Over a dozen faculty and staff members of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications came to the Mulitmedia Newsroom Thursday to hear a presentation from students working on the new KUJH-TV News Web site. Professors who specialize in all different types of media listened intently while students presented the plan for taking KUJH-TV News online, which will tentatively begin at the start of spring semester.
Okay, that's a press release lead. Let's get back into the medium.
For me, this project has been a journey through television, technology and convergence. I felt we met our goal when Dick Nelson, KUJH-TV Newsroom Supervisor, told me after the presentation that he could only think of very small things to change. Whew, the client's happy! After reading our plan, Bryan Wilcox, our programmer, gave the 694 class a B+ on understanding what the technology can do -- I consider that pretty good for as little as we, students, know/knew about the world of technology.
Much of what we are doing now is behind the scenes work to get the Web site ready for its launch. Kris Baxter, Bryan Wilcox, Staci Wolfe and I will be working over winter break to get the KUJH-TV Web site ready for the students to start cranking stories out in the spring.
I will be keeping you updated throughout the break on the fun we're having in the Multimedia Newsroom.
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