I chose to do my project on Murrow News 8, the WSU student newscast at Murrow College. Murrow News 8 is a required class for both broadcast production and broadcast news majors. There are five student broadcasts a week. Monday through Thursday the newscast begins at 4:30 PM and Friday at 12:30 PM. Murrow News 8 reports on news in Pullman and on the Palouse. Pullman is a great space for young journalists to learn how to reach out to sources and create news stories. As a small, college town, Pullman curates a student-friendly environment and this helps young journalists find stories and sources to speak with. Murrow News 8 is a special part of WSU and the city of Pullman.
Below are my ten photos. I organized my photos in a way that briefly sums up a day in the life of a Broadcast News student. We show up at Jackson 52 at 1 PM but if it’s Friday we show up at 9 AM. First we look over the rundown to see what stories we are assigned to. Depending on what your role is for the day, you could be the one finding and assigning stories if you’re the producer of the newscast. After writing a few stories, it’s always a good idea to stop by the vending machines for a snack break or an energy drink. We hurry to finish our stories so we can print them on time by 3:30 PM. Once the rundown is finished, we walk upstairs where Ed Murrow’s picture hangs proudly outside of the studio and head to the production room on the other side of the wall. We ensure production has the rundown, which includes our scripts and the weathersheet. Then we’ll enter the studio and prep for the show by going through the script while production checks our mics. Before you know it, it’s 4:30 PM and Murrow News 8 is live in Pullman, on WSU’s campus.
