My last Missourian shift was a cold and frankly unpleasant one. I was assigned to go out with a photographer and capture the atmosphere of the Greek homecoming festivities. Unfortunately, the atmosphere was cold, rainy, cold, and more cold. People certainly showed up though, with children, alumni, students, and Columbia residents packing the streets of Greek town to see the skits and pomp. I did the audio for the homecoming slideshow, then went back and chopped out some clips I liked and the photographer matched them up with the photos he took. I was sort of bummed I got no credit in the Missourian for the audio, but whatever.
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/stories/2009/10/24/slideshow-all-decked-out-homecoming-2009/
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
Post for Week 8
This week, my team did a story on Glen Ward, a local drummer who works for the Columbia Parks and Recreation Center and teaches kids how to drum for no charge. He was an extremely lively and talkative subject and gave us a lot of good information about his life.
He was a part of Roulette Records for a while and played concerts with famous acts such as Tommy James and the Shondells and Joni Mitchell. He had a really cool story about him meeting Joni Mitchell backstage. He offered her a shot of Seagrams and played some piano with her.
He eventually came to Columbia and formed some local bands such as the Kansas City Street Band. He was then hired by the city and began teaching drums to children. He also formed Citywide Drum Method, a marching band consisting of many of his students.
This was a really cool story because Ward was a very interesting personality with a rich history in the music industry.
He was a part of Roulette Records for a while and played concerts with famous acts such as Tommy James and the Shondells and Joni Mitchell. He had a really cool story about him meeting Joni Mitchell backstage. He offered her a shot of Seagrams and played some piano with her.
He eventually came to Columbia and formed some local bands such as the Kansas City Street Band. He was then hired by the city and began teaching drums to children. He also formed Citywide Drum Method, a marching band consisting of many of his students.
This was a really cool story because Ward was a very interesting personality with a rich history in the music industry.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Post for Week 7
This week I started my Missourian shift and covered another really interesting event. The event was Artrageous Friday, which occurs on the fourth Friday of each quarter and involved Rock Bridge high school students creating very impressive, unique paintings and other pieces. Courtney wanted me to try and get there pretty early to get interviews, around 5:00, but they told me not to come back until 6:00, so I passed time and ate some Chipotle then came back and everyone was more than willing to talk while they were working.
It was an intriguing form of art that I had never witnessed before. Students would be working on a painting, then their teacher, Sharyn Hyatt-Wade, would blow a whistle and everyone would switch and work on a different painting. It was like a Chinese fire drill, but with art.
Things really picked up when a group of drummers from Rock Bridge came by and began playing music for the event. There had to be at least 50 spectators on the street watching the beautiful mayhem. More and more drummers kept showing up and eventually dancers showed up, but it was not till really late so there wasn't enough light to get pictures of them.
I came back and loaded my audio and photos at the Missourian, but my editor Jenn Elston had to leave for a group meeting. I came back this afternoon and we met up and finished my slide show and I think it turned out pretty well. Good nat sound and clear interviews.
One of the coolest events I've covered as a student journalist, though.
Also, Soundslides was not on the computer I was working on at the Missourian, so I had to download the demo, so at the start of my piece it says "Made with Soundslides Demo." Hope that's not a big problem...
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/multimedia/slideshow/2009/10/10/rock-bridge-students-display-unique-art-artrageous/
It was an intriguing form of art that I had never witnessed before. Students would be working on a painting, then their teacher, Sharyn Hyatt-Wade, would blow a whistle and everyone would switch and work on a different painting. It was like a Chinese fire drill, but with art.
Things really picked up when a group of drummers from Rock Bridge came by and began playing music for the event. There had to be at least 50 spectators on the street watching the beautiful mayhem. More and more drummers kept showing up and eventually dancers showed up, but it was not till really late so there wasn't enough light to get pictures of them.
I came back and loaded my audio and photos at the Missourian, but my editor Jenn Elston had to leave for a group meeting. I came back this afternoon and we met up and finished my slide show and I think it turned out pretty well. Good nat sound and clear interviews.
One of the coolest events I've covered as a student journalist, though.
Also, Soundslides was not on the computer I was working on at the Missourian, so I had to download the demo, so at the start of my piece it says "Made with Soundslides Demo." Hope that's not a big problem...
http://www.columbiamissourian.com/multimedia/slideshow/2009/10/10/rock-bridge-students-display-unique-art-artrageous/
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Post for Week 6
Pretty hectic week 6. My journalism team struggled to find a story idea, as all of the contacts for our original story ideas were either out of town or would not talk to us. Monday we finally decided to do a study about how stress from swine flu affects students and a general study of the swine flu epidemic around this campus. My team member Yara and I interviewed an emerging infections coordinator for the Missouri Department of Health. We held an hour long interview with him and now I probably know way too much about swine flu and will be paranoid about a pandemic for the next couple of years.
I also interviewed several professors who hold large lecture halls as well as the assistant dean of the A&S department, then wrote a text piece on how professors are dealing with the campus-wide problem. We interviewed students who had swine flu also, and asked them about the stress they go through when they are required to keep up, but at the same time are told to stay home from school. I start my Missourian shift next week.
I also interviewed several professors who hold large lecture halls as well as the assistant dean of the A&S department, then wrote a text piece on how professors are dealing with the campus-wide problem. We interviewed students who had swine flu also, and asked them about the stress they go through when they are required to keep up, but at the same time are told to stay home from school. I start my Missourian shift next week.
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