I got an exciting opportunity to work with Global News Winnipeg and CJOB on election night with two of my classmates Shannay Smith and David Koroma. When we got there, we were greeted by Shannon Cuciz, a reporter and producer for Global Winnipeg. This is when it started to feel real to me. I don’t know if Cuciz is a CreComm graduate, but I feel like I can relate to her. She is young and eager to work. We went up to the 30th floor to meet Brent Williamson the News Director and Station Manager at Global Winnipeg. He was our boss for the night.
My job was to update the city councillor stats for the Global Winnipeg website if the system crashed. It has crashed in the past because of overuse. I also had the honor to post the elected councillors in the Winnipeg wards. It sounds like an easy job, but I triple checked my work to make sure I selected the right person. It would be a career ending move if I selected the wrong person—I would feel terrible. Luckily, everything went well.
Lara Schroeder, Web producer at Global Winnipeg, and CreComm grad, was sitting with us and told us about her crazy job. Schroeder was responsible for updating most of the content on Global’s website. There was lots of news worthy new on Oct. 22, 2014. It was election night, the day of the shootings at Parliament Hill (Ottawa) and new information about the dead babies found in the storage unit (Winnipeg). It was Schroeder’s job to write/update all the information regarding the news on the web and have stories prepared for the morning web producer. Schroeder has a great attitude the whole evening. I learned how important and demanding her job is. I would not like her job, there is too much writing (and pressure), and not enough interaction with people. Brent Williamson was managing the office for the night. He decided who to post as elected before the polls were complete. He also decided which interviews would air at what times.
There were some technical difficulties with the green screen, audio cut outs and transitions between each segment. Global’s live recordings are edited on the fly in Toronto and fed back to the station then aired to Winnipeggers. The background of the set wasn’t coming up during the show. I learned that TV is rarely perfect and as much as teams try to prevent problems, live television unpredictable. The Global team did a great job fixing issues in a decent amount of time.
I love live television. The fast paced, chaotic environment gives me such a rush and I love not knowing what will happen next. I volunteer as a camera operator for The LEON Show and the atmosphere there is very comparable. But the election made it more intense.
I wish I got to shadow Talia Ricci or Tamara Forlanski because the mayoral candidate head quarters seemed exciting. It would have been nice to see how the production staff work on site and how reporters prepare for interviews. We were watching the live show from the office.
My favourite part of the night was seeing the set. I can’t believe the set is a small room with a green screen, a desk and three cameras because on the news it seems larger and real. I got to watch Megan Batchelor report on set.
I was considering journalism as a career because I like story telling and production, but in PR class we researched potential jobs and there are lots of PR jobs with journalistic elements. I don’t think I would like the inconsistency of work in journalism, although, I don’t know all the details. Global Winnipeg was a great way to get an inside look of my potential career and I have until January to decide my major. I am very thankful for the opportunity.
-T
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My job was to update the city councillor stats for the Global Winnipeg website if the system crashed. It has crashed in the past because of overuse. I also had the honor to post the elected councillors in the Winnipeg wards. It sounds like an easy job, but I triple checked my work to make sure I selected the right person. It would be a career ending move if I selected the wrong person—I would feel terrible. Luckily, everything went well.
Lara Schroeder, Web producer at Global Winnipeg, and CreComm grad, was sitting with us and told us about her crazy job. Schroeder was responsible for updating most of the content on Global’s website. There was lots of news worthy new on Oct. 22, 2014. It was election night, the day of the shootings at Parliament Hill (Ottawa) and new information about the dead babies found in the storage unit (Winnipeg). It was Schroeder’s job to write/update all the information regarding the news on the web and have stories prepared for the morning web producer. Schroeder has a great attitude the whole evening. I learned how important and demanding her job is. I would not like her job, there is too much writing (and pressure), and not enough interaction with people. Brent Williamson was managing the office for the night. He decided who to post as elected before the polls were complete. He also decided which interviews would air at what times.
There were some technical difficulties with the green screen, audio cut outs and transitions between each segment. Global’s live recordings are edited on the fly in Toronto and fed back to the station then aired to Winnipeggers. The background of the set wasn’t coming up during the show. I learned that TV is rarely perfect and as much as teams try to prevent problems, live television unpredictable. The Global team did a great job fixing issues in a decent amount of time.
I love live television. The fast paced, chaotic environment gives me such a rush and I love not knowing what will happen next. I volunteer as a camera operator for The LEON Show and the atmosphere there is very comparable. But the election made it more intense.
I wish I got to shadow Talia Ricci or Tamara Forlanski because the mayoral candidate head quarters seemed exciting. It would have been nice to see how the production staff work on site and how reporters prepare for interviews. We were watching the live show from the office.
My favourite part of the night was seeing the set. I can’t believe the set is a small room with a green screen, a desk and three cameras because on the news it seems larger and real. I got to watch Megan Batchelor report on set.
I was considering journalism as a career because I like story telling and production, but in PR class we researched potential jobs and there are lots of PR jobs with journalistic elements. I don’t think I would like the inconsistency of work in journalism, although, I don’t know all the details. Global Winnipeg was a great way to get an inside look of my potential career and I have until January to decide my major. I am very thankful for the opportunity.
-T
BANK ACCOUNT: $888.12