Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Final Project Essay
91.5 The Impulse is known as WWLR and it is a student run program that is housed on the campus of Lyndon State College at 1001 College Road, Lyndonville Vermont. It has an output of 3,000 watts and reaches all of Caledonia County Vermont and most of Coos County New Hampshire. Students are able to pick a time slot of two hours a show and can create whatever type of show they want. The students have a variety of show types ranging from heavy metal to talk radio and they cover everything in between. Students gain real world experience with the station because 91.5 The Impulse is always updating its music library and giving students the opportunity to grow as radio personalities. The station WWLR does not format its programming other than its two hour show block, and as a result of this the faculty, staff, and student members are permitted free-reign over what music they play or what topics they wish to speak about. The Impulse helps its DJs gain real world experience with its state of the art production room which houses equipment allowing students to manage and produce station promotional material, station identification, and promotional show material. The production room houses high end non-linear audio editing technology allowing students access to professional quality sound effects and industry standard editing for voice recordings and lyrics. While learning about broadcasting and the technical aspect of running a station, DJs who desire to step up a notch can by being involved with management positions. This shows students what its like to run a real radio station in a true business setting. Members gain the radio experience of broadcasting to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont, and by streaming shows live on the Internet.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Final Project
For our final project we will be visiting WWLR and speaking with members of the radio station. Some of our goals will be to have a story on their fundraiser where they sold t-shirts, a slide show with Natural sound of someone hosting a show in the radio station, and an accompanying map to illustrate the coverage area for the station and a podcast review of one show.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
CNN iReport Project Essay
Natural Beauty does not go unappreciated, even by the electronically stimulated generation, when you live here in the northeast kingdom.
You may have to look around for them, but there is plenty of beautiful sights right here near Lyndon State College. Places such Burke Mountain, Lake Willoughby, and historic Darling Hill Road may be some of the most beautiful places not only in the area, but in all of Vermont.
LSC students take the time to enjoy these sights while they have the time up here at school.
“I just love the fresh air,” LSC Senior Kyle Gould said. “It’s nice. We don’t have a lot of people and traffic and stuff that creates a lot of poor air quality like you have in cities, so it’s just nice. ”
62% of students here at LSC are from in state. The other 38% may not have been immersed in the Vermont beauty that the northeast kingdom has to offer.
Burke Mountain, located in East Burke, is the northeast kingdom’s very own ski mountain and resort. People from all over the world travel to see the world-renowned trails and resort that LSC students travel to daily during the winter ski and snowboard season.
“I love being able to go to Burke on a fresh powder day,” said LSC Senior Caleb Noble, who hails from Massachusetts. “There’s nobody at the mountain but you. It’s quiet, it’s beautiful, and there’s nobody around and you just kind of be one with yourself. It’s just a beautiful area.”
Along with Burke Mountain, the world famous Kingdom Trails see millions of visitors every year. The trails cover many miles that LSC students get to ride along during the few warm weeks of the fall semester, and the few warm weeks of the spring semester.
“I love the over 100 miles of mountain biking trails,” said Noble.
With so many places to see, many students prefer to be outside more than they are inside. They find that it is more relaxing, soothing than inside their dorm room.
“The air’s cleaner, its just a lot nicer,” said Senior LSC student Joe Biega.
“There are a lot of hills for physical exercise. For someone like me who used to like to do hills in cross-country…they’re always a good thing to keep your strength up.”
Whether you have just one more semester or many semesters left here at LSC, make sure you get out and enjoy all of the beautiful sights and sounds of the northeast kingdom.
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You may have to look around for them, but there is plenty of beautiful sights right here near Lyndon State College. Places such Burke Mountain, Lake Willoughby, and historic Darling Hill Road may be some of the most beautiful places not only in the area, but in all of Vermont.
LSC students take the time to enjoy these sights while they have the time up here at school.
“I just love the fresh air,” LSC Senior Kyle Gould said. “It’s nice. We don’t have a lot of people and traffic and stuff that creates a lot of poor air quality like you have in cities, so it’s just nice. ”
62% of students here at LSC are from in state. The other 38% may not have been immersed in the Vermont beauty that the northeast kingdom has to offer.
Burke Mountain, located in East Burke, is the northeast kingdom’s very own ski mountain and resort. People from all over the world travel to see the world-renowned trails and resort that LSC students travel to daily during the winter ski and snowboard season.
“I love being able to go to Burke on a fresh powder day,” said LSC Senior Caleb Noble, who hails from Massachusetts. “There’s nobody at the mountain but you. It’s quiet, it’s beautiful, and there’s nobody around and you just kind of be one with yourself. It’s just a beautiful area.”
Along with Burke Mountain, the world famous Kingdom Trails see millions of visitors every year. The trails cover many miles that LSC students get to ride along during the few warm weeks of the fall semester, and the few warm weeks of the spring semester.
“I love the over 100 miles of mountain biking trails,” said Noble.
With so many places to see, many students prefer to be outside more than they are inside. They find that it is more relaxing, soothing than inside their dorm room.
“The air’s cleaner, its just a lot nicer,” said Senior LSC student Joe Biega.
“There are a lot of hills for physical exercise. For someone like me who used to like to do hills in cross-country…they’re always a good thing to keep your strength up.”
Whether you have just one more semester or many semesters left here at LSC, make sure you get out and enjoy all of the beautiful sights and sounds of the northeast kingdom.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Video Project Idea
For our video project, were going to be creating a video package of the northeast kingdom. Our sound sources are basically going to be wildlife and it will be narrated to talk about specific areas.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Sound Slides Story
The Lyndon state flag football league is one of the hidden treasures for students searching out a Sunday activity. With a small sign up sheet posted near sue Henry's office, word of mouth has continued to fuel and spark interest of many students that are a part of the Lyndon State College community.
The league was based off of the ever-popular AMS flag football tournament. The league was integrated nicely with a full schedule of games for Sunday mornings from 8 to noon. Intramurals Director Sue Henry was able to assign work-study students to referee the games as well.
The game is played with 8 players on the field for each team. The league became more realistic this year by changing the first down rules to be more similar to football; it was changed from a two-completion rule to gaining a certain number of yards from the line of scrimmage. Both of which had to be done within the four downs allotted.
The game is played in two halves of twenty minutes each. There are no fake plays on the extra point either. If the team says they are kicking a field goal they are obligated to kick and cannot throw or run the ball in. With the season quickly concluding, and eminent weather threatening to cover the field in snow, each team knows it is playoff time.
Playoffs are played in a two game per week format for two Sundays in a single elimination style. The final game is the championship game. With the intramural field designated a construction zone, the athletic director allowed the teams access to the soccer field.
Something appreciated by all players, "it’s awesome to be able to play since the school doesn't have a football team and now that we're on the varsity field it brings games to a whole new level." Ed Horan, a junior whose is in his third of playing, explained.
Sue Henry also offers many other intramural options. There are other league options such as basketball, floor hockey, and volleyball.
Along with their league intramurals, there is also a weekly intramural sport offered during the weekends. It is held on Saturdays and ranges from dodge ball to table tennis. Residence halls on campus compete against each other to win the intramural championship.
Intramural activities are meant to be non-competitive and to promote exercise on campus. You can contact Sue Henry at Susan.Henry@lyndonstate.edu for more information on all intramural sports around campus.
The league was based off of the ever-popular AMS flag football tournament. The league was integrated nicely with a full schedule of games for Sunday mornings from 8 to noon. Intramurals Director Sue Henry was able to assign work-study students to referee the games as well.
The game is played with 8 players on the field for each team. The league became more realistic this year by changing the first down rules to be more similar to football; it was changed from a two-completion rule to gaining a certain number of yards from the line of scrimmage. Both of which had to be done within the four downs allotted.
The game is played in two halves of twenty minutes each. There are no fake plays on the extra point either. If the team says they are kicking a field goal they are obligated to kick and cannot throw or run the ball in. With the season quickly concluding, and eminent weather threatening to cover the field in snow, each team knows it is playoff time.
Playoffs are played in a two game per week format for two Sundays in a single elimination style. The final game is the championship game. With the intramural field designated a construction zone, the athletic director allowed the teams access to the soccer field.
Something appreciated by all players, "it’s awesome to be able to play since the school doesn't have a football team and now that we're on the varsity field it brings games to a whole new level." Ed Horan, a junior whose is in his third of playing, explained.
Sue Henry also offers many other intramural options. There are other league options such as basketball, floor hockey, and volleyball.
Along with their league intramurals, there is also a weekly intramural sport offered during the weekends. It is held on Saturdays and ranges from dodge ball to table tennis. Residence halls on campus compete against each other to win the intramural championship.
Intramural activities are meant to be non-competitive and to promote exercise on campus. You can contact Sue Henry at Susan.Henry@lyndonstate.edu for more information on all intramural sports around campus.
Sunday, October 30, 2011
CNN iReport Critique
The first ireport video that I watched was called "slippery road in danbury,ct".
I think it's really interesting because it shows how much snow was on the road and how slippery it was. I would consider this news because obviously he was going slow and just ran off the road. I would put it on the news but I would say "look at the amount of snow on the roads" rather than talk about him going off the road. Personally I wouldn't drive during a snowstorm holding my iphone videotaping it.
The second video was called "bird show".
I found it interesting but really asking myself if those are really birds, it's really hard to tell. I wouldn't put this on the news because of the fact its so hard to see if those are birds or not. If the video was clearer then I would put it on. If I wanted to make it better I would of pulled off the highway and get a closer video of it.
The third video was called "Question for ms.piggy"
This video is stupid and should be deleted. It was a waste of my time. Cleary the people that put it up had nothing better to do. This doesn't belong on the news, or anywhere on the internet. I wouldn't even try to do it better.
I think it's really interesting because it shows how much snow was on the road and how slippery it was. I would consider this news because obviously he was going slow and just ran off the road. I would put it on the news but I would say "look at the amount of snow on the roads" rather than talk about him going off the road. Personally I wouldn't drive during a snowstorm holding my iphone videotaping it.
The second video was called "bird show".
I found it interesting but really asking myself if those are really birds, it's really hard to tell. I wouldn't put this on the news because of the fact its so hard to see if those are birds or not. If the video was clearer then I would put it on. If I wanted to make it better I would of pulled off the highway and get a closer video of it.
The third video was called "Question for ms.piggy"
This video is stupid and should be deleted. It was a waste of my time. Cleary the people that put it up had nothing better to do. This doesn't belong on the news, or anywhere on the internet. I wouldn't even try to do it better.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Audio Slideshow Project
For our project were going to do an audio slideshow of a flag football game. For our sound source were going to interview one of the players and have him talk about the game and his thoughts. Our intended audience would probably be anyone thats into sports. Its in interesting story because flag football is not a division three sport. The guys are just doing it because they love the game.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Slideshow and Photo Gallery Critique Assignment
The first slideshow that I found was http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/blogs/open-house/Pierre-Koenigs-Last-Masterpiece-For-Sale--131031068.html where it showed pictures of an artist's last home for sale. It was only eight slides but I thought it told the story really well because the pictures were incredable and it got me staring at them.
The second slideshow that I found was http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/entertainment/celebrity/Girlfight-Celebrity-Frenemies.html?ssAuto=true which showed where Will Smith stayed during the filming of Men in Black 3. I thought it told the story really well again because the pictures were amazing.
The third slideshow that I found was http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/video/mrsa.html which talked about a women who got an infection during surgery. I found it to be really powerful because it showed her and her kids and how happy she was and how it has affected her life.
I think that slideshows and photo galleries function well as storytelling tools although they don't tell you the whole story they still give you a little insight into it. If you want to learn about something really quick I think there a great tool.
I find that the audio slideshow conveys alot more emotion compared to the other slides because I feel it makes you listen to what shes saying and her emotions. Sounds obviously makes a huge difference because it gives you something else to focus on but goes into more detail about the story.
The second slideshow that I found was http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/entertainment/celebrity/Girlfight-Celebrity-Frenemies.html?ssAuto=true which showed where Will Smith stayed during the filming of Men in Black 3. I thought it told the story really well again because the pictures were amazing.
The third slideshow that I found was http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/flatpages/video/mrsa.html which talked about a women who got an infection during surgery. I found it to be really powerful because it showed her and her kids and how happy she was and how it has affected her life.
I think that slideshows and photo galleries function well as storytelling tools although they don't tell you the whole story they still give you a little insight into it. If you want to learn about something really quick I think there a great tool.
I find that the audio slideshow conveys alot more emotion compared to the other slides because I feel it makes you listen to what shes saying and her emotions. Sounds obviously makes a huge difference because it gives you something else to focus on but goes into more detail about the story.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Podcast Reviews
For my podcasts reviews I listened to Tennis.com's podcast, The best of mike and mike in the morning and
CBS sports college basketball podcast.
With Tennis.com's podcast I didn't like at all. It was just two guys talking about tennis where there wasn't any soundbites from players or coaches. I felt like with some of their comments they were just guessing and they would throw their own personal opinions into the conversation which I strongly didn't agree with and one of guys said "ya shes a bitch". I feel like if it's supposed to be an "official" tennis podcast, they should have experts on instead of these goofballs.
I really enjoyed the best of mike and mike podcast. It was basically their whole morning show piled into a thirty minute segment which brought in numerous baseball and football experts talking about what happened last night and comming up in the week. I don't have anything bad to say about it.
My third podcast was the CBS sports march madness podcast. Now although it was from last years tournment it was still really informative. They had alot of stuff in each podcast that went really indepth without making your head spin. The best feature that I liked about the podcast was then they would talk about a game that happend last night they would throw in the radio broadcast from the school, which would give you a sence of how excited the team and the fans are to see their team win.
CBS sports college basketball podcast.
With Tennis.com's podcast I didn't like at all. It was just two guys talking about tennis where there wasn't any soundbites from players or coaches. I felt like with some of their comments they were just guessing and they would throw their own personal opinions into the conversation which I strongly didn't agree with and one of guys said "ya shes a bitch". I feel like if it's supposed to be an "official" tennis podcast, they should have experts on instead of these goofballs.
I really enjoyed the best of mike and mike podcast. It was basically their whole morning show piled into a thirty minute segment which brought in numerous baseball and football experts talking about what happened last night and comming up in the week. I don't have anything bad to say about it.
My third podcast was the CBS sports march madness podcast. Now although it was from last years tournment it was still really informative. They had alot of stuff in each podcast that went really indepth without making your head spin. The best feature that I liked about the podcast was then they would talk about a game that happend last night they would throw in the radio broadcast from the school, which would give you a sence of how excited the team and the fans are to see their team win.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Critique nsnsports.net
From first looking at the website I really like how theres a slideshow of pictures of the games and the upcomming games on the right side where it also gives the links to the teams. I also like where the tabs are located at the top of the page and are really easy to read. What I don't like is when I clicked on one of the articles it took a really long time to load and it loaded funny. When it finally loaded it looked really weird because the article was in "flash" or something. I didn't like the way the article was set up where there was a seperate scroll bar for it which I thought was really annoying. I also don't understand why there isn't a search bar somewhere on the homepage but overall the website is really informative.
Monday, September 19, 2011
Accident at Subway Central and School System Restaurant
A restaurant patron died of a heart attack while eating dinner.
59 year old John Barker suffered a heart attack when an automobile crashed through the front window of the restaurant.
The car was driven by 82 year old Annie Coulter. Police say Coulter said the brakes on her car failed as she swerved to avoid a pedestrian.
John Barker recieved cuts from the glass then complained about pains in his chest where he then died at the Memorial Hospital and Annie Coulter was hurt in the accident.
School System Restaurant
The Ticonderoga County school system has decided to get out of the restaurant business.
The school will close at the end of the year where special-education students come to work and lear about the food-service industry.
The move will save the school system $20,000 to $50,000 a year according to the school spokesman Randall Styles.
59 year old John Barker suffered a heart attack when an automobile crashed through the front window of the restaurant.
The car was driven by 82 year old Annie Coulter. Police say Coulter said the brakes on her car failed as she swerved to avoid a pedestrian.
John Barker recieved cuts from the glass then complained about pains in his chest where he then died at the Memorial Hospital and Annie Coulter was hurt in the accident.
School System Restaurant
The Ticonderoga County school system has decided to get out of the restaurant business.
The school will close at the end of the year where special-education students come to work and lear about the food-service industry.
The move will save the school system $20,000 to $50,000 a year according to the school spokesman Randall Styles.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Dog biting ticket
A dog owner was ticketed Thursday after his pet bit a 6 year old child.
At around 7:30p.m. the Midville police department found the child at 1240 Victor Ave with bites around the ear and neck.
MPD spokesman says this is the second time the dog has bitten a small child with the first incident occurring last year where the dog was quarantined for 10 days and his owner (Jamison) was cited for a leash law violation. Since then Jamison has obtained tags for the dog and got it's shots up to date.
The child was treated at Children's Hospital for minor injuries.
At around 7:30p.m. the Midville police department found the child at 1240 Victor Ave with bites around the ear and neck.
MPD spokesman says this is the second time the dog has bitten a small child with the first incident occurring last year where the dog was quarantined for 10 days and his owner (Jamison) was cited for a leash law violation. Since then Jamison has obtained tags for the dog and got it's shots up to date.
The child was treated at Children's Hospital for minor injuries.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Critique Cbs Atlanta
What I like about cbsatlanta.com is immediately when you go onto the homepage you can immediately see the main headlines and tell if there's a video with it. I also like how it's not too much in the case of the layout. What I don't like about the website are the advertisements on the right, it looks like their part of the website but there obviously not. It could get a little confusing. What I don't understand is with the most recent videos. Instead of showing a picture of them I feel there should be a title above each video instead of just showing the first five seconds picture. One of my favorite things about the website is with the weather. I like how it shows the temperature in the top left in big numbers and you can easily click on it and it brings up the weather which is spaced out really neatly
Monday, September 12, 2011
Michael Howard
English 2155
Critique a Blog
What I liked about this blog is how simple it looks and the titles of the articles were very big where I don’t have to search for them. What I also liked is it shows the whole season schedule for the ATP and it gives their link to the main website and facebook. What I didn’t like was the first thing I noticed when I opened the page, the background. The background is really white and its really distracting and I don’t think it needs to be there, especially when the background to the articles is white also, it just doesn’t blend correctly. I also wish there were more videos especially on the front page. I just think it would make it more interactive.
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