It's Done...

March 10-I was not able to get any meaningful interview or sound bite for my story so I just made do with what I had. It didn't turn out as bad as I thought it would but I'm disappointed because I know it could be way better. I need to work on my narration. My packages sound okay but I could speak with better clarity. I hope that VOSOT I worked on goes well since I won't be the one trying to read it.

It's Not Converting

March 6-I've got some footage but I keep getting pushed off on so many interviews. I was supposed to talk to a guy at Northland Cable but every day I have checked on him he has been extremely busy "putting out fires" as he says. He said there was something going wrong with Channel 97. Sounded a little intriguing but I doubt there's a story there. I found a guy named Nathan who has an antenna and actually uses it but he was too busy to talk. I'm hoping one of these guys will be available by Monday cause if not then I'll just have to put it together some other way. One good thing is that I got in touch with a woman from the Nielsen Company who said she was going to email me the updated numbers for my story so at least I will have that.

Change of Plans

Mar 3-I may have to change the story I was working on because another story caught my eye. I decided I wanted to do a package on the digital conversion and how it either will or won't affect many people. There is a lot of ignorance as to what the digital conversion is about or what you need to do to be prepared for it even though stations have been warning about it for a while now. I hope my research can help shed light on the subject.

If It Ain't Broke...

Feb 26-The one thing I like about doing the story I did is that it gave me leads I could use for my next story. I had initially planned to start working on my bookstore feature but I pushed it back when I found out that there had been some new businesses opening up in the area. This helps paint a dfferent economic picture than the one I showed in the first package. The Chrysler dealership and French Cafe are reopening so I will be doing a story over that. I also found out today that a new restaurant is opening on Fair Road where Bojangles used to be.

Awesome

Feb 23-I got a lot of compliments on the package I did today, even a high five from one of my classmates. Too bad some of the packages that other people did were messing up. It will be another week before my package gets to air on channel 97. In a way this is a good thing since I will get to re-shoot my two stand-ups. I was a little blurry in both of them. I also get to start on my next package.

Ready 2 Air

Feb 19-I love the way this package came out. I see a few things that I could correct if I had more time but I believe it's ready to air on Monday. I tried to make it look as professional as possible with charts, maps and quotes. I can't wait to see it put on the show Monday.

Economic Package

Feb 17- I found the Chrysler place but it wasn't what I needed. I needed to capture footage of an empty lot but they have already started putting cars back in the lot. Only thing I could do was get a picture of the sign and hope that will do. I also got footage of Viracon and Briggs & Stratton. Now the most dreaded part which is writing this package.

Busy Work

Feb 13- Man yesterday was a busy day. I was all over Statesboro trying to get information for this economic story. I went to city hall, the French Cafe, Pizza Inn, Hugo's, the Statesboro Herald, the Department of Labor, and the Chamber of Commerce meeting. I also talked to the head of the Dept of Labor's Communication Dept in Atlanta using my anytime minutes for about half an hour. I better get an A+ in this class. Now I've just got to find the Chrysler place.

Push Back

Feb 9-We have our first show later this week and I still haven't figured out what to write for my script. Guess that's what I will be working on tonight. Still trying to get this package on the economy up and running but information hasn't been very forth coming. I speak to the tax person in City Hall on Thursday so I hope she can provide me with the information that I need.