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Produced another successful show

Phil Tenser — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:52:03 +0000

I had the opportunity to produce another full show on Thursday of this week. I’m proud of how it turned out, but unfortunately the top story is quite sad.

Building pages for work

Phil Tenser — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 05:32:06 +0000

In addition to the normal web producing tasks and the occasional show producing, I’ve also had a hand in a few web page projects as I continue to learn about the system behind 9WSYR.com. Most recently, I built a new page that allows groups to sign up for station tours. In addition to allowing me to practice utilizing our photo gallery system, it also includes the first html form I’ve built online.

I also assisted in redesigning this lost and found pet page.

I’m producing shows now too

Phil Tenser — Wed, 11 May 2011 16:54:55 +0000

For the past few months I’ve been adding an increasing number of television producing tasks to my repertoire. This sample NewsChannel 9 @ 10PM broadcast is one of the first professional shows I produced from soup to nuts.

We’ve got it under control

Phil Tenser — Mon, 09 May 2011 17:38:43 +0000

It’s a good feeling to know that you can handle whatever is thrown at you. Our small evening team proved that recently when we handled a breaking news situation in which officers shot a man who threatened them with a weapon in a very public place.

While coordinating the coverage and reporting was exciting, I didn’t realize the most satisfying fact until it was all over: our boss returned to the newsroom to help, but found little to do. We had the situation under control.

… After many developments and revisions, the night’s events also produced this quality writing sample.

A torrent of news

Phil Tenser — Sun, 01 May 2011 17:39:25 +0000

April 26th was a very exciting day at work. Central New York was hit by some very strong and very sudden thunderstorms, complete with flood waters and damaging hail. The newsroom became a bustle of activity, even long after the downpour had ended.

In the Web Unit, we crushed our previous record number of visits by nearly 1/3rd. (It was the fourth time we’ve broken that record in four months) We also added a few hundred Facebook fans as hundreds of people shared photos and videos of the storm and damage.

With my peers, I worked to collect and curate that user generated content. Then, when things slowed down, I wrote and produced this segment for the 11PM news using the UGC submissions.