Congratulations, Justin Egley!

A cat and a young girl have helped a Westminster grad gain national recognition by winning a broadcasting award for best television public service announcement (PSA). Justin Egley produced a 30 second PSA for the Lawrence County Humane Society last spring for his commericlal production class. That spot featured a young girl entertaining a cat at a tea party and he called the spot "Adopt Your New Best Friend." Now the College Broadcasters, Inc. (CBI) named Egley's spot as the best in the nation. The CBI announced its award winners at its 2006 CBI Student Production Awards in St. Louis.

Egley currently works as a videographer for WKBN TV in Youngstown, Ohio. Before that he shot and edited video for the New Castle News and its award-winning web site, Crunch, which is dedicated to Lawrence County high school football.

Egley majored in arts technology at Westminster College but discovered broadcast communications and made it his minor. His PSA now runs on the Westminster Cable Network promoting pet adoption in Lawrence County.

PAC Media Day

Titan Radio covered the PAC Media for basketball season by sending the entire BC 311 (Broadcast Journalism I) class to the Mellon Arena.


Armed with digital audio recorders, digital cameras and a state of the art digital video cam, the crew interviewed coaches and players for stories that began running that night.



Jill Carle's report on Westminster's emerging new rivalry in women's basketball with Chatham College was particularly interesting.

TJ Renninger and DJ Yokley also teamed up to file a report online with video. Check it out.

The PAC even linked to Titan Radio's coverage.

The success of the outing means this will probably become a fixture field trip for the class.

Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion

Wow...this is big! Does this mean they'll change the name to GOO TUBE?

Search giant’s purchase of video sharing service biggest in its history!

"This is the next step in the evolution of the Internet," Google Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt said during a conference call Monday.

This confirms my urgency to encourage students to post and use Google Video or You Tube. It's fast, easy & free. Why not post projects, mini-movies, etc. What better way to share and showcase your work?

We're using Google Video to post stories and vlogs from the news & sports departments. This is clearly the shape of things to come.

YouTube says it serves about 100 million videos daily and has drawn scrutiny from major media companies for copyrighted material appearing on its pages without their consent.

Where Will You Stand?

Why should you watch "Battlestar Galactica"?

"Battlestar Galactica" is one of the most politically relevant and necessarily bleak series on television today." Rob Owens, Pittsburgh PG.

If you want thought-provoking, rich, well-written drama here it is...where viewers get frustrated with LOST, Battlestar Galactica gives you answers but rachets up the tension and forces us to look into a mirror about contemporary political issues. Each episode pushes the story forward and in two short seasons has created a deep mythology that is light years beyond the science fiction long associated with the geek stereotype. It's not the soft, gooey BG of the 70s & 80s. This is gritty and grown up television at it's best. So many television critics agree on this and it truly is worth watching.

Now I am beginning sound like I'm repeating myself from a post a wrote a year ago. Oh well.

In Search of Job Links...

This week I asked the capstone students list (add links) and review three links where they can find postings about potential jobs that fit their career goals. In addition to identifying and reviewing the links (they should also bookmark each) they must also find a "pay" or subscription site that posts jobs.

The goal here is to compare the "pay sites" with what you can generate for free. New college graduates often have limited resources so generating a list of links in the job search from free sources clearly has advantages over those you pay for...plus most of those yank the postings off the free links.

OLD BC CAPSTONE JOB LINKS/RESOURCES STILL ONLINE...
The BC Career Links page groups some station groups and stations for your consideration.
The 2003-2004 Capstone Job Links is still available, however I do not know if all the links remain active.
The 2002-2003 Capstone Job Link page is also out there for you to visit.