Jacqui Poor is a successful freelance television producer, writer, director and voice over talent with thirty-seven years of industry experience. She’s earned 15 Mid-America Emmy Awards, 51 Mid-America Emmy Nominations, 53 International Telly Awards (Silver and Bronze), and 2 Aurora Awards among others. She lives in St. Louis. MO. On this episode, Jacqui talks about the importance of collaborating with a great team to allow for their talents to shine when working on a production. Jacqui also took us through her process of color coding and scripting her stories, including a recent project she is working on for HEC Media called "Spotlight", which are unique first person stories. Yours truly is a part of that story. We also watched and discussed the story of a now 85 year-old Grammy award winning blues musician, Bobby Rush, This is a story not to miss. Plus, we broke down the process of covering a story which took three years to make, tracking the building of a now famous bridge in the St. Louis area.
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Ladue alum Tavishya White is a producer, director, cinematographer and all things video and film in Los Angeles, CA. When Tavishya graduated Webster University in St. Louis, she took the money in her pocket and headed out west to LA to make her dreams come true. On this episode, Tavishya shares with us the challenges of living in LA and how to make yourself seen, heard, and respected as a film professional. Tavishya's spirit is present as she explains her process to create short film working with kids, to producing a music video for an artist who had a strong vision, which Tavishya had to coach into making the vision possible. Tavishya also supplies endless advice for young filmmakers to take risks, ask for what you want, make yourself valuable, and know as much as you can about the business so you stand out in the saturated LA crowd.
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Former St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Rick Horton serves as an analyst on FOX Sports Midwest’s Cardinals game telecasts and Cardinals Live pregame and postgame shows. Rick also broadcasts game for KMOX sports radio 1120. On this episode, Rick takes us through his process on a game day broadcasting Cardinals baseball. Rick also discusses how he found himself broadcasting games once his playing career was over and the iconic names who helped him learn on the job, including St. Louis legend Jack Buck. Rick shared stories from his playing days, including his most memorable personal moment in professional baseball. In addition, Rick discussed his important work with the Cardinals Fantasy Camp and his commitment as President of the St. Louis Chapter for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.
Ladue alum Tal Kopan is the Washington Correspondent and Senior Political Reporter for The San Francisco Chronicle. In this episode, Tal talks about building relationships and reporting the stories from Washington which impact her audience in the state of California. Tal spoke about her experience being on-camera and how she develops her stories, written or for broadcast, and the steps she takes to vet her work, so all stakeholders trust her reporting. Tal also offers great advice for young budding journalists and spoke about how she gained the basics of her journalism skills by writing for our Ladue High School newspaper, Panorama, while developing her on-camera, extemporaneous speaking skills, through being on the Ladue Debate Team.
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Tim Gore is the Director of Educational Initiatives for Educate.Today, a free website for teachers and students. Tim was a teacher himself for 28 years until he began working to create programming and content for HEC Media. Educate.Today offers free educational resources, aligned to state standards, which allow teachers and students to engage in first person lessons and stories for Language Arts/Literacy, Arts, STEAM.STEM, Social Studies, and more. In this episode, Tim helps us navigate the resources on the website and delivers great detail about how teachers are using these resources in the classroom, including a Civil Rights lesson with a first person account. Tim also showed two examples of student created content, both of which were produced byLadue Broadcast Technology Students. Educators are invited to have students submit their video work to possibly be used on the site, simply by emailing [email protected].
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Ladue alum Bea Dageforde is a video producer in Chicago, IL. Bea has gotten her foot in the door of the media industry as a Production Assistant in music videos, television, and films. In this episode, Bea talks about her most recent project, leading the Production Assistant team for the new HGTV show coming out this month, "Celebrity IOU" with the episode starring Melissa McCarthy. Bea even got to have lunch with the stars of the show, everyone's favorite brothers, Drew and Jonathan Scott. Bea shares how she got her first job off CraigList, working as a grip on a variety of different show sets, and offers advice for young video producers. We also reveal a huge surprise for Bea at the end of the show, which she did not see coming.
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"We are covering history," said Ladue alum Alexis Zotos, who is an award-winning reporter for KMOV4 in St. Louis, MO. As a General Assignment reporter you can find her stories on the evening newscasts in St. Louis, mostly the 10 pm show. "Writing is the basis of all journalism, " said Alexis, so in this episode, Alexis talks how important her writing is for scripts as she is documenting covering history every day during the coronavirus pandemic. Alexis discussed how she reports the news, now through FaceTime and Zoom, utilizes social media to answer audience questions through her stories, and covers press conferences from the Missouri Governor on a daily basis. Alexis shared a couple of her recent coronavirus stories and broke down how they each were produced. Alexis also always offers terrific advice for any journalist.
Ladue alum Antonio Zapiain Luna is a filmmaker, photographer and animator, based in Los Angeles, California. Antonio graduated from DePaul University in Chicago, majoring in Cinema Production. In this episode, Antonio dives deep into his production process of a documentary-style video for an artist's creation, and his collegiate capstone project, an experimental film. Antonio offers valuable advice for young filmmakers and discusses how prepared he felt for film school after his experiences in Ladue's Broadcast Technology program.
Ladue alum Bobby Sutherland is a freelance videographer who owns his own media company, Get Funky Media and works with ESPN, the St. Louis Blues, Cardinals, XFL's Battlehawks and live concerts/ events. In this episode, Bobby shares what his day looks like as the director of the St. Louis Cardinals game day scoreboard operations and game entertainment. Bobby shares his path from an intern with the St. Louis Billiken’s, to working for the football St. Louis Rams and covering many different tech jobs en route to directing. Bobby also offers tremendous advice for young video students.
Ladue alum Erin Wides is a Multimedia Journalist for KTRE 9 in Lufkin, TX. On this episode, Erin talks about her first full-time news reporter job at KTRE and how she is responsible for doing it all...a "one-man band," she said. Erin talks about being persistent in finding stories, shares a behind the scenes look at her day and how she organizes her files, finds stories, and lessons learned from Broadcast Technology classes at Ladue, which she still implements today. (*Hint - WIDE-MEDIUM-TIGHT-XTIGHT).
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89-year old Lufkin resident works out three times a week to keep independence "The lesson here is about serendipitous stories and how they can be found anywhere. It was Jan. 1st and I had no other ideas except for gyms and New Year's resolutions, but this became way more than that!" Search underway at Neches River for Wells businessman missing since Sunday. "I was on and off of this story that week. A man had gone missing and search and rescue teams were at the campsite day in and day out. It took me two hours to even find the campsite, after driving and hour to get to the general area. The when I got there, half the family wanted us there, half didn't... so everything was shot on a phone! DIGITAL POWER :)" Veteran funnyman who performed at many Lufkin rodeos dies at 83 "This lesson was probably acting quickly and finding footage. A well-known rodeo clown had preformed many times in our viewing area, but was well known all over the country. We had a Lufkin resident who announce with him so it was a matter of setting up that interview while they were still in town, talking with him and trying to get together footage. " High school productions |
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