, 1 . r r 'I TV 16 Campus news station airs 'Live at Five' Every weekday at five o'clock, four anchors and several crew members gathered to produce "Live at Five," Harding's live, student-run newscast. At the beginning of each semester, students auditioned for positions including news, sports and weather anchors. Professors typically assigned positions like director and producer, who put in long hours of work to organize the 30-minute show. These students, as well as the eight anchors, received scholarships for their work. The newscast was televised on cable channel 16 and could be viewed not only from the Harding campus, but also throughout White County. News stories included current events, both nation- and city-wide, as well as campus news and feature stories of Harding students or professors. The news stories were written, edited and produced by students taking newswriting, a class offered by the communication department. Bob Ritchie, electronic media operations manager, and Dr. Dutch Hoggatt, assistant professor of communication, taught students the skill of combining well-written stories with broadcasting technology. Students also gained the experiJunior Sandra Kirk, sophomores Lisa Lauterbach,Josh Davidson,and freshman Alisa Wright discuss news topics for TV 16 news. The newscast aired daily, with one anchor group doing the show Monday, Wednesday and Friday while another group telecast Tuesday and Thursday. 216 organizations ence of working with everything involved in the production of the show. From managing the television cameras and audio equipment inside the news studio to managing the main control board and tape deck equipment in the studio's control room, students were in charge of the whole production. "It's really neat to turn on the television in my room and see one of the anchors delivering a news story live that I had written that day and know that others in Searcy are viewing my work," sophomore Sterling Riggs said. "It's definitely an instantly rewarding class." The anchors for the live newscast said they enjoyed the pressures of performing in front of the camera and reading the script from the TelePrompTer. "It's fun to be sitting up at the desk on the news set and reading the story off the TelePrompTer," said junior sports anchor Josh Davidson. "Because it's live, there's not any room for mistakes, so the pressure to perform perfect and accurate is kind of a rush." Over the years, many students have had the experience of working a semester at TV 16 News. For some, this was just a good learning experience, but for many was in preparation for their professional lives. -Heather Gray
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