More than 340 students and their media advisers participated in the annual High School Media Workshop Sept. 28 at the Curris Center and in the MSU TV Studios.
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| Chris Bryant, second from left, shows a High School Workshop participant the finer points of video camera operations. High school students gained hands-on experience in the Television Production Techniques workshop sessions. Students participating in the double-length TV session rotated between mini-sessions on three-point lighting, recording your voice, external mics, using a tripod, framing a shot and conducting a two-person interview.
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They were from 11 high schools in west Kentucky and west Tennessee: Kenwood High School (Clarksville, Tenn.), Paducah Tilghman High School, Fulton County High School, Murray High School, Dawson Springs High School, Livingston Central High School, Russellville High School, Union City (Tenn.) High School, Fort Campbell High School, Ballard Memorial High School and Calloway County High School.
The workshop consisted of 22 classes over three sessions of 75 minutes each. Faculty and staff from the department who taught in the sessions included Dr. Bob Lochte, Dr. Bob McGaughey, Leigh Wright, Dr. Allen White, Dr. Bellarmine Ezumah, Gill Welsch, Joe Hedges, Orville Herndon, Robin Orvino, Gross Magee, Dr. Kevin Qualls, Chris Haynes, Jeremy McKeel and Tyler Reardon.
In addition, Dave Winder of MSU’s Sports Information office taught a class on Athletic Media Relations and Andrew Buhler Jr., and Susan Lowell of Jostens covered three sessions on producing yearbooks.
In the newspaper competition, the Tilghman Bell and the Black and Gold of Murray High School each won four first-place awards while the Laker Review of Calloway County High School won three.
The Black and Gold won first place overall while the Tilghman Bell finished second.
In the yearbook competition, The Chevalier of Kenwood High School received first place in the overall category with The Tornado of Union City High School finishing second.
The Chevalier received four first-place awards. The Falcon of Fort Campbell High received three first-place awards. Union City High’s The Tornado received three first-place awards.
The Unionaire, Union Co. High; The Bomb, Ballard Memorial; and The Pilot, Fulton County High, each received one first-place award.
Next year’s workshop is tentatively scheduled for Sept. 20, 2013.
