Year In Review

What a year for sure. Freshman year flew by, I can’t believe that I’m already done with my first semester next week. Being in the comm department was definitely a blast, and made my year very enjoyable.

I had the privilege of working in all kinds of different events. I got to film soccer games, volleyball games, do a golf package, and work on a radio show. In high school, I filmed all of the school football games. I had enjoyed that greatly, I loved shooting sports so I was excited to come do it for my major in college. Shooting soccer for the first time was exciting because I had never done it before. After I had gotten use to the pace of the game, it wasn’t too hard thanks to my experience from high school. Volleyball was another sport that I got to film, all I had to do was get used to the pace of the game.

I was worried that filming these new sports would prove to be challenging, but once I had grown accustomed to the flow of the sports, filming was a piece of cake. I had learned when to and not to zoom in, which angles to film from, and how different every sport was.

Another thing that I got to work on was the radio show with Justin and Frank. This may have been one of the highlights of the whole semester cause I got to sit down and talk about something that I was very passionate about for an hour and a half every week, and it counted as hours for practicum! Through the radio show, I have really developed different ways to look at sports thanks to Justin. I also learned how to prove a statement that I made with support, and how to argue with a statement that someone else made without sounding like a babbling idiot. I also got to learn my way around the studio. I got to work with the soundboard, learn how to plug in the XLR cables to get the mics working, and how to record the show.

I think my biggest lesson from this semester though, and the toughest one, is time management. I learned that college is in fact a lot more difficult than high school. I had so much on my plate from this semester, and thought I could balance it all out but I was wrong. I thought that I was doing a good amount of hours for work in practicum, but I always forgot to blog them. I had never run a blog before so blogging them had always slipped my mind, which is very bad because in turn I’m sure I have forgotten some of the things I have actually done throughout the year.

All in all, I sincerely apologize for disappointing you this year. I know I did not meet the hours requirement, but I can surely say it was a good lesson. I now know I must be better at managing my time and showing up for more broadcast events. I’m looking forward to a new shot next semester, I promise I’ll make you proud!

Total Time of Hours I remember: 23 :(

Thank you for everything,

               Merrick Legutki