Monday, April 23, 2012
almost over
Its almost over and im not talking about school. The college sports season is coming to a close. This week there was no UH sports. This week I was able to relax, too bad registration is this week.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
short games and long games
On Saturday I had the privilege of working on a softball double-header. It was a couple of great games because the UH softball team was able to defeat La. Tech in both games and in mercy fashion.
On Sunday however it was a different story. Not only did work start at 7am but the UH baseball team lost both of the games in their double-header. One of those games went into 10 innings.
But now we are off for a whole week because both the baseball and softball team are on road trips.....guess i have more time for homework.
On Sunday however it was a different story. Not only did work start at 7am but the UH baseball team lost both of the games in their double-header. One of those games went into 10 innings.
But now we are off for a whole week because both the baseball and softball team are on road trips.....guess i have more time for homework.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
light week
This week wasnt so bad. I only worked 2 games on the sports side and a couple of nights on the news side. I havent worked on a high school sports game since last year.
On the news side I find it so disheartening to hear stories of tragedies that happen all over the state, nation, and world. But I think to myself that if we didnt report those kinds of stories, we would not be doing our job as a news station and let everyone go on thinking that everything is perfect with the world and nothing bad could ever happen. The sad truth is that there are bad things and bad people that effect us all and its our job to be the bearer of bad news.
What do you like/hate about television newscasts?
This week I was able to witness the UH baseball team play against Fresno St. The game that I had worked on was not particularly exciting. It seemed as though UH had the game all wrapped up but then in the 8th inning all it took was one pitch to send everything rolling downhill, and boy did it create the snowball effect. UH ended up losing the game 5-3. I think what makes it more depressing is the fact that I am a UH fan and its hard to watch your favorite team lose. But when I worked the next night I would not have this problem.
On Saturday I was able to work on OC16 and their coverage of OIA/ILH softball double-header. The great thing about this night was that I had no favorites so all I cared about was watching a great softball game and I got it! The first game was between Mililani and Campbell. This game went scoreless all the way until the 6th inning. Then in the bottom of the 6th Mililani was able to score 4 runs with 3 runs being brought in by a HR. It was a very exciting game that I thoroughly enjoyed watching probably because I had no favorites in the game.
The second game was an ILH match up between Iolani and Kamehameha-Kapalama. From the very beginning it was exciting. Iolani was able to score 4 runs in the first inning and 1 in the second. However Kamehameha was able to come back and score 3 runs in the third inning and 1 in the fourth. but that was as far as Kamehameha was able to take it as neither team was able to score after that and Kamehameha lost by 1 point.
Both games were very exciting to watch and made me realize why we all love watching high school sports so much.
On the news side I find it so disheartening to hear stories of tragedies that happen all over the state, nation, and world. But I think to myself that if we didnt report those kinds of stories, we would not be doing our job as a news station and let everyone go on thinking that everything is perfect with the world and nothing bad could ever happen. The sad truth is that there are bad things and bad people that effect us all and its our job to be the bearer of bad news.
What do you like/hate about television newscasts?
This week I was able to witness the UH baseball team play against Fresno St. The game that I had worked on was not particularly exciting. It seemed as though UH had the game all wrapped up but then in the 8th inning all it took was one pitch to send everything rolling downhill, and boy did it create the snowball effect. UH ended up losing the game 5-3. I think what makes it more depressing is the fact that I am a UH fan and its hard to watch your favorite team lose. But when I worked the next night I would not have this problem.
On Saturday I was able to work on OC16 and their coverage of OIA/ILH softball double-header. The great thing about this night was that I had no favorites so all I cared about was watching a great softball game and I got it! The first game was between Mililani and Campbell. This game went scoreless all the way until the 6th inning. Then in the bottom of the 6th Mililani was able to score 4 runs with 3 runs being brought in by a HR. It was a very exciting game that I thoroughly enjoyed watching probably because I had no favorites in the game.
The second game was an ILH match up between Iolani and Kamehameha-Kapalama. From the very beginning it was exciting. Iolani was able to score 4 runs in the first inning and 1 in the second. However Kamehameha was able to come back and score 3 runs in the third inning and 1 in the fourth. but that was as far as Kamehameha was able to take it as neither team was able to score after that and Kamehameha lost by 1 point.
Both games were very exciting to watch and made me realize why we all love watching high school sports so much.
Sunday, April 1, 2012
A tearful goodbye
This past week Sunday (3/25) on KITV 4 this morning we said goodbye to a great reporter and a great friend. Jodi Leong who has been in the news for years had decided that it was time for her to move on to a career that can give her regular hours and a normal life. I feel like I can call her a friend because ever since the KITV 4 morning show weekend edition was created it was a "our crew" that molded the show to what we felt audiences would like to watch on weekend news (if they were up.) The great thing about our weekend show is that there is no local competition we have to worry about and our ratings have gone up ever since we started the show about a year an a half ago. Jodi has played a big part of the show because without the talent there would be no show at all.
On her last day we were able to get past footage of Jodi and her time on air and able to get some of the crew to tell her goodbye on tape that we played on air. It was a sad yet happy occasion as we all got to say goodbye and good luck to our dear friend. She will now be taking over as school of communications director for all campuses in the University of Hawaii system.
I would like to wish the best to my friend and tell her that we'll miss her and there will never be another like her in the business.
On her last day we were able to get past footage of Jodi and her time on air and able to get some of the crew to tell her goodbye on tape that we played on air. It was a sad yet happy occasion as we all got to say goodbye and good luck to our dear friend. She will now be taking over as school of communications director for all campuses in the University of Hawaii system.
I would like to wish the best to my friend and tell her that we'll miss her and there will never be another like her in the business.
Sunday, March 25, 2012
History
Not only do I get to watch most UH games for free. But I get to be a part of sports history as well. Those times in sports where you know where you were exactly when those events happened. This past week UH softball junior Kelly Majam hit her 45th career home run, which is now the record for all time career home runs. Congratulations to Kelly and hope her record is not broken for a very long time. UH faced San Jose State in a 3 game series. UH won Friday night and Saturday would be a double-header that would be split. In the first game UH would lose 2-4 but in the second game UH would come back with a vengeance. Stephanie Ricketts would pitch this game and UH would win 8-0 in the 6th inning. It was in this game that Majam would break the record and Ricketts would pitch a no-hitter. It was a great game that I will remember forever.
Is there a game in your life that you will never forget for the rest of your life?
Is there a game in your life that you will never forget for the rest of your life?
Monday, March 19, 2012
Hell week
This week has been the hardest week of work that I ever had (so far). I had 4 days in a row of softball, men's volleyball, and then an early baseball game.
Softball was pretty good because the game moves quickly. What I didn't know is that after 7 innings they put a runner on second in every inning in order to move the game along. Personally I think that's a little sexist because in baseball when you go into extra innings they still play the game regularly. But that's just an opinion, I have never played baseball so I guess I really wouldn't know. But there were great games nonetheless. One game went 10 innings but it was all worth it to watch one of the players hit a home run in the bottom of the 10th to win it all (see link below)
( walk off home run, footage not from OC Sports broadcast)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauST8o8c1c&list=UUIdMh3LfMj9yEjM6t3B6m6A&index=3&feature=plcp
Volleyball was interesting because on Friday night #11 Hawaii battled #4 BYU in a 5 set showdown with BYU eventually coming out victorious. Their 4th set finished off 36-34. An epic match that was never televised. So surly you would think that the next night (the game that was actually televised) would be another epic match. This was not the case however as BYU swept Hawaii. In the very first set Hawaii lost 25-12.
In baseball UH had a 4 game series with the Dons of the University of San Francisco (USF). By the time we televised their last game UH was already up in the series 2-1. In the top of the 9th, UH was up 3-2, but USF had 2 runners on base with 2 outs. UH was able to get the last batter out as he grounded to first and was able to get the last out. Just like the rest of the series, the game was back and forth all the way to the end
It makes me wonder do all athletes wait for the camera to bring out the best in them? If your reading this and are a former athlete who's been on TV, has knowing that your gonna be on TV ever bothered you?
Softball was pretty good because the game moves quickly. What I didn't know is that after 7 innings they put a runner on second in every inning in order to move the game along. Personally I think that's a little sexist because in baseball when you go into extra innings they still play the game regularly. But that's just an opinion, I have never played baseball so I guess I really wouldn't know. But there were great games nonetheless. One game went 10 innings but it was all worth it to watch one of the players hit a home run in the bottom of the 10th to win it all (see link below)
( walk off home run, footage not from OC Sports broadcast)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rauST8o8c1c&list=UUIdMh3LfMj9yEjM6t3B6m6A&index=3&feature=plcp
Volleyball was interesting because on Friday night #11 Hawaii battled #4 BYU in a 5 set showdown with BYU eventually coming out victorious. Their 4th set finished off 36-34. An epic match that was never televised. So surly you would think that the next night (the game that was actually televised) would be another epic match. This was not the case however as BYU swept Hawaii. In the very first set Hawaii lost 25-12.
In baseball UH had a 4 game series with the Dons of the University of San Francisco (USF). By the time we televised their last game UH was already up in the series 2-1. In the top of the 9th, UH was up 3-2, but USF had 2 runners on base with 2 outs. UH was able to get the last batter out as he grounded to first and was able to get the last out. Just like the rest of the series, the game was back and forth all the way to the end
It makes me wonder do all athletes wait for the camera to bring out the best in them? If your reading this and are a former athlete who's been on TV, has knowing that your gonna be on TV ever bothered you?
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Working through it all
This week I had quite a busy schedule on my hands. From Tuesday through Saturday I worked mornings at KITV, went to class, and then worked a game with OC Sports. I was lucky/unlucky enough to be able to not always do these things back to back.
On the bright side I was able to make a very nice paycheck coming up. On the downside I missed class on Thursday because my car battery died on me and cost me a little less than about one days worth of pay.
I have one more week of this hectic schedule lets see how this all goes.
On the bright side I was able to make a very nice paycheck coming up. On the downside I missed class on Thursday because my car battery died on me and cost me a little less than about one days worth of pay.
I have one more week of this hectic schedule lets see how this all goes.
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