Broadcast Journalism

Tower TV

Tower TV is an essential in the East community. One Monday a month, since freshman year, we would get a fun dose of school news directly from the students. This year I had the chance to join as a staff member, working with another student on a special series on school history, in celebration of our centennial. We spend most of our time between the pages of yearbooks dating back to 1923, and researching bits and pieces of interesting and relevant history. We then compile photographs, interviews, and information into a story edited in Premiere.

Episode 1: History of Construction and Renovations

Episode 2: Ted Pierce: First Black Student of East

Episode 3: Sid Boyum, Local Artist

Episode 4: Girls' Sports and Title IX

Episode 5: Former Principal Milton McPike

Episode 6: The History of East's Black Student Union

Book Talkin' Podcast

In my sophomore year of Information Technology Academy (ITA), we studied audio design. ITA is a pre-college program that UW-Madison hosts. The requirement is that participants attend every other weekend for 7-hour sessions, over the course of four years, to learn IT skills. Every semester, participants take a new class. For the audio design course, our project was to write, record, compose, and edit one podcast episode on a topic of our choice. I chose to create a book review podcast on one of my favorite books, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange. I started by writing a script and then recorded the audio using my phone. I did not have access to recording equipment as it was during quarantine. I edited the recording in Adobe Audition using skills I learned in ITA lessons, and added free music I scavenged for online. Contrary to what is suggested at the end, there is no second episode. However, I had a lot more fun than I thought I would during this project. I really enjoyed using audio as a medium to tell a story.

beaded final cut.mp4

Beaded: a Documentary

I wrote, shot, edited, and directed this documentary, titled Beaded, during the summer after my freshman year. Usually for ITA, we would have our film camp, however, due to the pandemic, we were trapped at home. Our assignment was to make a movie and instructors encouraged us to get creative with the things we had around us. I shot the film completely using my phone and edited using Adobe Premiere. I ran into quite a few technical issues while editing, some of which can still be seen in the final cut. Now, after taking Advanced Video Design, I can definitely point out changes I could have made. It was overwhelming having to work on my film on my own, without instructors as we would have, but I am still proud of the final product.

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