The Communicator

Yesterday I showed up to my shift around 2 pm and attended the producer meeting. I was able to learn about the dayside reporters' stories, and sadly I felt like none of them were too visual.

So I went into the reporters edit bays and looked at their videos. I really feel like our Monday dayside reporters are great videographers, so I usually find a few good shots. I took their media cards from their cameras and went through their videos.

I found about 3-5 good shots from each video, and I really concentrated on finding close shots and far away shots - so the reader can see different perspectives. When editing the pictures in Photoshop and adding them into ACM, I really decide what should be the front photo. I feel like a shot that is too close (like splashing water) doesn't really give an idea of what the story is about. So in a story like Max's Water Patrol story, I chose an image that showed a patrolman at work. The story is about job cuts, but it's still intriguing to see someone working.

Around 5:30, I had to give a class a tour of KOMU, so I had to leave the "dot com" area. I wrote a note for Nick and Cate (the people coming in after me) and gave it to the other person working the desk and dot com area. After the tour was over around 6:30, I met back up with Nick and Cate, and they were working on editing the videos from the newscasts. For the next half hour or so, I helped them edit and communicate back and forth with the dayside reporters. This was the first time we created stories in ACM for them, so it was important to let them now. I showed them all of my images, and during her shift, Cate made a lovely slideshow for the newest Sarah's Story.