As the 2011 Spring semester comes to a close, I am able to look back on this course as one of both turmoil and triumph. The road to the final class was one of uncertainty and despair, but I feel that through the fire and flames I prevailed, and came out a better video journalist.
More or less, the class felt like an extension of JRN 320 - which I thought to be both a good and bad thing. At times, the lectures would expand on foundations and principles obtained through 320, while at others, they would simply rehash lessons already learned. Truth be told, it can be argued that these lectures are of such importance that they should be gone over more than once.
As previously mentioned, I feel that 380 has left me a better video journalist. However, such an improvement truly came from the hands-on part of the class. The three hours I spent in the newsroom each Tuesday morning acted more as exercises in how to get away with being on Facebook while your professor is three feet away from you (joking). In all reality, I enjoyed fiddling with Final Cut Pro and digging through the archives of Mediastorm and such, but as with many of my other journalism classes, my learning experiences came from reporting/interviewing/etc.
After 320, I felt the video side of journalism lightly tugging at my collar. But as I come to the end of 380, I find myself acknowledging, and embracing, the fact that this light tug has turned into a barbarous pull.
This was a great post and you touched on some of the problems of the news room. It is not the best learning environment. It is often hard to hear anything that is being said from one corner of the room. "Poetic justice"
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