So since my last blog I was able to meet with Jen and discuss my website. We talked about several cool things to add to my site as well as a few little things to fix. I took her advice and have been messing with my site on and off all week. I also met with Greeley Kyle another journalism professor of mine and was able to get his opinion on the site. He actually really liked it and asked for permission to show my website in his broadcast 2 class as an example. I thought that was cool and was kind of flattered to be asked that. After meeting with Greeley I actually headed straight to my capstone meeting where things are starting to wrap up. We talked about what was left to do and how we were going to make sure to execute it all before graduation. Our whole group also visited Mark Jarvis and had him tell us about uploading the content we collected, into ItunesU. He was very helpful and also showed us how to enter metadata for all our content. All in all I am very pleased with the process of my website and the capstone project. I am learning more and more about the internet and multi-media outlets everyday!
Please check out my site at www.trinityjnelson.com!
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Website Cover letter
This is the first draft of my cover letter for my website. I worked it out this week and even though I am sure it may need more work, I like where it is heading.
My first step into the world of journalism came as I was a radio intern at KNEM-KNMO in Nevada, MO. My first night alone I was working during a St. Louis Cardinal's game and my only duties were to make sure the signal for the game and its pre-game and post game shows went through on-air. I also was in charge of running the correct commercials during each commercial break, having to manually put them through. The night went relatively smoothly until post game. As the post game started I was suddenly jolted by a loud beeping noise coming from the machine behind me. I had no clue what it was and after about a minute of it going off the phone started to ring. It was my boss, who was also the owner of the station, saying that the machine going off was the tornado warning. I had not yet been trained on how to run through severe weather warnings and because of that I had missed the window to transmit the automatic signal across the radio waves. So my boss filled me with dread as he stated I would have to go live to give the warning! I was not prepared and hadn't even been trained on how to turn on the microphone! So as I nervously listened to everything my boss said from the speaker phone, I prepared myself for my on-air debut! I put on the headphones, turned the mic toward me, and turned all the right buttons on the switch board and as I spoke... nothing. I heard nothing, fearing I was messing up I said in a panic to the speaker phone, "I don't know what I am doing!". Little did I know that I had been working it right and the headphones were not plugged in.
So there you have it, my very eloquent on-air debut! From that moment on I have tried to do everything in my power to make sure I never end up in that situation again. I believe through my time at the University of Missouri Journalism school I have been prepared for whatever lies ahead for me. I may not always know what I am doing, but I learned how to keep my head straight and work until I do know how to do it. I have developed this skill through experience as a news and sports reporter as well as a producer. I have had stories come so close to the deadline that I was finished merely minutes before it needed to air, but even in the toughest situations I was able to always keep my cool. As a reporter I have enhanced my ability to think on my feet and to focus on the situation at hand. I have worked hard all my life and will continue to do so to strive ahead in my endeavors. I come from a farming family and because of my hard work I graduated top of my class, was accepted into the best journalism school in the country and earned enough scholarship money to pay for it all. Throughout everything I have done this work only to be able to make the world smarter, more aware of what is happening around them. I dream of being able to make a difference through video, photographs and words. That is my ultimate goal. I may not always know what I am doing, but I know how to learn and through that I was to teach the world as well so no one ever has to say, "I don't know what I am doing!".
My first step into the world of journalism came as I was a radio intern at KNEM-KNMO in Nevada, MO. My first night alone I was working during a St. Louis Cardinal's game and my only duties were to make sure the signal for the game and its pre-game and post game shows went through on-air. I also was in charge of running the correct commercials during each commercial break, having to manually put them through. The night went relatively smoothly until post game. As the post game started I was suddenly jolted by a loud beeping noise coming from the machine behind me. I had no clue what it was and after about a minute of it going off the phone started to ring. It was my boss, who was also the owner of the station, saying that the machine going off was the tornado warning. I had not yet been trained on how to run through severe weather warnings and because of that I had missed the window to transmit the automatic signal across the radio waves. So my boss filled me with dread as he stated I would have to go live to give the warning! I was not prepared and hadn't even been trained on how to turn on the microphone! So as I nervously listened to everything my boss said from the speaker phone, I prepared myself for my on-air debut! I put on the headphones, turned the mic toward me, and turned all the right buttons on the switch board and as I spoke... nothing. I heard nothing, fearing I was messing up I said in a panic to the speaker phone, "I don't know what I am doing!". Little did I know that I had been working it right and the headphones were not plugged in.
So there you have it, my very eloquent on-air debut! From that moment on I have tried to do everything in my power to make sure I never end up in that situation again. I believe through my time at the University of Missouri Journalism school I have been prepared for whatever lies ahead for me. I may not always know what I am doing, but I learned how to keep my head straight and work until I do know how to do it. I have developed this skill through experience as a news and sports reporter as well as a producer. I have had stories come so close to the deadline that I was finished merely minutes before it needed to air, but even in the toughest situations I was able to always keep my cool. As a reporter I have enhanced my ability to think on my feet and to focus on the situation at hand. I have worked hard all my life and will continue to do so to strive ahead in my endeavors. I come from a farming family and because of my hard work I graduated top of my class, was accepted into the best journalism school in the country and earned enough scholarship money to pay for it all. Throughout everything I have done this work only to be able to make the world smarter, more aware of what is happening around them. I dream of being able to make a difference through video, photographs and words. That is my ultimate goal. I may not always know what I am doing, but I know how to learn and through that I was to teach the world as well so no one ever has to say, "I don't know what I am doing!".
