I recommend you all go a week without internet.
Now imagine that during that week you have three midterms, two major assignments, three minor assignments and a whole lot of stories due for the Charlatan.
The nearest internet cafe is slightly sketchy and your giant, old laptop that has been slowly dying is now dying at a much faster rate.
Are you stressed yet?
That was my week.
Tonight I regained internet, mastered the basics of my brand new, completely manageable (specifically in terms of size) laptop and caught up on my glee (with a glass of wine, of course).
I just thought I would share that with you.
Here are my Charlatan updates that I've been slacking on due to lack of internet:
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/ndp-outs-lobbyists
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/ready-ringette
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/cu-misses-cut-rankings
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/uwo-strike-unlikely
http://www.charlatan.ca/content/algonquin-college-program-gives-aid-animals
Now to catch up on sleep...
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
A Journey into Online Video Journalism
My first foray into online video journalism. I spent a day on the road with the Carleton Ravens. The Mens Soccer Team are ranked 6th in the country (very impressive) and their goalie, Karl Wasslen, was this week's CIS Male athlete of the week.
Here are some of the vids, on the Charlatan Online you tube channel...
On the road with the Ravens - Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRag86YOc8
On the road with the Ravens - Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSBMBEWRb-I
On the road with the Ravens - Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWPUW7Onv7U
Here are some of the vids, on the Charlatan Online you tube channel...
On the road with the Ravens - Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRag86YOc8
On the road with the Ravens - Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSBMBEWRb-I
On the road with the Ravens - Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWPUW7Onv7U
Journalism Gone Wrong
I had my first journalism fuck up last week.
I don't think anything quite compares.
I think I would've been better able to brush it off had I not been such a big fan. It was with OK Go frontman Damian Kulash and I am a HUGE fan: of the music, of the videos, of the guy (or what I know of him).
I was on a bus, headed to Queens. I was doing behind-the-scenes shots of the men's soccer team, who so happen to be ranked sixth in the country. They were watching a movie AND the bus was late, meaning there was lots of good background sound (nothing says I'm-taking-this-interview-seriously like background gunshots).
The bus being late I had to do the interview on the bus with about 20 rambunctious boys in the background. Needless to say, Kulash was not impressed.
Second, my tape recorder jammed, meaning I was left to fend for myself with good ol' fashioned paper and pencil. This also did not impress Kulash, who sounded a little disappointed in my lack of tape recorder. Me too, me too.
I did everything else to prep for this interview. I made my parents endure several phone calls as I double checked the sound quality of my phone and the phone reception to ensure everything was as it should be. It was. Sort of.
His publicist booked me in for a 20 minute interview, 10:40 to 11:00 a.m. Kulash has a busy full day and it was the only time that fit.
10:30 - Jane is prepped and ready, eagerly anticipating the interview, really nervous
10:39 - Jane starts nervously checking the time of her phone.
10:45 - Nothing.
10:49 - Publicist calls, confirms it's me, says he's connecting me to Kulash now, no problems with the connect so far.
10:51 - Jane and Kulash are speaking.
10:52 - Kulash starts cutting in and out. Jane works hard for the next 8 minutes to get as much of what he's saying down as possible (she succeeds, just barely).
11:01 - Publicist cuts in, time's up. What was supposed to be a successful, 20-minute interview that Jane's spent several hours preparing for, lasts for just under 9 minutes.
11:02 - Jane hangs up, the bus pulls in, everyone off... perfect timing.
The real challenge here? I still had to pull something out of my minimal quotes and my ass and turn it into a newsworthy interview that could grace the pages of the Charlatan's arts section. Not a fun task.
Still, I'm alive, rather proud of my creation, and I've started to breathe again. There is a lesson here, somewhere, but I'm still too shaken up from my first journalism near-disaster to figure it out.
By the way, I do need to get a new tape recorder...
I don't think anything quite compares.
I think I would've been better able to brush it off had I not been such a big fan. It was with OK Go frontman Damian Kulash and I am a HUGE fan: of the music, of the videos, of the guy (or what I know of him).
I was on a bus, headed to Queens. I was doing behind-the-scenes shots of the men's soccer team, who so happen to be ranked sixth in the country. They were watching a movie AND the bus was late, meaning there was lots of good background sound (nothing says I'm-taking-this-interview-seriously like background gunshots).
The bus being late I had to do the interview on the bus with about 20 rambunctious boys in the background. Needless to say, Kulash was not impressed.
Second, my tape recorder jammed, meaning I was left to fend for myself with good ol' fashioned paper and pencil. This also did not impress Kulash, who sounded a little disappointed in my lack of tape recorder. Me too, me too.
I did everything else to prep for this interview. I made my parents endure several phone calls as I double checked the sound quality of my phone and the phone reception to ensure everything was as it should be. It was. Sort of.
His publicist booked me in for a 20 minute interview, 10:40 to 11:00 a.m. Kulash has a busy full day and it was the only time that fit.
10:30 - Jane is prepped and ready, eagerly anticipating the interview, really nervous
10:39 - Jane starts nervously checking the time of her phone.
10:45 - Nothing.
10:49 - Publicist calls, confirms it's me, says he's connecting me to Kulash now, no problems with the connect so far.
10:51 - Jane and Kulash are speaking.
10:52 - Kulash starts cutting in and out. Jane works hard for the next 8 minutes to get as much of what he's saying down as possible (she succeeds, just barely).
11:01 - Publicist cuts in, time's up. What was supposed to be a successful, 20-minute interview that Jane's spent several hours preparing for, lasts for just under 9 minutes.
11:02 - Jane hangs up, the bus pulls in, everyone off... perfect timing.
The real challenge here? I still had to pull something out of my minimal quotes and my ass and turn it into a newsworthy interview that could grace the pages of the Charlatan's arts section. Not a fun task.
Still, I'm alive, rather proud of my creation, and I've started to breathe again. There is a lesson here, somewhere, but I'm still too shaken up from my first journalism near-disaster to figure it out.
By the way, I do need to get a new tape recorder...
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