Practicum Final

This semester throughout all of my practicum hours I have learn a lot more than I normally would in previous semesters. I believe that a big part of that is due to the campus channel being moved over to the studio. Justin Bivens was able to teach me many things about how the channel worked as well as learning everything it took to make a successful channel run. There are so many components that go in to making things run smoothly and it really does take a lot of work. For all the other majors around campus that say Communications is a joke, I would like to challenge them to work in the studio for a day and see fully understand what it takes.

Working with Wellness TV as well as the Southern Sports Network has been a great experience in seeing how a show gets put together and how the different roles played a part in making it all look its best. I have learned a lot with having to piece together packages for Wellness TV as well as running a show for the Southern Sports Network. I'm really glad I had had enough experience to step up in Wellness TV and get the show completed when Consuleo was gone for so long. With the skills I learned working with the Southern Sports network, I hope to continue to use them whether it be to help Meghan Bragg with Southern Talk or Anna Biernbaum with the FSC TV News.

This year, practicum as well as my other broadcast classes has taught me a lot more then I expected. In my opinion, I was able to be a successful broadcast major and experience everything that I should have in my first 2 years as a practicum student. I can't wait to see how much farther I will progress and where my career choice will lead me later in life.

I began realizing that I picked the right major and career path as soon as I got started in my classes freshman year, but this year has made me realize it even more. I'm glad I was able to experience everything that I did throughout this department and I hope to continue learning and growing as a broadcast major for the rest of my time here at Florida Southern.

practicum Hours Dec 1-12

Wed Dec 1

4:30-6:00

There was another sports show. This time we interviewed Jackie from the women's soccer team, and I ran the teleprompter.

(1.5 hours)

Wed Dec 8

4:30-5:30

This was the last sports show of the semester, as well as Kevin's last show ever. We interviewed Jeb from the swim team. This was the only show that I have worked on that started on time and everyone was ready early.

(1 hour)

5:30-6:00

Maggie and I gave one last go at our Wellness TV package. We recorded one more standup for her and then edited it together for the final time.

(30 min)

TOTAL: 3 hours

Practicum Hours Nov 17-30

Fri Nv 19

12:00-2:00

Maggie and I decided to get some of our editing done for our WTV package on desserts. We had an idea of how it was going to be put together and we had shot it accordingly. It took a little while to figure out how to get it to look good with no jump cuts, but we finally figured it out.

(2 hours)

Sat Nov 20

3:30-6:00

Maggie and I got together one last time today to finish up the editing for our package. It took some time to get it perfect.

(2.5 hours)

Mon Nov 22

4:30-5:00

At our last WTV meeting of the semester, Consuelo just wanted to thank us all for our hard work and talked about what will be different next semester with the show.

(30 min)

TOTAL: 5 hours