Day 2 was great! We had Stephanie Brumsey come as a guest speaker. She told us about how networking is more useful than it seems, and how to conduct an interview. Then, Professor Dowdy taught us about the ledes in a story.
After a 10 minute break, we broke up into groups to discuss a story to write about. I got how life is going back to “normal” post-pandemic. So far, I think the camp has gotten off on the right foot.
From today’s beginning pep talk with Kate Nalepinski to an exclusive interview with Congressional candidate Kara Hahn, with an hour-long photography session with Newsday photojournalist John Williams and extensive videography tips from Stony Brook’s own Rick Riccioppo in between, Day 2 has been a powerhouse lineup in all forms of multimedia journalism. I feel like in one day I’ve learned what I might have in a college semester, and I can’t wait to take these lessons and rules into the world during the rest of the week!
For me, writing’s always been “my thing,” to echo Nalepinski, and I feel as though I might have the bulk of reporting down, but I would never dream of calling myself tech savvy. Today’s lessons around shooting photos and videos to tell a story were so great to experience, and I feel sure that what I gained will be instrumental in the rest of my Greene Week as well as any journalism I choose to pursue in the future. What made today especially exciting was our brief but indispensable time with Kara Hahn, who detailed for us her life in politics, her motivating factors, as well as some insider knowledge about Suffolk County legislation!
Today was all about work. Work through broadcasting, reporting, teamwork and writing.
We worked with Connie Conway, Marcy McGinnis, and Philip Altiere to record our first-ever news broadcast with the Greene team.
The news broadcast made me realize the important role emotions play when an anchor speaks.
The one thing I learned about being an anchor for a day is to get nerves out the door: try and be as comfortable as possible and everything will become natural.
Our broadcasts were edited and broadcast to the Greene team. I knew it was crunch time.
Our groups began to conduct interviews with our sources. There was a time when we had no sources and in the span of five hours we had over four sources.
Journalism is a fast-paced process. That’s what makes it so exciting.
Teamwork is key in creating an amazing story. Your team is going to stick with you and help get information that will benefit everyone.
As the sources get interviewed and notes start to come in… writing steps up to the plate.
Writing is what brings the story to life.
Getting a good headline, lede, and kicker is what makes the story.
Always show emotion and be a team player! ‘Til tomorrow, Greene Team!
Today was my favorite day by far! We got to go through the process of broadcasting a story as well as sharing the weather. Seeing the result at the end was the best part. I think this lesson really brought out a lot of confidence in the team. My team and I also worked a lot more on our story. It is coming along really well. I am really excited for the end result. That is everything for today. Until tomorrow! 🙂
Day 3 today and boy, was I nervous. OK so first off, waking up early (at 9 am) wasn’t as hard as I thought it was going to be. 🙂 I wish my nerves got that memo, though, because I was so anxious. I only own graphic tees, and newsflash (see what I did there) you can’t wear a graphic tee when delivering the news. Then I remembered I bought this white top like a month ago and it worked. So then I log on, scared —because I don’t mind public speaking, I actually really like it, but talking on Zoom is a completely different thing. Plus we’re all getting told how to put our camera. (btw I freaked out before because I realized, I read the script but I didn’t MEMORIZE it). Luckily I just pulled it up on my laptop.
After doing a couple of takes of the broadcast I concluded that broadcast journalism isn’t for me. It was fun, but maybe because I was nervous or because the audio wasn’t so great but let me tell you I DESPISE MY VOICE. Well, at least I know what my niche won’t be. This was a fun thing to say I did though.
After that, my team and I were scrambling to get people to interview because the people we emailed just weren’t getting us anywhere. Luckily, at the end of the day we managed to get some replies and one of my team members even pulled together and got an interview 🥳. Now we are just waiting to hear back from more people. Interviewing is my favorite part of journalism and I can’t wait to do it. I am SO excited.
Welp, the second full day of Greene Team is in the books. Today my brain was jam-packed with lots of information about photography and film, but I learned so much about a field that I thought was pretty simple.
The biggest thing I learned today was LIGHT! Professor John Williams taught me so much about how light greatly impacts a photo. Windows, strobe lights, and any and every light source in a background impacts the photo you are taking.
Professor Ricioppo gave some really good insight on how different shots should be layered in a journalistic video. The “mantra” of shooting a video also really helped me remember the different shots I should be getting while out in the field taking video.
Today was so much fun, and I can’t wait to get on air and talk about the weather tomorrow!
3… 2… and welcome to Stony Brook News! I’m Chloe Findlay with your weather.
See ya tomorrow, Greene Team!
Day 1 of Greene…success (well, day 1 of full-time Greene). Although sitting in front of a computer screen was not the ideal way I wanted to spend my Greene week, I still appreciate the opportunity to even be here.
Journalism was not something that crossed my mind until maybe about six months ago. I took a multimedia journalism class my second semester this year and when I finished that class, boy, I thought I knew it all. News flash — I did not know it all. I learned more on this first day of Greene than I was expecting to learn all week! From ledes, to headlines, to finding out how to properly edit a journalistic video… I feel more confident about my writing, producing, and editing skills already.
Something that I especially enjoyed today was learning more about the Padcaster Verse. Well, first of all, I just feel really cool when I walk around with that thing! The cool, fuzzy microphone, the high-tech tripod, and even all the cool wires you have to plug in to hear the sound made me feel so cool! I really feel like a journalist when I walk around with that thing! Amazing! But besides the fact that I feel like I already belong at a major news station just going off of how cool I look with the Padcaster setup, I feel like I am already at a major news station with the incredible instruction I have been getting from my Greene professors. Professor Dowdy and his great way of explaining a lede versus a headline, Professor Ricioppo and his approach to producing a video, and all the many other professors I met today have been extremely informative in explaining their craft, and of course, very kind.
I can’t wait to see what tomorrow brings… maybe a massive ice cream sundae, one thousand dollars? No, probably just more interviews.
See ya tomorrow, Greene Team!
Today was such a productive day! Today my group and I made a game plan on how we’d work on our work for the film festival. Also, we had a press conference and leaned a lot of new things and we were the first to hear of some good news: The Stony Brook Greene Team “scooped” off of Newsday! What a productive day!
Liliana Stella
Even though I have been doing an abundance of things these past few days, July 20th 2021, seems to be the busiest. My team and I are starting to really break down our story. Developing questions, organizing those questions into topics of discussion and assigning roles for our projects have been a few of the activities we have been doing. As a team we have been working hard and contributing to better strengthen our story. When assigning roles, I immediately jumped towards the writing position. Writing is something that I believe is my strong suit. I can easily articulate what I want to say through writing and I feel comfortable. However, I then reflected upon why I wanted to do this program in the first place. I want to learn more! Suddenly, I felt the urge to be an interviewer because that’s something that I am the least familiar with. I figured that since I had already gained so much knowledge on writing through developing the profiles, I should visit another part of the field. Rather than simply choosing writing again, or picking editing which I have done plenty of in the past, interviewing would be the biggest challenge. With all that being said, I knew that being an interviewer would be the best way to further benefit my journalism career for the future.
Today consisted of two things: Our studio day and interviews.
The studio day was fun. At first, recording the piece was a little stressful, especially because my group was the first to go. I don’t think my delivery of the script was the best, but I think if I had taken more time to prepare it would’ve been much better. It was nice to have a little break as well after we were done recording (especially since it rained during the break, and I love the rain).
Later in the day my group interviewed Steve Chassman from the Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency (LICADD). This might have been my favorite interview that I’ve done yet. It was really eye-opening. He mentioned that a big problem with the response to the opioid crisis is that people are viewing it as a moral issue rather than the public heath issue that it is. I also thought it was really interesting to hear that he had prior experience from the AIDS crisis and he mentioned a lot of similarities that he’s noticed between the AIDS and opioid crisis. I thought that it was a really intriguing way to talk about it, I had never thought about it in that way but now I know that the social and governmental response to both crises have a lot more similarities than I realized.
That was pretty much it for today, I’m both stressed and looking forward to tomorrow. I know I have a bit of work ahead of me but I like the feeling of accomplishment I get after completing something I’ve been working hard on.
