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Broadcast journalism
1. NSPA video
2. Stand up clip
3. PSA video
4. Broadcast notes
5. Podcast editing
6. Podcast & Broadcast presentation
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Broadcast journalism is a great form of storytelling. It's one thing to tell a story with words, but balancing that with video, audio, and words is much more complicated. I find it really impressive when a publication is able to do frequent broadcasts because it demonstrates their ability to keep up with all of that.
Over my four years, I regretfully haven’t had the most broadcast experience. Not because I didn’t want to or refused to, just because I found myself wanting to work with other media types. Although I haven’t let that stop me from putting my all in when I do create a broadcast.
The Embrace
Left: This video is by far my best broadcast video ever. While at the National Scholastic Press Conference in 2023, I attended a pre-con workshop in broadcast. I partnered with my friend Janie Ripps, and we tasked ourselves with covering controversial art, using The Embrace as our main point for this 1-minute video. Though I can say our interview videos are rough, our audio was wind-blown, and one of our shots was shot on 0.5x accidentally. But in one afternoon, we accomplished a lot. This video is easily one of my top 5 favorite projects I have done as a journalist ever. Also, what are the chances that one day we work on this, we run into one of the architects of the statue in the park?
Stand up clip
Left: In this video is a clip of the stand-up attempt I did in Journalism I. For this project, we had to take a written news story and do a stand-up for the lead and conclusion. I got to dress up, which I enjoy, and do my best to talk confidently and with my hands to engage audiences. Along with the stand, we took B-roll shots, and since our story was about the poor condition of the bathrooms, we had various bathroom B-roll shots. T and I like a reason to wear a suit.
Don't be late: PSA
Left: In this video clip is a PSA I did in freshman year with two partners, Jaynie Gonzalez and Aliyah Wymbs. We wanted to do the topic of students being late to class, but as a skit. I starred as the kid who is late to everything, and as he grows up, he is even late to his funeral. This video has a lot of rough edges, but it has some real humor in it. From this video, I learned a bit more about how much you have to commit to a skit if you are going to do a skit. I also learned a lot about the work that goes into broadcasting during the storyboarding stages.
Broadcast notes
Left: In this photo is a screenshot of the notes I took at AJ Chamber's session, "It's not the Wand, it's the Wizard, Harry," at the 2024 fall conference of the Georgia Scholastic Press Association. I don't have much broadcast experience, so when I see a good session for it, I make a point to attend. I enjoyed this session because it taught me a good format to follow in shots: wide, medium, tight x3. I also learned good rules, like "Zoom with your feet, not the camera," and "Begin with best video, best sound." I look forward to more broadcast projects in the future where I can continue to apply this knowledge.
Personal Narrative: religion
Left: This photo and button are from a podcast I made in tenth grade about my experience growing up with religious family members. To create this piece, I had to write the script, record each section individually, and then edit the audio clips together. I also added some royalty-free music underneath that complemented the words I spoke. This shows my skills in broadcasting through the editing side of podcasts. Without good audio in your videos, you have nothing, so I think that audio editing is the first step.
Podcast audio editing
Above: This photo is of the Bandlab dashboard I had while editing my podcast, Personal Narrative: Tarot. I wanted to highlight this because in this podcast, I experimented with more interesting audio editing by adding in card shuffling sounds into important parts of the podcast. This added an interesting effect to my podcast and was sort of out of the box compared to other podcasts staffers make. I had to splice the sound effects and adjust the volume at very specific intervals so they would have a sort of peaks and valleys sort of vibe. I am really proud of of how this podcast came out, and below is a link to the podcast itself so you can hear the card shuffling yourself.
Podcast and broadcast 1
Podcast and broadcast 2
Podcast and broadcast 4
Podcast and broadcast 1
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Teaching podcast and broadcast
Above: This photo and gallery slider show a presentation I made to teach the staff how to create a quality podcast and broadcast video. I included just a few examples from the slideshow, but the example slides touch on important parts. The ODYSSEY as a whole is at times intimidated by podcasts and especially afraid of broadcast videos. I made this presentation to help demystify some fears about these projects so the staff is better equipped to make a quality video or podcast. Overall, I think this is a good presentation to show how I have taken what I learned and taught it to others.
Final Thoughts
At my publication, we normally don't do a lot of broadcast videos, but when we get the chance, we really have fun with it. When at conferences, I try to attend at least one broadcast session to expand my skill set, as shown in my notes.
I also included a skit/PSA I made during my freshman year, which, while rough around the edges, shows a lot of promise and heart. Alongside what I have done, as you can see throughout this section, I have also had the joy of helping others with their videos.
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