One of the more exciting events here on campus is the annual Temple Snowboard Club’s Railjam Competion. Last week over 20 TONS of snow were hauled in for the event which took place at the Bell Tower. The same day of the event I had to complete my live shot assignment for my broadcast performance class. Everyone in the class had specific times to call into WRTI, radio station located here on campus, to give our one minute live shot and then field follow up questions from one of the news anchors. You can take a listen to my live shot below.
Today I was watching the Temple vs La Salle basketball game on ESPN 2 when my campus connection story on the Liacouras Center came on the TV. The best part about the entire thing is the commentary following the story when one of the announcers suggested I invest in a hairbrush. I think its great ESPN has been highlighting student journalists all week. It has been cool watching other student work from around the country. One day I hope I’ll have the opportunity to introduce student pieces on a prime time network like ESPN. You can see the video below…
One of the classes I’m taking this semester is, “Broadcast Performance” and ironically it’s with my journalism professor from last semester, Windsor Johnston. The class is supposed to get everyone comfortable with performing in front of a camera and microphone. One of the recent assignments we had to do was this biography assignment.The idea of the project was to get us talking about ourselves in front of a microphone. The only thing we were told was that the piece had to be exactly two minutes. Another unique assignment I’m looking forward too this semester is the lip syncing TV segment. I haven’t heard too many details yet but according to Professor Johnston we’ll be dressing up and lip syncing to one of our favorite songs (this should be interesting).
Next week is “Campus Connection Week” on ESPN, ESPN 2, and ESPNU. During the week ESPN will be incorporating student content during their college basketball programming which is why I put together this piece on the Liacouras Center. Look for this to air during the Temple vs La Salle game next Saturday January 30th.
Temple doesn’t have a geek squad but we do have our own….HOOT SQUAD! Located on the bottom floor of the tech center is Temple University’s computer help services center. Last night I spent 3 hours with one of the technicians as he diligently wiped out all the viruses on my computer and reinstalled the Windows operating system. The computer that I took in for repair was an old desktop that I thought I might be able to use down here at school. When the repairs were finally over my old computer was running just as fast as the day I got it. The best part about this service is the fact its FREE! Another cool fact about the CSC (computer services center) is they have a 24 hour hotline and if you live in one of the on campus residence halls the technicians can make service calls out to your room. While I’m not planning on making a trip back to CSC anytime soon I know I’ll be in good hands if I ever have any more computer trouble.
This is my creative space or, “The Cave” as I like to call it…It’s the space underneath my loft in my room at my fraternity house located here on campus.I don’t have three computers but rather 2 monitors hooked up to my laptop. The multiple displays are essential when editing video. 60% of the time my work gets done here all the time…haha no but seriously I am a huge believer in having a creative space. When I lived in Whitehall (one of the freshmen residence halls) I took apart my desk to accommodate my monitors, hard drives, and other various video equipment. I’m always interested to see how students setup their rooms which is one of the reasons I am hoping to start “dorm cribs” in conjunction with Temple Admissions next semester. I think prospective students, and parents would be interested in watching an inside look at life inside a Temple University residence hall. Stay tuned for more details about this project. Break is coming to an end soon which means class are right around the corner and I couldn’t be more excited to kick off another semester here in Philly.
The pictures and video are finally in from the Eaglebank Bowl in Washington DC on December 29th. It was very cold…to say the least. Temple’s BTMM and Journalism department funded myself and 3 other guys to head down to the game and put together a 20 minute bowl special show.
We stayed overnight in DC the night of the game to look through the footage and start planning out different aspects of the show. I was responsible for putting together a story on the students heading down to the game. In addition I re edited my bowl preview montage piece as a “season in review” wrap up segment that aired at the end of the show. Check out my story on the students heading down to the game below.
Today’s game is SOLDOUT at the Liacouras Center. Everyone here on campus is scrambling to find a ticket to today’s New Year’s showdown between #18/19 Temple University and #1 ranked Kansas Jayhawks. The last time Temple defeated a #1 ranked team was against Cincinnati in 2000. Overall the Owls are 3-6 against the Jayhawks. Don’t sweat if you can’t get a ticket because the game will be televised on ESPN 2. I’m excited because I’ve got media creds for the game so you’ll be seeing some of the footage here on the blog later. Be sure and come back soon for footage from the Eaglebank Bowl Game. HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYONE!
I’m in the middle of an EPIC roadtrip. As you can see from my GPS I’ve traveled quite a bit over the past couple of days…1,937 miles to be exact! This whole trip started the day after Christmas when my family drove from PA to Cincinnati, Ohio to visit with our relatives. From Cincinnati I drove to Dayton in order to catch a plane to Chicago. After the flight was delayed an hour in Chicago I finally boarded a plane back to Philadelphia. All this in time to catch the Temple sponsored student bus heading down tomorrow morning to RFK Memorial Stadium in Washington DC. Luckily after the game tomorrow I have a hotel room to crash in Tuesday night…but then it’s back to the highway Wednesday when I drive home to Philadelphia. This is going to be a long week…
BREAKING NEWS…Today I got a letter from the Hearst Journalism Awards Program and found out I placed in a tie for 11th place in the Television Features category. The letter said there were over 70 students represented from 40 journalism schools across the nation. The stories I entered into this years contest were the ”Cherry Crusaders” and “Madden Tourney” pieces I did this fall in my sports production class. I’m already looking forward to entering more work in the Television News contest this January.
In other news…My Credentials for the Eaglebank Bowl were APPROVED! On December 29th I’ll be rubbing shoulders with ESPN on the sidelines of RFK stadium in Washington DC. More details to come about the special edition OwlSports Update Bowl show.
One of the more exciting events here on campus is the annual Temple Snowboard Club’s Railjam Competion. Last week over 20 TONS of snow were hauled in for the event which took place at the Bell Tower. The same day of the event I had to complete my live shot assignment for my broadcast performance class. Everyone in the class had specific times to call into WRTI, radio station located here on campus, to give our one minute live shot and then field follow up questions from one of the news anchors. You can take a listen to my live shot below.
