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.
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