BREAKING NEWS FROM Junior Katelyn Perrett, sophomore H unter Hoagland and senior Kelly Christopher prepare for the first H U16 news show on Sept. 12 in the studio in the Donald W Reynolds Building for Music and Communications. H U16 aired every weeknight at 5:00 p.m. I Photo by Ka{U Fujisawa Sophomore Colby Hoagland controls one of the cameras during the.first HC16 news sltow in September. Co111m11nications students in,·ofred with H C 16 u:rote scripts, produced news J> ackages and anchored broadcasts in /Heparation for a professional career in broadcast journalism. I Photo b)' ka.:u Fujisawa J.(i() ~ 01\C\\ I/ \TIO\ \ The weekly student-led, live news program, H'Cl6, added scwral changes to its program du ring the 201 6-2017 school year. The leadership, technology and structure of the broadcast was shifted due to the return of Dr. Ci nger Blacksrone, assistant professor of' broadcast journalism and electronic media. She returned to campus in f'all 201 6 after a three-year leave of absence to obtain her doctorate degree in mass cornmunirations from the Uni\'ersity of'Florid a. Bo Smith, a senior broadcast journalism major, aid the changes made him a better anchor, which would help him to get a job after graduation. The new program implementations brought in additionaljobs and involvement to the broadcast. gi\'ing students opportunities to use their creative abilities to tell different stories. "\\'e had an entire block dedicated to C:\')l and national news." Smith said. "Now we fill [the time] with more local news stories, longer sports segments !and a] weather segment. There are just so many possibilities we have now." Because Blackstone used HU16 as a lab for her advanced broadcast journalism classes, more students were involved in HUl6 this year than in previous years. The expansion of the team gave the program more opportunities to
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