Monday, August 30

BC Students Freelance VIDEO stories for local newspaper

September 15, 2010

Westminster College students in the spring semester "Broadcast Journalism" course experienced the challenges and rewards of freelance video production.

The junior broadcast communications majors were in a class taught by Bradley Weaver, Westminster lecturer of broadcast communications. "This exercise gave students an opportunity to pitch a story and then deliver it to meet the expectations and promises negotiated with the editor," Weaver explained.

Students met with Tim Kolodziej, editor of the New Castle News, with proposals for video essays they researched, shot, produced, and submitted as freelancers for the paper's online edition. Their payment was 10% of their grade, if the video was accepted by the newspaper. No points were given if the video was rejected.

"That's how freelance journalists make it," Weaver said. "Payday only comes when someone buys your work. This project forced students to tap into their skills as journalists and their skills in presenting and selling their work to an employer."

Six of the nine videos were accepted by the New Castle News.

"We are planning several stories to coincide with the videos we've received from the Westminster students," Kolodziej said. "Our summer intern will review each video and build a more in-depth story by visiting the sites and interviewing the subjects further."

Weaver and Kolodziej have partnered on other projects-most notably, the music on the New Castle News' website during the holiday season and sharing news clips and videos from Westminster's The County Line show-but this is the first classroom assignment they have undertaken cooperatively.

"I enjoyed meeting with Brad and the students back in April," Kolodziej said. "I was impressed by their passion for their subjects and their confidence in pitching ideas. I like Brad's energy and his students are well-prepared for their tasks."

Thursday, August 19

The TItan Terror Project

This fall, the BC 251 mini-movie project goes campus-wide. It's not just for those enrolled in video production this semester.


THE TITAN TERROR PROJECT- Presented by AV Services, Titan Radio & WCN 24/7.

Friday, August 6

Titan Radio shares spotlight with Stanford & Brown universities


NEW WILMINGTON, Pa.-- When The Princeton Review's annual survey ranks Titan Radio among the best campus radio stations in the country, what other schools share the list with Westminster. Here's a rundown of this year's top 20 stations:

Princeton Review's Most Popular College Radio Stations-2011 Edition

1. DePauw University ...WGRE 91.5 FM, Greencastle, IN

2. Ithaca College ...WICB 91.7 FM, Ithaca, NY

3. Emerson College ...WERS 88.9FM, Boston, MA

4. St. Bonaventure University ...WSBU-88.3 FM, St. Bonaventure, NY

5. Brown University ...BSR 88.1 FM, Providence, RI

6. Stanford University ...KZSU 90.1 FM, Stanford, CA

7. Knox College ...WVKC 90.7 FM, Galesburg, IL

8. Howard University ...WHUR 96.3 FM, Washington D.C.

9. University of Puget Sound ...KUPS 90.1 FM Tacoma, WA

10. Carleton College ...KRLX 88.1 FM, Northfield, MN

11. Guilford College ...WQFS 90.9 FM, Greensboro, NC

12. Alfred University ...WALF 89.7 FM, Alfred, NY

13. Siena College ...WVCR 88.3 FM, Loudonville, NY

14. Swarthmore College ...WSRN 91.5 FM, Swarthmore, PA

15. Reed College ...KRRC 97.9 FM, Portland, OR

16. Seton Hall University ...WSOU 89.5 FM, South Orange, NJ

17. Whitman College ...KWCW 90.5 FM, Walla Walla, WA

18. Sacred Heart University ...WHRT-FM, Fairfield, CT

19. Westminster College ...TITAN RADIO- WWNW 88.9 FM, New Wilmington, PA

20. Manhattanville College ...WMVL 88.1 FM, Purchase, NY

Only 2,500 four-year colleges in the country make it into The Princeton Review's annual guidebook "The Best 373 Colleges." The 2011 edition includes detailed profiles of the colleges with scores in eight categories, plus top-20 rankings in 62 categories based on The Princeton Review's surveys of students at each college.

The lists featured in the "Best 373 Colleges" are based on The Princeton Review's survey of 122,000 students, about 325 per campus on average. The 80-question survey asked students to rate their institutions on a number of topics and report on their campus experiences.