Day 2: Entercom Communications

Day 1: KU School of Journalism

SUMMER CAMPERS LEARN ABOUT THEIR POTENTIAL FUTURES

by Jesse B.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Potential Jayhawk journalists toured the University of Kansas’s School of Journalism in Lawrence, Kan., this Monday to learn about the myriad media-focused opportunities offered there.

KU school recruiter Ashley Anguiano and 2013 Barstow alumnus Michael O’Brien led a group of four campers, teacher assistant Allison Lopez, and teacher Mr. Guldin from a media-centered summer camp at the Barstow School around the Stauffer-Flint building and Dole Building. The two taught the group what makes up journalism and mass communications at KU and about the newspaper The Kansan, the radio station KJHK, and the station that airs “Good Morning KU” at the Media Crossroads.

Anguiano and O’Brien first led the group into the Dole Building, where students led by Brett Agaki retrieved news to transfer to “Good Morning KU.” Agaki showed the tour the four monitors up on the wall, displaying local news, weather, analytics, and online news, all used by students to get the latest updates and view the competition.

Afterward, the recruiters led the group down to the news station, where they observed the technology used to make the show possible, including panels enabling the crew to stream from other stations, Skype, and a preview screen that lets everyone know what the show looks like to the public. Intrigued, the campers saw the set where the reporters share the news on television, and they witnessed the green screen where the meteorologists report the weather.

The tour continued into the KJHK radio station, which allows students to share music, news, and talk all over the university.

The next stop was at the Media Crossroads in the Kansas Union building, a studio that was divided into two rooms, one with a neatly-organized collection of Mac computers and the set where the cameramen would broadcast “Good Morning KU.”

“Why do you use Macs?” a camper, David, asked. “I’m more of a Microsoft kind of guy.”

“The programs that we use to make the shows work best on Mac,” Anguiano explained, “such as Adobe’s Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere as well as Final Cut Pro.”

The group then went to see the set, which at that moment was a wall smothered with green paint.

Up the steps they went to lunch. The trip concluded once the last crumb was savored, and the group had obtained the knowledge they would need to complete articles over journalism back at camp.