2008 Woodie Awards
Student news to reach larger audience
Articles, broadcasts will be posted on U News Web site through newly-established partnership
Kim Gailliard
Issue date: 2/25/08 Section: News
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Beginning March 1, select articles from the student newspaper and student broadcasts will appear on scnow.com under the "U News" link.
Maria Lundberg, assistant professor of mass communication, worked with WBTW News Director David Hart to get her students involved in the partnership, which includes Coastal Carolina University, the University of South Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke.
Lundberg said the program is a unique opportunity for students.
"I've worked in broadcast for a while and have never known of a station to produce work (done) by students," she said. "It's very rare for something like this to happen, so it's great for students to have their work seen."
The objective is for students to report about what's happening on their campuses.
One student-produced news package will be shown each week, and each of the participating universities will have their own page.
Senior Morgan Phelan, junior Ashley Dingle and junior John Sweeney have completed their stories and will submit them soon.
Phelan has been both in front of and behind the camera. She was an anchor on the student-produced news show "Patriot Talk," and she also controlled the sound and teleprompter.
Phelan said the partnership with WBTW is a good way for students to continue getting hands-on experience since "Patriot Talk" is no longer on air.
For their first story, Phelan and Dingle produced a segment about the social-networking Web site Facebook. Phelan said they focused on how students are staying connected with one another through the site.
It took them a little more than two weeks to complete the story because of editing problems.
Sweeney's story is about the Super Tuesday viewing party held earlier this month in The Grille. He said it took about a week to finish the package.
Others participating in the program are Shonelle Downer, senior, who is producing a story about a day in the life of the women's basketball team, and junior Petronia Watson and senior Alonna Landry, who are working on a story about what it's like for gay couples on campus. While working on her story, Phelan said one of the biggest obstacles was getting people to agree to an interview.
"Most girls (we've talked to) don't want to be on camera," Phelan said. "They'll say, 'You can interview me,' but they don't want any part of being on camera or the Web site."
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