Weekly Blog 10/27

This article is about the Lonzo Ball and the LA Lakers, and how many NBA players are drawing a target on his back. Lately NBA point guards have been all over Ball like Patrick Beverly and John Wall.

What the reporter did well was that they included a large amount of information from the coach Luke Walton. They also included in-game details of opportunity of what happened with an average performance by Lonzo Ball. For example, giving details on how he would make the next 3-pointer since he missed the first one.

What the reporter needs to work on is use soundbytes from sources that actually fit into the story. They added some from Lonzo's dad, Lavar, that were not necessary and was a distraction to the main topic of the matchup between Ball and Wall.

Overall, I think I need to add a lot more in-depth content when writing about a story or incident that occurred. Even though recaps are much harder, its very important to include as much detail of possible, while also providing the correct information.



http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/21158474/lonzo-ball-los-angeles-lakers-emerges-win-matchup-wizards-john-wall

Weekly Blog 10/13

This article is on the U.S Men's National Soccer Team and how they were eliminated from contention for the World Cup by Trinidad and Tobago.

What the journalist did well was give a summary of the awful loss by USA and explain now what the role will be for them. I also liked how they inserted a tweet from a foreign person and their reaction to USA losing.

What I didn't like was that the article did not go into detail, and was only a couple of paragraphs long. The journalist could have done a better job of showing tweets from citizens on their thoughts of the game, as well as, provide more opinion on the game itself.

What I would use in my work is using different sources to relay information and get people's reaction of events that happened to strengthen the angle of my story.


https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/usa-eliminated-from-2018-world-cup-in-following-shocking-loss-to-trinidad-and-tobago/

Weekly Blog 9/29

This article is about the Louisville University Men's Basketball coaching staff and their FBI investigation that may affect changes in the staff of head coach Rick Pitino and athletic director Tom Jurich.

What the reporter did well was explain how many allegations from Pitino and Louisville led up to potentially firing him with being very descriptive and typing more than 3-5 paragraphs. The body was descriptive into telling who was involved like Adidas who intentionally gave money to recruits in order to sign the shoe deal and school that sponsors the brand.

The reporter didn't do well was it took me a while to figure out who was speaking in the video, it didn't give the same information as it was in the article. It also kept consistently going back and forth between Pitino and the assistant coaches from other schools and it got off topic to what the headline said.

How I would use this in my own work is being able to dig deep, and find something in the past that is a pattern that I can mention. Also being very detailed in what s going on will help a reader understand on more to what is going on.









http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/20834710/louisville-head-coach-rick-pitino-athletic-director-tom-jurich-put-leave

Weekly Blog 9/15

Last night the Kansas City Royals took on the hottest team in baseball, the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, OH. The Royals were looking to end the Indians streak of 21 consecutive games.

In this article the reporter did well of including quotes from players to implement the frustration of the season that the Royals are having. They also did well at including specific events in the correct order of what they happened leading up to the walk-off.

What the reporter could have done better was add more of a positive attitude towards the situation with Herrera and that he's just been struggling. Also, maybe if they included quotes from Jake Junis the starter from last night that could have added a different perspective.

How I'm going to add this into my packages is being able to be more specific on a play that happens and give the who, what, where, when of each play.


http://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article173446581.html

Weekly Blog 9/8

Chiefs vs Patriots

September 8th 2017

On Thursday the Kansas City Chiefs took on the New England Patriots to open up the NFL Season. This article describes how the Chiefs' defensive plays on 4th down prevailed their win. What the reporter did well was sequence the order of plays that happened including who was involved, where on the field the play happened and the result. They also had quotes from players and coaches that flowed between the topics covered.

However the reporter did not do well at getting the head coaches on their thoughts of the game. They could have used a quote from them.

One thing that I will use in my articles is be descriptive on who, what, where, why, how is involved and happening and getting quotes and soundbytes from interviews.





http://www.kansascity.com/sports/nfl/kansas-city-chiefs/article172476791.html

Convergence Journalism End of The Year Reflection

Convergence Journalism End of The Year Reflection

Ryan Atchison

Hours 6-7

This year in Convergence Journalism I have learned many different things. I have increased my knowledge in all the areas including: technology, collaboration, communication, project management, and leadership. Overall, I have gotten better as an editor and a journalist and I hope to improve my work for clients and for ONW Now.

I am going to take away many things from this year and apply it to next year to make myself better. In the technology aspect, using Final Cut Pro has gotten me used to the software, and now I feel more comfortable with long hours of working. From 10 hours of color correcting to making multiple videos, it shows how much hard work pays off. Using J and L editing for me makes the videos flow better, and it gives a different tone to the story. Also, locking the white balance helps the lighting stay consistent so there is not much editing with the color board. The production side was by far my favorite as being floor director was a good experience to learn how to communicate with others to produce a show. However, I want to learn many other things like tricaster and the sound and lights because I want to try different things and learn everything I can.

The collaboration side was a struggle for me in some cases this year. Only a few people wanted to work with me, and working with different people changed the way I had to go along with the process. For example, with the Feed His Lambs endorsement project, I had to change my thinking on a story because it was a different kind of video, and not just a normal news package. Working with different people can be hard because time schedules are different and can be frustrating, but it helps get things done faster, and there’s more ways to come up with creative ideas with more people. Next year I feel like I need to work with many people, and have trust in them to get stuff done so I don’t get overly stressed out.

In the communication side, I learned how to talk with others, and be able to put myself out there in order to get a certain project done. It is important that we communicate with each other so that there are no surprises the last minute. This year the whole class was asking people to cover a sporting event or news package on the day of, and many people rejected because they either had plans or didn’t want to do it. I think that was a challenge for me because trying to turn around a project in less than a day is very hard when you’re not given a lot of time.

Project Management is probably the most important factor out of all. Being able to outline and figure out how to do a project is the one thing that I took away from this year. Planning out how a story should be is the most important thing because otherwise, the project is not going to very good. Something I had a challenge with this year is making sure I get enough footage to edit and create a story. It is hard to determine whether or not you have a lot of great footage, but next year I need to make sure I get a lot of quality shots faster so then I don’t have to spend more time outside.

Finally the leadership side was one of the most important things for me as this was the one I will take away the most. The leadership I learned in this class reflects on how you can manage people and produce good work. Leadership is leading by example to your peers and showing how it should be done. If one person slacks off, then the rest will follow that example, and I think that’s where the problem lies. Some of the challenges that I faced was that I need to work on setting the example, but also being passionate and having fun.

Some of my strengths are that I meet deadlines on time almost always, and that I strive to get better each and every time. I have edited and filmed very exceptional packages and I have come a long way since the beginning of the year. Some of my weaknesses are willing to work with other people that I know won’t help me and my voice in my voiceovers. I have to figure out how to be more expressive in my voice and change the style.

Next year what I am going to with what I have learned is to be able to expand on my knowledge, and improve to get better because next year I am going to be the example for the juniors. Next year I hope to change my roles as I want to do different things throughout the year. Hopefully Jared doesn’t change my desktop every day either because that is annoying when they mess with my things.

In conclusion, I hope that everyone will be passionate in what they are doing because some people are holding us back from being the best that this program can be. My biggest wish for next year is that we stick with one way of how to run things. With changing things every week, it leaves confusion to what the expectations are in the class and it leaves many people frustrated. Overall, I am excited to get ready for the next year.

Importing/Exporting Videos Tutorial

This is a tutorial on how to import media and export videos in Final Cut Pro.

                             First open Final Cut Pro (the one on the right) and wait for it to load

Then click File: Import: Media 

Select the first clip you have 

Then press Shift and Click on the last clip you want to select all

Click Import Selected and wait for all of the clips to load or it could cause problems while you are editing.

When you are finished with your video and ready to export it go to File: Share: Apple Devices 1020p

Then this screen will appear. Make sure you name your video and you can put a description it is not required but it's recommended. 

Go under settings and make sure that it opens with Quick Time Player or then it will not export properly 

Click Next and this Screen will appear name the video whatever you want but make sure it is a .m4v file and save it where you want it (I am saving it to the desktop).

Click Save and wait for it to open in Quicktime Player and then your done and you can upload your video to Youtube.