tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-207468522011-12-07T16:29:18.797-06:00Students, faculty and followers of the Convergence Journalism program at the Missouri School of Journalism use this space to entertain, inspire, confuse or anger you as they contemplate their place in the changing worlds of "mainstream" and "alternative" media.Mike McKeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13886344719695245607noreply@blogger.comBlogger32321100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-87938913862366728722009-09-18T16:09:00.003-05:002009-09-18T16:30:00.092-05:00

My team drove out at 6:30 am on Wednesday to Independence, Missouri, to meet the Examiner staff.The meeting went very well. The staff had many questions about Facebook and implementation, which we were able to answer.I said to them that the Examiner is the paper of record for the community, how the community communicates with itself. At this point, all of their heads were nodding. I said Facebook

Tim Chappellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130537328407337929noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-23636025209812101472009-07-06T11:06:00.002-05:002009-07-06T11:17:24.349-05:00

This is going to be short because even though 4804 is over, I'm still always in a rush.. This time to board a plane to Key West. Hmm...Turns out... I actually like reporting.  Who knew?  While I can't express how happy I am to return to a semi-normal sleep/eating pattern, I do kind of miss the rush of finding sources and stories.  But, I think my classmates will forgive me for that :).The best

Allison Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494943302629667654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-60861817302928986592009-07-04T11:08:00.001-05:002009-07-06T11:25:30.480-05:00

I guess I haven't really taken the time to process what you've all just gone through. I also can't believe its over. I woke up at 7 today feeling like I have to get up, and soon. That was false. I didn't need to do anything. There was a moment of confusion as I looked around the room from my now vertical position in bed. I let it go and quickly snuggled back into pillows. I have been dreaming of

Kelseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03758315006629586228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-90466640684382601552009-07-03T18:21:00.000-05:002009-07-03T18:22:05.901-05:00

I'm going to make this quick because my group needs to repitch...wait, nevermind, force of habit. We made it! This class was giving me sick feelings in the pit of my stomach before it even started, and after seven grueling weeks, this last blog will mark the official end of my 4804 experience. This last we was a doosie, given the circumstances of my group. Thanks a lot to LaNita for working so

Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393292822865235579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-5435137731089861082009-07-02T23:58:00.001-05:002009-07-02T00:32:52.196-05:00

My goal for this course was to get through it while never allowing myself to slack off.  My worst fear was to go through such a tremendous amount of work and sacrifice so much of my life for seven weeks, and not have anything to show for it. Turns out, I have plenty to show for it and I may have even learned a thing or two.. The hardest part about working on things from start to finish is as soon

Allison Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494943302629667654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-46067980641312897362009-07-02T14:42:00.003-05:002009-07-02T14:45:42.380-05:00

I know nobody reads these, but in case anyone actually got that bored...Thanks to the faculty, especially Karen. I would have dropped the class in the first couple weeks if it weren't for yall. You make the class bearable, even if you're strict as hell.More so, thanks to the class. I'll miss you all, and I didn't realize that one of my biggest regrets about studying abroad would be that I won't

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693672456673574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-27859761466432495482009-07-02T14:37:00.002-05:002009-07-02T14:42:07.562-05:00

Week two was nuts. We hadn't been able to get any car parts manufacturers to talk to us over the weekend because of the holiday, and none of them were there on Monday either. Every part of reporting basically happened Tuesday. Except for the facebook messages I sent to every worker I could find from those plants. I'm still getting responses every now and then. This week we also started on

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693672456673574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-80421107051231500422009-07-02T14:31:00.002-05:002009-07-02T14:37:10.935-05:00

well, here we are at the end of the semester, and I realized I had forgotten to write my blog post for week one. looking back, I find it interesting how optimistic I was. I really honestly didn't think this class would be horribly difficult. This was before I knew the true parameters for story ideas, or understood how much time I would be putting in. My first KBIA shift with Sam was a little

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693672456673574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-34647210293979798142009-07-02T14:25:00.002-05:002009-07-02T14:31:34.645-05:00

The last team story is in and has been graded. On the one hand, it's a huge load off my chest. On the other, I'm not really sure now how I'm supposed to feel. I've ben so stressed all summer, it'll take a while for me to acclimate to my new freedom. As far as the last team story, well, I'm satisfied with my grade. We had such a difficult time over the weekend trying to find a story that I would

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693672456673574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-45773091066841409842009-07-02T13:46:00.003-05:002009-07-02T13:52:02.607-05:00

I can't believe we're done. My friends keep asking me how it feels but I honestly don't feel much different because I keep thinking that I should be reporting this weekend or that on Monday I will need to be in class at 8. This week was tough, but probably my favorite story to do. I felt that it was actually an important topic, and made me feel for the first time that as a journalist I could

Lauren Pinderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823558460218750717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-2020957976812819602009-07-02T01:20:00.002-05:002009-07-02T01:29:16.109-05:00

by Jake CarahWhen I started this class, I knew almost nothing about the people sitting around me in those $4000 chairs next to me. I had no idea Allison was a barrel racer, that Ross could dance, or that Laurie Ann did impressions. Just a small example of how we all came together to this semester how we helped and supported each other. With all the time we put into this class, all the hard work

Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290296491724242052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-85255322655986263682009-07-01T17:29:00.003-05:002009-07-02T09:01:07.368-05:00

For all other weeks, writing my blog posts has been pretty straight forward. Now, one KBIA shift away from completing 4804, I think I've been rendered speechless. I apologize in advance for what promises to be an extremely cliche blog post.It legitimately hasn't sunk in yet that my time in 4804 is coming to a close. All of my classmates have been like family. Every moment I got to spend with this

Ross Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376913395613166252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-58991304992442846532009-07-01T17:20:00.002-05:002009-07-01T17:31:57.378-05:00

We just turned put our final project into the finished folder, and it wasn't as dramatic as I hoped (like Ross, Jen, and Drew's group playing some epic NFL films music while walking across the Futures Lab), but it still feels awesome to be done with team stories. I have no clue what I'm going to do with my free time, though. But whatever I do, it'll be a welcome change from the daily grind of

JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553605078542580848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-79942003710048539832009-07-01T16:49:00.000-05:002009-07-01T17:59:55.469-05:00

Erik ShuteYea so, this week probably topped all other weeks. JJ and LaurieAnn, we worked asses off this past weekend and it paid off. Our story about the Callaway Raceway ended up with 6 elements, photos, two graphics, text piece, KOMU story, and a video vingette, all of it out by five too.This was probably one of the first stories I've been able interview my interviewees at their own homes

Erik Shutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298518013604754432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-45296455036291309142009-07-01T16:21:00.003-05:002009-07-01T16:28:43.340-05:00

This class was the death of me, but now that it is all said and done I feel like I could enter the job market and excel. I would recommend this course to anyone who wants practical, technical training in using the technological communications equipment of professional journalists.If there was anything else I would have liked to learn more about it would probably long-form story telling techniques

Zentennialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904468130467334962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-53427396636719737632009-07-01T15:41:00.002-05:002009-07-01T15:56:17.559-05:00

WEEK 7 IS DONE! holy crap. These past two weeks were probably my most successful and lucky. I finished up my last shift at KBIA on Monday. I did a story on Zim Schwartze, interim director of the 911 center, who met with Boone County Commissioners to discuss adding more positions and money. Exciting- it was. not. It was embarrassing to show up at the meeting because I didn't find out about it

LaurieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07087607384647387051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-67335687884949503242009-07-01T13:30:00.004-05:002009-07-01T13:43:16.308-05:00

FINALLY DONE!! What am I going to do with my free time? This last week, my group had a really, really hard time finding a story idea. We looked into about seven stories seriously, but all of them fell through. We did not stumble upon a successful idea until Sunday afternoon. Finally, we came across the story of letter carriers. Some of their routes are being changed, and the Postmaster General

Jennifer Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982396429970690370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-8313742950118668912009-07-01T11:47:00.002-05:002009-07-01T12:02:08.217-05:00

I know for a fact that when I am on the beach next week, I will be thinking about the past several weeks.  How could I not?  I'm hoping I can figure out what I've learned.  It's always hard nailing down what it is you learn in journalism courses.  There's all the technical things, the ethics, the way to publish something, what makes or breaks a story, sourcing blah blah blah... but really, it's

Allison Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494943302629667654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-74860366101008085382009-07-01T11:35:00.002-05:002009-07-01T11:42:48.438-05:00

I got to have one of those moments where you're at another newsroom working a day turn and all of the sudden its, "HEY! I found a story idea for 4804!!!!" Unfortunately, it was the last week of my newsroom shifts.  It's a story I'm pretty interested and might pursue later this summer.  It would require oodles of reporting, though.  So it may not have been suitable for a week turn project-- at

Allison Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494943302629667654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-73761777539049673992009-07-01T11:08:00.000-05:002009-07-06T11:23:57.614-05:00

SUMMERRRRRRRR, YEAHHHHHHHH.Had to get that out of my system.I am really excited to end this class in such a positive note. I had so much fun reporting for our last group project, and I can't tell you enough how glad I was to have such a great time. This is why I'm in journalism. I want to have a great time. Ah, the places journalism takes you. Allison, Joel and I went frog hunting. I chickened

Harumendhah Helmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00999181041057284367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-14442677477115704512009-06-30T16:39:00.002-05:002009-06-30T16:54:47.853-05:00

Is reporting really almost over? Wow. At certain times, this class could be really frustrating. I have sleepwalked my way through other classes and received A's, but for 4804, I have put so much work in and not always seen the results I would have liked.In these past seven weeks I have:1. Seen more of rural Missouri than I ever imagined I would2. went "hunting" for Native American artifacts3.

SarahRappaporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584249196006151420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-31400239358931446242009-06-30T13:45:00.004-05:002009-06-30T13:58:30.842-05:00

I've had a good time covering this artifact hunting team story so far. It was a blast going on an actual hunt with a hobbyist in Booneville and gathering natural sound for our KBIA piece. It was definitely a different experience for me being able to do reporting over the weekend because none of my other stories have allowed me that opportunity.I think the story itself is certainly worth telling,

Katie Dohsenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-52945178525694774392009-06-29T22:19:00.002-05:002009-06-29T22:50:27.774-05:00

Repitching? Oh, yeah. I know exactly how to do that. I think our staycation story turned out well even without having figured out that staycations was our story until about Tuesday. Allison did really well with putting the hard-hitting facts in the radio story. I know for a fact Amanda and I put in a lot of sweat into putting the video vignettes together. Given the information we had, and the

LaNitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06604467214462939563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-1402634933311786682009-06-28T19:06:00.002-05:002009-06-28T19:24:38.258-05:00

Oh dear. So I suppose we're near the end, then. For my Missourian story this week, I found that the city of Boonville was having a "Heritage Days Festival," which included an awful lot of events that would be fun to cover from the angle of 'a city honoring their history.' Karen took a look at the schedule and suggested that I cover the "Old Timers Baseball Game" on the last day of the festival

Ben Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176374685941467857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-89995073167348400332009-06-27T17:56:00.008-05:002009-06-27T20:13:35.629-05:00

by Jake CarahOn the morning of the last pitch, I had a sinking feeling in my gut that this would be the day of reckoning as far as pitches for this class. In the last five weeks I always seemed to luck out with either a group members story idea or my own. But I believe I finally broke the bank of viable story ideas and burned out of energy and patience for this class. Thats when I finally got my

Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290296491724242052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-64112964422764336892009-06-27T11:31:00.001-05:002009-07-06T11:45:09.261-05:00

This was a really difficult week. I don't think I put my heart into the story we're working on, and my work suffered because of it. We did a lot of reporting and research but it was really difficult to condense them. A lot of stuff was really last minute, and our final product didn't really exemplify how much work the group put into the reporting. I'm really disappointed in myself, but I am going

Harumendhah Helmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00999181041057284367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-49664133029315379862009-06-26T22:06:00.002-05:002009-06-26T22:11:57.592-05:00

today was my first real repitch. It was a shame, because my team had a pretty decent story. But there just isn't enough time to gather the sources. Plus, Jay Nixon's office never responds to journalists calls, at least not in my experience. And we'd have to talk to the family of a deceased emergency worker, specifically asking about their finances. The good news is, Columbia has had very few

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693672456673574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-27840991264822100552009-06-26T17:56:00.003-05:002009-06-26T22:05:38.040-05:00

This week presented some interesting challenges. Firstly, and what is currently on my mind is story pitches. This is the first week I have had to do a re-pitch. Our original story, on death benefits for emergency workers, was approved, but then we found that it would be near impossible to do. Our sources were going to be difficult to talk with, if they would even talk to us. I was also very

Jennifer Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982396429970690370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-33367403479402151602009-06-26T16:15:00.000-05:002009-06-27T13:35:42.038-05:00

This week was definitely a struggle. I feel like everyone is slowly giving up, myself included. Luckily story pitches went better than usual on Thursday, showing that maybe the teachers are just as tired too...Our team story last week was one that I honestly didn't take that seriously at first, so when the teachers told us to go with it I was surprised. But it ended up being a really interesting

Lauren Pinderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823558460218750717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-4834342494283558162009-06-26T15:07:00.000-05:002009-07-01T15:27:41.930-05:00

I can hardly believe this class is nearly over. I can barely make myself fill out this blog, but I'm going to do it. At this point, I've taken up tweeting, which was the pet project of the summer, has become my idea of blogging. I used to hate Twitter, too. Maybe I'm just getting familiar with journalism.So this last project was about staycations in Mid-Mo. LaNita and I traveled all across

Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07893302710907180505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-43077493540479786272009-06-26T14:54:00.003-05:002009-06-26T15:06:10.495-05:00

This week, the story I began to develop during my KBIA shift turned into this upcoming week's team story, which was really cool and totally unexpected. I was pleased to hear that the KBIA producers were enthusiastic about have multimedia components for the radio story as well. Above all, I'm excited to work on another topic that's of interest to me. I certainly hope that we'll be able to really

Katie Dohsenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-37517976412567433702009-06-26T14:23:00.000-05:002009-06-27T14:42:16.855-05:00

Week 6 was the most enjoyable. JJ and I were able to get all of our reporting done on Saturday and Sunday in Cuba, Mo. We dealt with 90 degree days walking around Cuba talking to store owners, restaurant owners, artists, tourists, and people featured in some of the murals. We were shocked to have talked to so many people in one day. I think we have roughly 10 interviews after spending 7 hours in

LaurieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07087607384647387051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-72419688732129386352009-06-26T12:55:00.002-05:002009-06-26T13:16:23.641-05:00

Well, similar to last week, after a lot of hard work, the team story I produced got a grade a little less than what I hoped. It's very disheartening, but again, I really appreciate the hard work and dedication my group members put forth on this project, and I can honestly say that I tried my hardest on this one. I had a frustrating time with finding sources. I think a lot of people we talked

Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393292822865235579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-63953824150025946372009-06-26T11:33:00.001-05:002009-07-01T17:49:01.526-05:00

Erik ShuteWeek six is officially over, and the fireworks story went out with a bang. One more story to go. But through this week I've found out that people in their place of business rarely go against what their business stands for... I think someone probably mentioned this before, but this was the first time it really came true.While out gathering quotes for the fireworks story, Jake and I

Erik Shutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298518013604754432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-53966589945562525342009-06-26T11:26:00.000-05:002009-07-06T11:31:11.201-05:00

The end is in sight!We got through our final pitches and it seems as though everyone did wonderfully, though I suspect that we got a little slack from the teachers this time... but i'm not complaining!This past week went quicker than expected and I think I let the story get away from me. When it came down to the deadline, I realized that my partners and I had different visions for the story we

Kelseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03758315006629586228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-23911280776554185562009-06-26T11:03:00.000-05:002009-06-26T14:35:04.671-05:00

First of all, I absolutely loved my KBIA shift. I think I'm getting better at doing radio stories, and I enjoy the atmosphere up at the 4th floor of Jesse Hall. I am definitely going to pick KBIA as one of my newsroom shifts for editing.That said, this week's team story presented a few challenges. We went to all 18 community gardens in Columbia on Sunday, and absolutely no one was in any of them

SarahRappaporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584249196006151420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-59922332794756339052009-06-26T09:56:00.008-05:002009-06-26T10:20:29.210-05:00

My week technically started last Friday, when I worked my first KBIA shift. The first half of the day was a lesson in futility. I was looking into the closing of a SEMCO plant in Salisbury, Mo., only to find that almost no one at SEMCO or at the Salisbury Chamber of Commerce was by their phones on a Friday. I even drove out to SEMCO headquarters here in Columbia. I arrived there at 12:40 p.m.,

Ross Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376913395613166252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-81881248335672670412009-06-26T09:35:00.002-05:002009-06-26T09:42:49.229-05:00

I had more difficulty getting sources this week than EVER before. Immigrants are AFRAID to talk. They are scared that we are investigative journalists and are very unwilling to speak. I am very glad to have one more team story to do, and most of our sources seem eager to talk.We did what we could and actually secured three interviews with immigrants from three different areas of the world. Plus

Zentennialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904468130467334962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-44505207529067098112009-06-25T23:21:00.002-05:002009-06-25T23:34:21.505-05:00

I had a great experience last week reporting from Cuba [Missouri] on these 12 pretty interesting murals that are painted on buildings around town. A woman from Viva Cuba (their awesomely-named beautification society) got LaurieAnn and me set up with a ton of people from around the city who were connected to the murals, so we got some great stories and visuals of people—which is something I felt

JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553605078542580848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-36702920523984382652009-06-25T22:14:00.000-05:002009-06-29T22:27:48.640-05:00

This week marks an even weaker week from weak five. It started off with great intentions for our story on biodiesel - a promising actual news story, albeit with some difficulties. Difficulty one: it's so complicated. The story involved technology, government policy/tax things, intense ag economics, and normal farm complications. A story about one of those would have been enough. We tried to take

Brent Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08929966733926619291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-27627884728923544472009-06-22T23:50:00.002-05:002009-06-22T23:54:34.489-05:00

Allison and I decided we really wanted to do video with our team story. Unfortunately, wastewater treatment facilities don't make for the best visuals, and even worse, neither of us had even touched video since our final projects last Fall. So the team story was a bit of a (re)learning  experience for the both of us. However, I'm fairly proud of how it turned out, even if it wasn't visually

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693672456673574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-77496546538950321102009-06-22T00:41:00.000-05:002009-06-25T00:46:50.938-05:00

Sitting here thinking, what did I learn this past week? And I can't even remember what my story was last week....grease? Cows? wastewater. Okay, got it. I've done a ton of radio stories and almost no video. There are pros and cons to this. I am getting good at radio and falling in love with it. Writing the script for the organ story we really focused on "taking the listener there." We

Allison Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494943302629667654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-61550052259820226422009-06-19T19:16:00.000-05:002009-06-25T15:00:32.856-05:00

This week’s team story got off to a rough start. As of Monday we still had no story, but thanks to JJ and Zach we had an arts story before I was back from budget at the Missourian. So our story ended up being about the growing arts scene in Columbia and how the artists and community are trying to make Columbia the “Austin of the Midwest.” I actually learned a lot of interesting stuff from the

Lauren Pinderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823558460218750717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-7562727330886000322009-06-19T14:54:00.010-05:002009-06-19T15:44:33.338-05:00

As you can tell from the title above, I've decided this week's blog post theme is "The good, the bad and the ugly". It's really the only way I can sum up my week.The GOOD: I had my first shift at KBIA on Tuesday and absolutely loved it. Although things were going horribly with my team story this week, I found my time on the fourth floor of Jesse Hall to be a fun, fantastic experience. I'd never

Katie Dohsenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-11633949062698587672009-06-19T14:51:00.002-05:002009-06-19T15:06:51.954-05:00

Man, talk about a rough week. Week 5 definitely presented the most challenges that I've come across in this class so far. It was extremely disheartening and I had a bit of a meltdown during the course of the week, but I'm good now. Our story was hindered by patent laws right from the beginning, but we proceeded anyway and ended up struggling to bring it all together. It wasn't as if we were

Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393292822865235579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-50678820971502643132009-06-19T14:47:00.004-05:002009-06-21T15:03:53.570-05:00

So. Week 5!Our phytoremediation story was extremely stressful for us. Many of our sources fell through and we ended up doing most of the reporting on Tuesday and Wednesday. I was on edge for most of the week which made me struggle with story ideas on Wednesday. At some point I thought I was never going to come up with one for the rest of my life. That wasn't a very good moment. I went to the

Harumendhah Helmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00999181041057284367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-54786013630435701232009-06-19T14:32:00.000-05:002009-06-21T14:42:17.521-05:00

This week was interesting to say the least. After hours and hours spent trying to get ahold of bed bug experts, we had to drop the story due to lack of a humanizing element. No one wanted to talk on camera about their problems because they felt like it was embarrassing and that they were dirty or something. Also, many of the experts on bed bugs were not available for comment until June 28th.

Jennifer Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982396429970690370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-27365447773579324062009-06-19T13:30:00.002-05:002009-06-19T13:41:53.750-05:00

Week five already, ay? That's a nice thought. Almost there. This week I spent a tremendous amount of time at the Missourian, where I was paired with a reporter who was working on a story about a pet blessing service at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia. I created a radio piece and a slideshow with the pictures from the event, but the reporter with all the notes was MIA for most of

Ben Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176374685941467857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-1192520996857812062009-06-19T13:04:00.002-05:002009-06-19T13:16:51.079-05:00

I think I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel, even though every week for me is a repitch week. I'm discovering my ideas would only work if there were more time/resources to get them done. I still need to work on finding hyper-local ideas. As a matter of fact, as of right now, that's what I should be doing since my team, as far as I know, still doesn't have a story for this week.

LaNitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06604467214462939563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-37890966310845836642009-06-19T11:39:00.002-05:002009-06-21T22:04:48.781-05:00

Erik ShuteCarbon Sequestration, Carbon Capture and Storage, "CCS" whatever you call it, it's more than I've ever wanted to about the subject, but process of researching was a lot of fun. Sure the three hour drive to Springfield wasn't the best, but worth it. Sometimes you just get lucky. While in Springfield, Kelsey and I wanted to get the perspective of another small town in the vicinity of

Erik Shutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298518013604754432noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-82985392885385307962009-06-19T11:08:00.002-05:002009-06-19T11:35:34.962-05:00

Mixing it up with the Spanish, si? Si, se puede! What I can do is get a story done and feel a lot more competent as a journalist than I did at the start of this class, and what I can't is sleep for more than a few hours at a time.For this week's team story, I was partnered up with Ben Stewart. We did our story on Earth's Classroom's founders, and I had a lot of fun covering this. The property

SarahRappaporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584249196006151420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-20971699319485162762009-06-19T10:13:00.000-05:002009-06-23T10:13:49.092-05:00

Big words have never been more terrifying. When Erik told me that he had a story about carbon sequestration my first thought was "meh...I bet they won't go for it. Let's pitch it!"And then Lynda allowed us to do the story. It was absolutely a good thing but... .really? I have to say carbon sequestration on the radio? When someone asks me what my story is the easiest way to say it is 'carbon

Kelseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03758315006629586228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-35506840243214393902009-06-19T10:12:00.001-05:002009-06-23T10:33:40.769-05:00

This past week was a learning experience in thinking on our feet. Much like this base jumper our story (bed bugs) started off with good, somewhat planned intentions. As we got further into the story our sources were hard to reach, we were having trouble finding numbers, and then we hit the concrete (:37) when we couldn't get access to any residency that had bed bugs. Things weren't looking to

Brent Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08929966733926619291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-36939421896805444502009-06-19T10:11:00.003-05:002009-06-19T10:29:43.690-05:00

So, I think I'm starting to resign myself to the suffering of this class. I'm just starting to accept that I often spend 10 hours in the lab or reporting.  I feel like that's not a healthy amount for a 3 credit hour course and/or a summer course, but it doesn't really matter--2 weeks left.This weeks group project was interesting.  I worked with LaNita and Danielle on a piece about the new

Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07893302710907180505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-65140205339231084362009-06-19T09:03:00.002-05:002009-06-19T09:08:19.665-05:00

I am sitting in the KBIA newsroom on the fourth floor of Jesse writing this. It is relaxed and I feel I can breathe finally. This week was horrendous... my girlfriend broke up with me because of this class... just kidding. But we didn't have a story idea until Monday and we had to settle for one that wasn't necessarily newsworthy. But we did what we could.I also got yelled at this week for doing

Zentennialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904468130467334962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-69919229069648787892009-06-18T22:10:00.017-05:002009-06-21T04:49:35.509-05:00

By Jake CarahAs I laid in bed tuesday night or early morning wednesday I kept asking myself why I was taking this class in the summer. The day before was stressful. What had started out as a successful story idea the week before was turning into a black hole. I spent all tuesday riding around town shadowing a graduated broadcast major, I sat in the passenger seat internally writhing over whether

Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290296491724242052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-63198551325121155032009-06-18T22:09:00.002-05:002009-06-18T22:19:20.928-05:00

Pardon an extended metaphor to open my Week 5 blog post, but allow me to borrow the following quote from baseball writer Jeff Miller, used to describe rookie pitcher Derek Holland of the Texas Rangers:Most 22-year-old starters get to hone their craft in the minors. For Holland, this is taking driver’s ed on the interstate. During rush hour. In the rain. When I read that quote, all I could think

Ross Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376913395613166252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-41989381924320591692009-06-18T20:50:00.002-05:002009-06-18T21:22:35.504-05:00

I really was hoping to avoid doing another one of those "cover your butt just to get a story in" projects this week, but my group had a string of absolutely horrible luck with our story pitches and didn't get our idea until Monday, so...yeah. We all did a good job turning in something for the amount of time we had, but I'm really ready to have the opportunity to actually do some reporting on a

JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553605078542580848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-85062014443285783112009-06-18T20:05:00.002-05:002009-06-18T20:20:31.410-05:00

Well this was one of the hardest stories I've ever worked on. And the most opposition I've ever faced about it. I also completely understand why. I wanted so badly to prove why this story was worthy, but when you can't get any visuals, it's a simple fail. If success was dependent upon the number of hours spent in the futures lab- I'd feel better. I loved working with the 3 inventors and I learned

LaurieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07087607384647387051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-72650146875314846372009-06-16T00:05:00.002-05:002009-06-16T00:13:53.280-05:00

This past weeks story was about truckers and how they have so much idle time. While on the surface it sounds like a great idea for an NPR style piece, and to an extent it was, my team ran into a problem. What is the natural sound of people waiting. I suppose silence could be one answer, but that obviously doesn't work. We got the sound of engine's starting, idling, and stopping. We had sound of

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693672456673574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-9081190148181853062009-06-14T21:11:00.002-05:002009-06-14T21:39:53.462-05:00

Woooow. This week was even faster than the ones before. I enjoyed working on our story and talking to Bill Berry, a local historian that we focused our story on. He is the most adorable old man, and though sorting through his interview clips were hard because he always goes off in the weirdest tangents, I'd love to sit down with him and listen to more of his stories. It's things like this that

Harumendhah Helmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00999181041057284367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-31343554084748326612009-06-13T12:52:00.000-05:002009-06-13T12:53:03.782-05:00

At the start of reporting the trucking story this week, I was a bit apprehensive towards going and talking to random truckers. After diving in and finding out they are pretty much either very chatty or cold shoulder types, I felt better since I knew what to expect. While talking to several drivers Joel and I stumbled upon Elwood James, aka “Gambler” on the radio, as he proudly claimed. It has

Brent Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08929966733926619291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-86683400764202373212009-06-13T11:40:00.000-05:002009-06-13T12:52:45.901-05:00

Week 3 went by so quick I didn’t even realize I missed the blog post. This was the week of our second story and I existed somewhere between getting used to it and almost freaking out. I did not heed Karen’s advice of not having a job over summer, and in fact upped her one further and enrolled in a Newsy.com class. This means my weekdays are consistently consumed from 7 a.m. to 10 or 11 p.m. Both

Brent Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08929966733926619291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-78607921123715120282009-06-12T23:58:00.007-05:002009-06-13T01:27:53.436-05:00

by Jake CarahThis week was a whirl, it was filled with its annoyances but also its triumphs. We never got a hold of Jeff Humphries who is the resident local yocal Hellbender collector/protector. But we did finally get a hold of Jeff Briggler the World expert on the Snot Otter. Apparently people named Jeff have a thing for slimy nocturnal salamanders, go figure. Right now I feel swamped but ready

Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290296491724242052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-49158680880245520472009-06-12T19:29:00.000-05:002009-06-12T19:31:31.367-05:00

Three weeks in and I’m still alive! The weeks come and go so quickly (but take, oh, so long), it’s hard to really remembered all that I’ve learned. I now know more about dairy, restaurant grease and pipe organs than I ever thought I could. I think my favorite part about journalism is all these pockets of knowledge you get. You get to go out, learn everything you can about a subject and then try

Allison Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494943302629667654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-63240446078927453872009-06-12T17:17:00.000-05:002009-06-13T12:37:02.104-05:00

Finishing the last of my time at KBIA today (we didn't finish our story at our scheduled shift on Tuesday) was bittersweet. While I am always glad to be moving forward in this class, I really enjoyed the time I spent a the radio station, which was the most relaxed news environment I've been in. Erik and I did what I think is a really cool piece on a new study by the Research Center for

Lauren Pinderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823558460218750717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-48486801459685025942009-06-12T16:31:00.009-05:002009-06-12T16:59:14.990-05:00

I can't believe we just wrapped up our fourth week of class and our third team story!We got off to a rocky start with our pipe organ story because one of the sources we were really looking forward to speaking with didn't get back to us (despite four professional voicemails and one incredibly polite e-mail), leaving us to do even more intense researching and sourcing. In retrospect, this ended up

Katie Dohsenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-82855011910325868322009-06-12T12:42:00.002-05:002009-06-12T13:00:24.042-05:00

I had my last KOMU shift this week. I followed around a reporter on a V-O patrol who was actually a 4802 student. We went to Wilson's Fitness (and crossed the Scary Bridge! Haha) and shot b-roll/interviewed a trainer there who was running 12 hours on a treadmill for Relay for Life. He was at 32 miles when I got there, and was still coherent which I found incredibly impressive.Later on at KOMU, I

SarahRappaporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584249196006151420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-27412934188762265252009-06-12T11:16:00.004-05:002009-06-12T11:38:33.520-05:00

Erik ShuteWeek three, a big week really. Iran may have a new "president," that fake Rockefeller guy is probably getting life, and I finally moved to my mail to Outlook Live. This week's finished story: religion and social networking. So, do you remember taking high school algebra 1 and learning something called the order of operations? Well, apparently there is an order of operations in

Erik Shutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298518013604754432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-22679092294931093772009-06-12T10:30:00.003-05:002009-06-12T10:45:37.227-05:00

We're over half way through.  First off, I want to make known that our class is amazing and I wouldn't have made it this far if my classmates had been arrogant and pompous.  Now that we're over the hump I've decided to stop toying with the idea changing sequences or majors.  This week my team story with Allison and Katie was about pipe organs.  We drove all over Missouri to talk to builders, and

Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07893302710907180505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-25342207455972401392009-06-12T10:22:00.004-05:002009-06-12T10:57:32.953-05:00

During my final KOMU shift on Tuesday, I had the opportunity to once again assist Brian Lewis on another police-related story for the evening broadcasts. I spent a large part of the morning trying to get sources on the phone and set up on camera interviews and assist Brian with as much of the reporting as possible. As the day progressed, we went out to the Derby Ridge area in north Columbia and

Ross Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376913395613166252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-43039628461745179402009-06-12T10:12:00.003-05:002009-06-23T10:14:26.251-05:00

The lesson this week: don't try to make a story out of nothing and if you do, make sure you have the right angle.This week my group and attempted to get to the heart of the matter on real estate in Columbia. Lynda mentioned an instance that she had heard of through friends and we decided to pursue it.However, we were let astray by sources and by attempting to make a story before we had all of

Kelseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03758315006629586228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-67455947168966192092009-06-12T10:12:00.002-05:002009-06-12T10:28:20.177-05:00

As week four draws to a close, I realize that I learned some very valuable lessons this week. The most valuable of those lessons is that everyone should chiggity-check the equipment you get from the Futures Lab. I had specifically asked for a Nikon D-70 for my KOMU shift, and the desk attendant said, "No problem". Apparently it was a problem because I ended up in Jefferson City with a D-80 and

Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393292822865235579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-35710216404362948982009-06-12T09:42:00.002-05:002009-06-12T09:52:23.936-05:00

Something Lynda said in the first week is that we'll all gain skills not only in reporting, but learning how to "roll with the punches." I remember her saying that our ability to deal with the punches this class can deliver will be key in determining our success—and I think my group experienced that this week and did a very, very good job with it.While the final product our group turned out might

JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553605078542580848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-11171205725807331842009-06-12T09:25:00.004-05:002009-06-12T09:41:00.798-05:00

This week I did my Missourian shift. I was supposed to shoot video for the Moonlight Hoops but it was cancelled and then reported on by a staff reporter without me knowing about it. Cute. So I'll be doing Missourian either this weekend or along with my KBIA shifts. My team project was not too bad this week. I was able to do all my reporting during the weekend and get in a script by Monday night.

LaurieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07087607384647387051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-24222679460487256852009-06-12T00:04:00.003-05:002009-06-12T00:49:00.375-05:00

What a headache! I've seriously have had a headache for 3 day, from the time I wake up in the morning, to the time I finally close my eyes for the night. The key for me, I think, is to never think that I'll be done with my team story anytime soon. Laurieann and I started reporting on our story Friday of last week. I thought for the most part, that we were done Sunday since our story was about a

LaNitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06604467214462939563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-56992450405143647682009-06-11T22:10:00.002-05:002009-06-11T22:18:41.058-05:00

Another solid week. I really couldn't have imagined the cemetery tours story going any better than it did after we had to re-pitch (and certainly after our re-pitch was denied). It came together really well, in large part to our discovery of Bill Berry, a fascinating old man who absorbs historical information like nobody's business. Interviewing him, we basically knew that our material would

Ben Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176374685941467857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-16420827426774960382009-06-11T10:03:00.004-05:002009-06-11T10:24:31.271-05:00

Week four is over.. three to go, and I have never been so happy to complete a week. This week faced not necessarily challenges, but annoyances. To make our hellbender story complete we needed to speak to Jeff Briggler, the world expert on hellbenders, but he was out in the field testing amphibians and other native species. We got his number from a past contact I made at the U.S. Fish and

Jennifer Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982396429970690370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-27452107037632063572009-06-06T11:19:00.002-05:002009-06-06T11:29:30.469-05:00

Missourian this week. After two repitches, Karen and I finally sort of agreed on a story, but now I can't track down Greg Bowers to run it by him. Such is life, I suppose. Looking forward to KOMU for a chance to get my still pic on. I do indeed enjoy that. The ammo story went pretty well, even if it did come down to the wire a little bit. We couldn't find a consumer to talk to us until Wednesday

Drewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10751693672456673574noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-81246954329019924742009-06-05T16:42:00.007-05:002009-06-05T16:57:18.318-05:00

I began my week with my 10-hour KOMU shift Monday and I've been just going non-stop since! I realized the key for KOMU shifts is to be proactive and speak up. At first when I got there I was kind of frustrated and worried that I wouldn't be able to contribute because there weren't many reporters or assignments that day. I discovered that if I was really interested in making use of my time there,

Katie Dohsenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-52575412837283619112009-06-05T15:51:00.000-05:002009-06-06T18:48:42.229-05:00

Erik ShuteI have to day I've never actually experienced the "lax" environment at KBIA, but I definitely think it's something I could get used to. This week I worked with Brendan (one of the project managers) and we tried to get our hands dirty looking into the Missouri Theatre restoration debt; an estimated $1.6 million. Of course, no one was talking. Or, if they had been talking, they weren't

Erik Shutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298518013604754432noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-62642289472853180262009-06-05T15:04:00.003-05:002009-06-05T15:33:33.789-05:00

Super.This week was a tad busy, but I suppose anything could theoretically be "worse." I could have been blown up like the truck 10 cars in front of me on I-70 while I was on my way to do an interview with an adopted social worker. I could have been sprayed with a sprinkler while doing a stand-up during my shift at KOMU this week. There are lots of possibilities. The shift wasn't bad, albeit

Ben Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176374685941467857noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-72620738454436734342009-06-05T15:02:00.006-05:002009-06-05T15:33:33.328-05:00

I had a great time reporting this week. I loved talking to the farmers and listening to people who are passionate for what they do. We talked to so many people and ended up having to not use several of them in our final radio story. I took up river lingo because of the interviews, but I learned that reporting is my favorite part of the work, and that this is why I want to be a journalist.Editing

Harumendhah Helmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00999181041057284367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-55596862678512864292009-06-05T15:02:00.004-05:002009-06-05T15:20:58.277-05:00

Sam SchleicherI think it's fair to say that everybody is a little stressed over story pitches. It's a scary feeling when you feel completely exhausted of story ideas, you've got nothing for the upcoming week, and you still need to find yet another idea for the week after that. Finding that perfect balance between timeliness and newsworthiness is hard, and sometimes I'm not sure that I'm really

Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01393292822865235579noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-11747211495562080062009-06-05T14:40:00.003-05:002009-06-07T23:53:41.124-05:00

Week three is over. (!)I am exhausted and a little disappointed. I am very, very proud of my project.  For the second week in a row, I have done a radio piece and I have confirmed my love of sound editing.  For a long time now, I wanted to choose KBIA as one of the two of my editing spots for 4806, and this week confirmed that.  It feels like a math problem to me - something that can be done in

Jennifer Elstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08982396429970690370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-64866688327170616662009-06-05T12:59:00.002-05:002009-06-05T13:04:44.632-05:00

I had the most fun this week at my KOMU shift because I got to film, write, and produce the 1:30 piece on ethanol with the help of a KOMU resident. It was the most stressful thing I've ever done because we literally submitted the file five minutes before it was supposed to air. We traveled to Jeff City, Hartsburg, North and South Columbia to get the pieces we needed, so we didn't get back with

Zentennialhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08904468130467334962noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-15570337826239178232009-06-05T12:32:00.002-05:002009-06-05T12:42:12.747-05:00

After my third week in this class I'm happy to report I am ALMOST used to it.  Things were a bit tight this week, but I didn't think there were any major problems with the team story and the newsroom shift.  Drew Dumas and I were in a group this week for the team story.  We were reporting about the  ammunition shortage that's currently affecting the nation.  So, we looked at the topic from a

Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07893302710907180505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-44278717428015804232009-06-05T12:27:00.003-05:002009-06-05T12:47:59.868-05:00

Two things I've discovered in the first three weeks of 4804:1. I don't eat lunch a lot, especially on Wednesdays and Thursdays. Taking the time to go home to eat my own food would take up too much time, and I don't have the kind of money without a summer job to eat at Which Wich or Chipotle three times a week.2. Story pitches are without a doubt the hardest part of this class.I'm sitting here on

JJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04553605078542580848noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-28494539484162916272009-06-05T11:35:00.003-05:002009-06-05T13:14:11.783-05:00

I had a really good newsroom experience this week. I went to KOMU on Monday, and there was only one reporter there. They sent JJ and I out to Fulton with a camera-that I had a quick lesson on-and we conducted interviews and shot b-roll, and our segment aired on the 10 PM news. I'm not as confident with video as I am with other media, but I had so much fun and was really proud of what we

SarahRappaporthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584249196006151420noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-65383195100646072622009-06-05T10:39:00.001-05:002009-06-05T10:40:29.112-05:00

Okay... this is my one post that I get to treat as a diary. I've spent the last few weeks hoping this class would get easier rather than making myself exert any extra effort. It's rather backward thinking...but as a burned-out student 14 hours away from home, I was wont to dream.Therefore I apologize to my group members because I can fully see that I didn't do nearly as much as I could. End

Kelseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03758315006629586228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-72085935535020167982009-06-05T09:20:00.003-05:002009-06-05T09:44:28.566-05:00

For some odd reason, this week made me recall the words of Principles of American Journalism, which taught us that "journalism is a process." When I look back and evaluate this week, I can't think of the "products" I put out, but rather everything that went into producing them.On Tuesday, I worked my first shift at KOMU. My immediate impression of my time there is the same impression I've had any

Ross Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07376913395613166252noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-73464600239717762262009-06-05T09:03:00.002-05:002009-06-05T09:21:27.432-05:00

I'm exhausted. Week 3 pretty much posed the same challenges with our team stories as the previous week. From now on, I know that I really need to relate to official sources a sense of urgency. I think that the 39506088 phone calls, voice mails, and pop-ins would convey that. From now on I'm going to just show up everywhere earlier in the week as opposed to later in the week after no one has

LaNitahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06604467214462939563noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-87261613623550886792009-06-04T23:14:00.015-05:002009-06-05T17:25:48.812-05:00

By Jake CarahThis week twenty years ago I was four years old, the word convergence had no direct relation to journalism, students in China stood up to army tanks, Japan was in a mind boggling depression/recession and David Carradine was alive and well on a movie set playing a bartender samurai in a fantastically wretched flick called Wizards of the Lost Kingdom II. Roll back 67 years and the

Jakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04290296491724242052noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-15915070342595993552009-06-04T19:42:00.002-05:002009-06-04T21:01:38.231-05:00

I worked on a story about a program that provides school lunches to children during the summer with KOMU reporter Jessie Fowble this week. We drove to Sedalia, where basically I shot still photos while Jessie collected video, conducted interviews and performed a stand-up. I'm happy with how my photos turned out, but I would have liked to have been more involved in the editing process when we

Joel Walshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10923436242535866312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-55371955958710598062009-06-04T17:37:00.002-05:002009-06-04T17:50:59.225-05:00

Week 3 brought me down. Way down. I found myself struggling with writing and re-writing scripts despite how organized and how much planning I put into it. The nursing story was challenging as expected. The only hospital to communicate with us was the VA Hospital and the few nurses that we were able to get didn't fit the focus of our story very well. B-roll was hard to get as we had a

LaurieAnnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07087607384647387051noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-44466837402600498202009-06-04T16:08:00.003-05:002009-06-04T16:14:40.013-05:00

This week, dare I say it, I had fun.I tend to lean towards human interest stories and stray from hard news, so out team story this week was a blast. Going to the Moberly Five-and Drive and learning how a drive-in worked not only made for a really interesting story, but I also enjoyed being there myself. I felt like my team this week worked really well together and it NEVER would have gotten done

Lauren Pinderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823558460218750717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-29052978567340103332009-06-02T18:28:00.003-05:002009-06-02T18:54:05.111-05:00

In my second week at KBIA, I was able to use a story that I had proposed for my group project that tended toward being a day-turn piece.  I covered the State Historical Society of Missouri's Board of Trustees meeting, during which the Trustees covered how their plans for a new building would change after their funding was completely cut out of the state's federal stimulus spending.  I was glad to

Ben Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11176374685941467857noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-66221907820792655582009-06-02T10:00:00.002-05:002009-06-02T10:19:01.265-05:00

Two weeks have already passed in the first summer semester and I've done one story and two shifts at KOMU. This is moving along quickly, and will be over before I know it - I hope. The class is enjoyable, but it certainly is a large amount of work. I am taking a Newsy.com course and working a few hours a week; fitting in class work has been the biggest challenge. When I do have it all scheduled

Brent Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08929966733926619291noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-20467779503126134792009-05-29T21:05:00.002-05:002009-05-31T19:50:20.288-05:00

This week went by in a flash and while that encourages me that this class will go by quickly, I add up all the story ideas and pitches and projects and shifts that I have to finish before I'm done and I'm quickly back in check.My KOMU shift this week was not much different than my last, but a bit more fun. I went to Boonville to take pictures of cows and a dairy for a story about milk prices.

Lauren Pinderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08823558460218750717noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20746852.post-36146711495243147742009-05-29T20:50:00.004-05:002009-05-29T21:32:40.367-05:00

I can't believe it. This week went by really fast. Like everyone else, I spent a large part of it in the Futures Lab, editing material. Thinking back, I don't think I contributed enough to my group last week. I spent the majority of my time trying to save an incorrigibly shaky video. I still spend forever on Avid, but I like to think I'm getting better.My story pitching skill still resembles a

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