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Camera Time!

By: Shirley Jiang

There were no space for mistakes, except, we did get a few chances.

The idea of being on camera was scary, but it all worked out at the end. Everyone had the chance to experience background work including working the cameras, operating the teleprompter, directing everyone, and manage the buttons for graphics. It was a very eye opening experience to actually live through a mock recording for television. Mannerisms, eye contact, posture, and facial expressions all played a big part. But it was a super cool adventure.

We also traveled to News12 and it was an impressive operation. Everything from computers to the building looked like we were living more than in the present. It was modern but high-tech. I learned a lot about the broad and all-encompassing field of journalism.

Thinking of the Whole Game

By: Shirley Jiang

I am fascinated by human interactions.

People always seem to open up when something that they are passionate about. We saw this as we conducted interviews for the Game Theory Workshop at the Wang Center.

Doing a whole research paper on the movie, Crazy Rich Asians, I just found out that Rachel is not only an economics professor, but she studied Game Theory. Game Theory is thinking about the whole picture, predicting what the other side is going to do and base your decisions off of that. It’s a big mind game and a very intriguing way of thinking.

Both Mr. Chin and Mr. Samuelson shifted into professional mode when we interviewed them on their expertise. Mr. North also gave us a lot of his professional advice and aided us in the interview process.

Everyone can be a winner and when you find the right work it won’t feel like a day of work!

The end of a Greene summer

By Gabrielle Sanders

If you were to tell me four days ago that I, and twelve other people, would be getting rained on the first day of camp — and have a bond over that — I would’ve brushed you off. But now I can’t do that because it really did happen, and it sure was an experience.

This camp had pushed me to grow in ways I didn’t think I would achieve in a long time and although I haven’t 100% broken out of my shell yet, I still appreciate the camp for putting me out there, whether it was through podcasting, recording, or networking and working with others. I believe that I was able to be more open to communication and working together with other people.

I am really thankful for this program not only for the practical skills that I have gained for the field of journalism but a potential career path and experience for myself and what I could really do with my life and future with an apperception at the fact that not many kids my age get the privilege to experience a potential career field especially at my age where picking your career or pressure to have at least some idea for what you wanna do.

Lastly, I loved the social experience, comfort, and experimentation that I was able to gain through this program. Although I may not be as open or extroverted as I thought I would get by the end of the program, I still am grateful to the fact that I have a newfound perspective on working with, speaking to, and being open to other people. And I really, ultra-appreciate everyone, especially my fellow classmates, for gifting me with such an unforgettable growing experience.

Last one best one

By Shirley Jiang

Today is the last day of the Greene Program!

This is definitely a bittersweet day. Although we are leaving today, we are also leaving with more knowledge, connections, and people we can now reach out to when needed. Breakfast was amazing as per usual and I managed to pack everything back into my travel size mini suitcase! Phew 🙂

This was a memorable expericence!

Editing 101 and the cutting room floor

By Gabrielle Sanders

Today marks our busiest day yet, working on our stories to post onto the Greene Gazette. It was the most significant surge in work throughout this whole week, but I know that the team and I will be able to handle it and show off what we had learned so far in camp.

This day really put our skills to the test, pushing us unto the boundaries, pressure and even time constraints that traditional journalist would be used to due to their experience. But, unfortunately for us, we don’t have the luxury of that same experience that the professionals are left with.

Even though this may be a challenge for us or even stressful, I still personally believe that the Greene Team can still pull through in the end.

A day at a news station

By Gabrielle Sanders

Another day rolls by at the Robert W. Greene Summer Institute for High-School Journalist and it pushes students more into the world of journalism through behind the scenes work of what is done in the news world and stations. On top of this, we got to experience the News 12 building and learn about what they do, how they got into their positions and more.

Along with learning about news station broadcasting, we were also able to record our own news episodes through the help of the Stony Brook News, getting us used to teleprompters and the importance of still reading through a script. The fact that you have a teleprompter doesn’t mean that you should take that privilege for granted. Reading through a script gives not only you but also the viewers a more lively and real execution of the information that you are trying to deliver. On top of that, we got to operate the behind the scenes of the recording of the news, showing us the different controls and edits of live television, how to operate the teleprompter and microphone audio.

After our first-ever time recording in an example of what news broadcasting really is, we traveled down to the News 12 studio with a tour of the different departments including where they film the news that we view on television. It was a pretty big experience for all of us to be seeing the amount of work put in that everyday daily viewers cannot see.

A press conference with a senator’s aide, and a mini podcast lesson

By Gabrielle Sanders

Another day with the Greene Program and it has already taught me pretty valuable skills within not only journalism but also with other aspects of life, like public speaking. As someone who was pretty unfamiliar and has a slight aversion to speaking in front of large crowds, I found the press conference with New York State Senator Anthony Palumbo’s aide Ray Weber was an experience I never even imagined going through or seeing with my own two eyes.

Although I had a small interest in politics and political topics, I don’t think the average person imagines or let alone thinks of speaking to a person who is within the senate. Being able to ask personal questions face to face about different issues in the community, the encounter left me with a new perspective on legislations and how the people within senate handle new laws that get passed including on how they view the new idea and the different plans they have to implement to make the New York community a better and comfortable place.

The Greene Team also got to learn a bit about podcasting and audio, how to properly speak into a microphone and how to operate our podcast plus some facts about podcasting (the fact that there are 5 million plus podcast out there is crazy). I hope that after we learned the proper set up for podcasting will motivate one, some, or even all of us to create our own podcast or even collaborate on one.

First Blog

By Shirley Jiang

A day of unpredictability.

The first day of the Stony Brook University Greene Team Program was an eye opening experience. People I met once during orientation and over a groupchat came to life once again and everyone seemed to get along just fine!

Although I was tired from an hour and forty-five minutes of driving, after unpacking, we immediately went over the rules and began the journey.

The rain caught all of us off guard and it slowly started to amplify in intensity.

Drops.

Drizzle..

Downpour…

Drenched from head to toe and we were still eager to learn.