News Stories

Our class has decided on the following stories to be reported on our program:

• President-elect Barack Obama
• The economic crisis
• Thanksgiving
• Life at UWL
• Immigration
• Sports - football & basketball

Directions

For the reporters
Look into the camera.
Faster.
Slower.
Speak more clearly.
I need more emphasis.
Sit closer together.
Sit further apart.
Smile.
Look more energetic.
I need more enthusiasm.
Don't depend too much on the cue cards.
More serious.
Relax.
You're doing great.

For the camera operator
Zoom in
Zoom out
Get a wide shot of...
Get a close-up of...
Stand here.
Pan left. Pan right.
Cut after she says...
Cut after he does...

General takes
Camera ready.
This is take 2.
5...4...3...2...1...Action!
Cut!
Let's do the ending again.
Let's do the whole thing again.
Let's start over.

JSC News

Our class is developing a news program to be recorded and broadcast in early December. We have been practicing for it these past two weeks. This Thursday, we worked on simplifying the news from The Week so it is easy to report and easy to understand. The class chose on the name of our program, JSC News, which stands for Jeremy Slagoski's Class. Finally the class chose what kind of news stories they will report.

Here is a list of the cast and crew of JSC News
News anchors - Ran and Li
Investigate reporters - Yi and Kevin
Expert opinion - Una and Lin
Field reporter - Shine
Interviewer - Candy
Sportscaster - Yuri
Meteorologist - Yuguang
Director - Aseel
Assistant director - Di
Set designer - Coco
Camera operator - Lixiang
Producer - Jeremy

On Hiatus

This blog has been temporarily stopped for a few reasons:
1) My paternity leave.
2) The change in the class schedule.
3) The change in the number of students in class.

I will resume posting on this blog to summarize what has happened in the past month.
I will also start posting progress on our final unit about journalism.

Thank you for your patience.