Southern Sports Network - April 13th

Yesterday we had our last sports show of the year. John interviewed Peter Meyer who is the baseball coach. I directed the show today and it ran smoothly. We also did a wrap up of the year and the spring sports which are transitioning into their respective playoff seasons now.




TOTAL YESTERDAY: 1.5
TOTAL FOR THE SEMESTER: 42

Wednesday March 30th - Southern Sports Network

Today we interviewed Coach Olsen of the woman's basketball team. I was the director while Tori and Jenna did camera and then Justin switched out with Jenna. The interview went well but John messed up the opening a few times and we had to run it over again but overall it went well.

TOTAL HOURS: 1.5

Feburary 25th - FSC v Detroit Tigers Baseball

Today Jordan & I got to help John covered the FSC/Tigers baseball game. This was almost a surreal experience for me because baseball has been my life for as long as I can remember and it was so cool to see it from the other side. When we first got there we went out onto the field to film some b-roll of the Mocs batting/fielding practice. We then got to go up to the press box and were able to get a booth to film highlights from. It was really cool for me to be able to be filming the game from up there and to get to see the reporters work. At beginning of the 9th inning we went back down to where we started to try and get some of the player interviews. All in all it was a really cool experience and it definitely solidified my drive to be able to do this as my career. I can't wait to go back next year :)

TOTAL HOURS: FIVE

Editing - Thursday February 24th

Today I edited the Southern Sports Network show from this week. I had to put in the highlights for women's and men's basketball from last weekend. We were also going to use highlights from the softball game but we didnt really have many and it looked terrible the way I put them in. We also had to fix the audio because when the tape captured it was off by a few frames.

TOTAL HOURS: TWO

Men & Women's Basketball v Tampa - February 22nd

Tonight was senior night for the basketball teams as they took on Tampa. I was able to go down onto the court after the women's game and before the men's game to get highlights of the senior presentations. Also for the women's game I filmed the highlights while Sami took notes and then for the men's game Nya, Tony & I took turns filming and writing down the highlights. It was a pretty intense two games and the Mocs came out on top both times.

TOTAL HOURS: FOUR.

MIDTERM

For as long as I can remember I’ve been into sports. My life has revolved around baseball, namely the Mets. I try to watch as many games as I can, I make it out to Citi Field a few times a season, I even work in a baseball stadium as a beer vendor. It’s just always made sense to me that I would want to make a career out of this, especially considering that I love it so much it wouldn’t seem like a job.   

I’ve always been concentrated on being the person in front of the camera, the one doing the analysis. But for this assignment I decided to take a look at what I could do behind the camera. I searched on MLB.com and found a job opening for a line producer. While a job like this isn’t attainable right out of college it’s something that is an option some years down the line. This producing job would be for MLB Network, which produces a bunch of different nightly shows, recaps of baseball games, and live telecasts of games. It says in the description that job description that extensive baseball knowledge is a must. I pretty much have that down pat. Aside from John, everyone I know tells me that I know more about baseball than anyone they know, especially for a girl.

I like to think of myself as a fairly organized person, I always have a day-to-day list of what I have to accomplish at hand. I think that producing is something I would be good at, especially since I’ve already been able to get my feet wet and I’m only a sophomore. It also says on the description that a large part of the job is coordinating schedules and content, along with working with the on air talent. That is something that would be really easy for me. I love to make lists and plan things out like it’s my job. I almost like planning my vacations more than going on the actual vacation itself.

MLB Network is obviously a very high profile position. If you’ve made it up to working there then in my opinion that’s basically as high as it can get. Along with working for a high profile network comes a better salary and awesome benefits. The MLB website has a list of some of the benefits including: comprehensive medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance and paid time off just to name a few. Doing this has definitely opened my eyes to all of the opportunities in this field. Especially with the growth of online media I think that the industry can only improve and grow from where it is now.

Tuesday February 22nd - Southern Sports Network

Today we filmed the last sports show before spring break. Our guest was Adam, one of the captains from the lacrosse team. I directed the show today and I think that it went pretty smoothly, probably one of the best times that I've ran it. Especially considering for the first half of the show the boy scouts were standing behind me annoying me. After the show Jenna and Tony stayed with me to edit the show. We also finished the show from a week or two ago. John asked me to film the basketball games tomorrow night since its senior night. We're also going to meet Thursday at 4 to finish editing todays show and the highlights from the basketball games.

TOTAL HOURS: THREE