Hello again from the Journalism lab in chilly Lexington, Virginia!
This fall term got off to a great start last week with successful launches of both the website and the broadcast. Thanks to our reporters, the news reached its intended audiences.
This week, I wanted to let you know a little bit about how our newsroom functions. Each Wednesday, the week before our show, Caroline and I (the producers) sit down with each of the reporters as they “sell”—or pitch—us their stories for the following week. Once each reporter gets assigned a story, it’s off to the races. On top of a regular course load, each reporter has to pre-interview, film interviews, get in contact with local (and sometimes national) officials, and either write a print story or put together a 90 second video news story.
When I interned in D.C. this summer, I worked with a journalism grad student who was focused on the same production and reporting aspects as we are working on this term. Kudos to the j-school!
The point isn’t to toot my own horn here, but simply to state the amount of professionalism and dedication each reporter, producer and professor puts into The Rockbridge Report each week.
So, while all of you are watching our newscast or reading the various stories on our website, think about each element as a separate piece of a puzzle. It’s exciting!
--Anne
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