By Hennie England
The first event today was a pep talk from the Ditch Weekly. It’s a newspaper business run by kids from the Hamptons. They’re also the topic of my article, so I interviewed the editor, Billy Stern, and Harry Karoussos to learn more about the Ditch Weekly.
After that, the Greene Team went to the TV studio to film a broadcast. In groups, we rotated between jobs. From being on camera, to controlling the cameras, and operating the equipment behind the scenes. This helped me discover broadcasting is not my forte. I’m not a great public speaker and I found the behind the scenes equipment to be extremely stressful. From that experience I learned, video broadcasting is not the branch of journalism I want to pursue in the future.
We also went to News 12 to tour their studio and talk to professional journalists. The managing editor showed us the television studio, editing room, graphic design room, and more. We learned about the daily tasks of the people working there and the path they took to become a News 12 employee. Seeing all the technology they use was very impressive. There were rooms filled with computers and television screens lining the walls in multiple rooms. The building also contained a ping pong table and lots of fun decorations including a giant inflatable Santa.