Media Day Experience

The second annual Medaille Media Day was a great opportunity for all communications students to learn from successful professionals in the field. The first session that I attended was Production/Web Development (which was held in the beautifully renovated television studio). The panel for this session included Jim Diavestes, Channel 4; Todd Broady, Entercom Communications; Heather Harwood, Entercom Communications; John Mombrea, Channel 4; Scott McDowell, Channel 7; and Bob Dingwall, Channel 7.

When I Grow Up…

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” We’ve all been asked the inevitable question before. As my pre-school “yearbook” will reveal, at age four, I wanted to be a ballerina when I got older. About six years later, at age ten, I decided that I would much rather become a marine biologist. Two years after this, I determined that becoming a famous singer or model was much more appealing. When I was finally a “mature” high school student, I realized I needed to focus on finding a more realistic career for my future. My first thought was that I could be a journalist, but with another swift change of the mind, I decided I might be a good school counselor. Then I thought maybe I was well-suited to become a teacher. In the mix of all this, I also considered Business and Human Relations.

Something more rewarding than Facebook

After my grandmother was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, my mom encouraged me to check out www.thebreastcancersite.com, which allows visitors to the site the opportunity to “click to give free mammograms.” I started to visit the site daily, and soon discovered that the site offered a number of other causes to “click” for. Soon, I was clicking to give food, child health care, books, and more.

Media Day: Honing the writing craft

The first session that I attended during Medaille Media Day was “Putting it in Writing: A Career in Print Journalism.” I chose this session for the simple reason that I love writing, and could more than see myself with a career in print journalism. I was really excited that I was being given the opportunity to talk to professionals who had once been where I am now: trying to figure out where I’m going to end up after I graduate from college.

I have been writing for the Perspective for two years now. This year, I am the Assistant News Editor, and I love it. I have always really enjoyed writing, and I feel like I found a really great niche with the newspaper at Medaille. If it wasn’t for Lisa Murphy I probably would not have declared as a Communications major, but she encouraged me to take an active role in the production in the paper, and told me that she thought I had what it takes. So I took her advice. (And I’m glad.)