Sound bites from the full podcast

Here is a two minute clip of sound bites from my podcast on College Journalism Students. I am working on getting all the audio on one page for easy access. Until then, you can find all the episodes in each of their separate posts in the months of April and May.

Here we go:

Final Episode: College Journalism students

God, why am I such a rookie? Noticed this morning that I mispronounced my interviewee's name wrong in the introduction. Sorry in advanced Hallie, improved version will be posted Monday. Although I made such a terrible mistake, a final episode I promised, and a final episode I shall give, good or bad.

(Note, below is the corrected version as of 5/3/10)

Hallie Mathia is a sophomore at Emerson College. What is interesting about her interview is how she explains what her goals are after graduation. Unlike most journalists who plan on writing for a publication after they earn their degree, Hallie wants to go into an entirely new field.

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"You need to be like the one man band"

This week's podcast features Alexis Brown, a senior at NYU. When Alexis first got into journalism she focused on hard news pieces, but living in New York City has taught her that journalism is much more than only covering one topic. Alexis' beat lies in covering art. I love the story she tells in this podcast of learning glass blowing. As she says, it demonstrates that to really make the most of your story, you have to make the most of the topic you are covering. If that means jumping in and getting your hands dirty, then so be it.

Next year Alexis will be attending grad school to expand her knowledge of the arts and she hopes to travel to experience different cultures around the world. This will definitely make her stand out from other freelance writers and hopefully give her a great career.

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Congratulations Alexis, and good luck next year!

The Best of the Audio (so far)

Here is a small track I made of the best audio clips from my podcast thus far. I mixed in a bit of the interview that will be posted later this week, featuring Alexis Brown, a student from NYU. Consider it a sneak preview of her interview. Enjoy!:

Pat Cusick shares his latest podcast episode

This week I have a break from creating a new episode, so here we feature Pat Cusick, a junior here at Endicott, who is also podcasting about the so called dying field of journalism.

Pat interviewed Greg Payne, the editor of our school newspaper, The Observer. Greg has created a successful blog (CelticsCircuit.com) which he transitioned into a job writing for CelticsBlog.com, a well known Boston Celtics website.


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Thanks for sharing Pat!

Episode number two

Podcast episode two is finished and ready to be listened to. It features Tim Healey, a senior from my hometown of Danbury, CT. Currently he is the editor of the Danbury High School newspaper, The Hatters Herald. He has done a great job with their newspaper and next year he will be moving on to bigger and better things as a freshman at Boston University.

One of my favorite quotes from this episode is when Tim is talking about what he hopes to accomplish next year at BU. He says "I just want to let people know I'm there." I think that is one of the best possible things you can do your first year. Don't stand in the background, let people know you are there and ready to work. If editors and professors don't know your name with in the first few months, then you are in for a long journey. I have found that when people can place a face to your name, then things like getting stories or even some extra help on a paper come much more easily.

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Good luck next year Tim!

An interview in the North End

Yesterday was quite hectic. After my morning class I headed into Boston to do an interview with a friend of mine who is a journalism major at Northeastern University. I had just half a day to go into Boston, get the story, come back, and edit it. Gotta love deadlines.

In a cute little Italian Cafe in the North End I interviewed Laura about the obstacles she is facing now, if she is afraid of the future, and what qualities journalism students need to set themselves apart from the competition. She answered these questions among others with great honesty and expressed her love for the field of journalism.

My favorite part of the interview was listening to her talk about the latest story she wrote for one of her classes. She went to a speech at BC that was given by some Catholic nuns. They are feminists, who want to be priests, but they belong to a church that won't let them. Laura loved listening to the speech because she found a personal connection with it and went back to her room to write a great story that just flowed out of her. Then yesterday she discovered she got a C on the story and was disappointed.

 We all know that feeling of getting a grade back that you were expecting to be great, but when you look at the letter grade on the paper you worked so hard to write, a pit forms in the bottom of your stomach. It's part shock, part nerves, part anxiety all wrapped into one. However, it's not the end of the world. We are still learning and have a long way to go. It goes to show that sometimes the stories we love to write are not always our best work.

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Calling ALL Journalism students

I am working on a podcast project about journalism students. After learning the basics of recording audio, I am finally ready to start this big podcast of about 5 episodes. I want to talk to other journalism students about why they chose to study journalism, how they feel about job opportunities after graduation, what special areas they are into, and much more. If you want to be part of my podcast, shoot me an email, I'd love to hear from other students facing the same struggles and pressures as I am.