacy settings on their profile so that only their friends can look at it.
My overall impression of the newscast was good. I thought that they did a great job, but sometimes I feel like they try to do too much and mess some things up because of it. But all in all, I thought they did really good. I think the team seems credible because they look and sound professional and seem like they are ready for their stories. I would watch this station again because I trust them and, for the most part, I like the layout of their broadcasts.
Day Ocho!!!!
Today we met in the classroom first and received many pamphlets…aka.. books, about how to make yourself a better anchor/reporter. When I first walked in and saw all of these pamphlets, I was really worried because I hate reading, but I am really glad that she gave us those because, in my own time, I will read them and they will answer any other questions that I may have. The pamphlets covered things like hair, make-up, voice, etc.
After we went over the pamphlets, we watched some of Professor Schroeder’s college tapes. Of course she had things to work on at the time, just like all of us, but I do not think she looked or sounded too terrible; I was waiting for something a lot worse and more funny. I’m kind of disappointed. Just kidding!!!
Then the boys left the classroom and the girls talked about how to do proper make-up for the camera. Professor Schroeder brought in her MAC make-up and demonstrated how to put it on. I thought this was a lot of fun; it was kind of like we were at a sleep over. Haha.
Then we moseyed on down to the station and started our newscast. Jen did weather, John did sports, Sakshi did weather, and Davina and Beth anchored. As always, everyone did a great job. I can already see improvements in everyone’s performances; way to go! Also, if anyone has criticism for me on Thursday when I anchor, it would be more than appreciated if you would tell me. I won’t be offended at all; it would help me out a lot. Thanks.
After we went over the pamphlets, we watched some of Professor Schroeder’s college tapes. Of course she had things to work on at the time, just like all of us, but I do not think she looked or sounded too terrible; I was waiting for something a lot worse and more funny. I’m kind of disappointed. Just kidding!!!
Then the boys left the classroom and the girls talked about how to do proper make-up for the camera. Professor Schroeder brought in her MAC make-up and demonstrated how to put it on. I thought this was a lot of fun; it was kind of like we were at a sleep over. Haha.
Then we moseyed on down to the station and started our newscast. Jen did weather, John did sports, Sakshi did weather, and Davina and Beth anchored. As always, everyone did a great job. I can already see improvements in everyone’s performances; way to go! Also, if anyone has criticism for me on Thursday when I anchor, it would be more than appreciated if you would tell me. I won’t be offended at all; it would help me out a lot. Thanks.
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