Blog #8

I noticed that both FDR and Obama inherited the recession. One may agree, Barrack Obama and FDR have some similarities. Both of which had many interactions with the economy. In the 1930's, We had an in-class discussion on FDR's (Franklin .D Roosevelt) plans on reviving the economy from the Great Depression. FDR formulated a plan to grant $500 million to state agencies for direct relief. Our president, Obama recently introduced the stimulus package to the American Economy. His initial plan was to provide money for the economy to basically to get the economy back on its feet. Most people notice that Barrack Obama is highly respected in America much like FDR in 1930s. In relation, FDR began an organization called the WPA short for Works Progress Administration. Obama has his own organization called the Barrack Obama organization which facilitates the country.

Blog #7

I don’t think there was a news corporation similar to mine back in the 1930s. However, if my company existed during the Great Depression then my company, without a doubt, would be on the brink of collapse. My company cannot afford to own part of the third floor of the building. If they lost the 3^rd floor then NBC 7/39 would have to start laying off certain employees. They would have to downsize the 3^rd floor. Cut back on funding. So my answer is NO. NBC would not survive the Great Depression of the 1930s. NBC wouldn't last one day during the Great Depression.

Blog #6

For the Character sketch, I selected Casey because he has interesting beliefs. There a particular quote in the story. Where Casey tells Tom hes on parole and orders him to follow him.

Blog #5

http://lupesandoval.blogspot.com/2010/02/photo-essay.html

Lupe's article it is well written. I like how she begins her article with a quote that was said by her mentor.

http://hthmaadle.blogspot.com/

I liked Audrey's article. Everything seems to flow nicely. When you read the article is as almost if your have a conversation with her.

http://yeseniaalvarado.blogspot.com/2010/02/semester-two-blog-3.html

I like how Yesenia added dialog to her article.

Internship Photo Essay

(BLOGGER underlined each sentence and I don't know why)

Resting my elbows on the edge of the window, I could feel the gentle breeze touch my skin. The noise of horns honking and negligent drivers swearing at each other irritated my ears. Words begin to slip out of my mouth, “Do you think I’ll get a future job offer as a college student?” She strokes her wavy hair and then adjusts her eyeglasses, “Of course you will, I have no doubt about. If you make a good first impression and they will certainly think about offering you a summer time job”. As we drove aimlessly through the rush hour traffic, my mom paying attention to the road turns her head. She looks at me with envy accompanied by a smile. She was sort of jealous of me having the opportunity to intern at a place like the NBC 7/39 new station. We drove down the pavement into the through the concrete entrance of the parking structure

I could smell the foul stench of the exhaust from inside. I couldn’t last one minute. So I take a deep breath and exited the car. We reach the parking lobby and stretch my legs. I gasped for fresh air as soon as I walked into the room. My eye balls navigated the lobby in search of a dispenser machine or water fountain. I continued on pace and said my last goodbyes. I grabbed my NBC identification card hanging from my khakis. I scanned the card and punched in 3 inside the elevator. I waited for a while in the elevator. My head angled up and my eye balls were focused on the elevator meter… 1… 2… 3… bing! My mind clogged with so many thoughts about internship. I had no room to think of anything else.

I entered the 3^rd floor lobby, a tranquil place. I seamlessly chew on the decadent chocolate that I got from the counter. Just to ease the anxiety. I walk straight into the office and see my mentor and fellow interview in a meeting together. I join in to listen. “We’re required to do a project for internship” says one of the interns stomping his toe on the floor and folding his arms together. My mentor replied, “I have a great idea why don’t you develop a documentary of your own”. Everyone looked at each other to confirm it. “That sounds like a wonderful idea.. I mean we are capable of using certain programs”. I walked over to my cubical and]spin my chair around.

We devoted so much time on consecutively completing the documentary. We got a chance to videotape ourselves for our intern interviews. I looked over my own interview and edited it a little using a program that I am most familiar with. I also had to keep up with the daily blogs for Randy. In all honestly I had a handful on my plate because I had to write a marketing 2 page proposal, prefect the documentary, package laptops and blog.

We began videotaping our working on dissecting computer units. I’m wielding the camera this time keeping a steady hand of the shot. I walked behind some of the interns. We captured all sorts of footage of the NBC building. We even found b-roll of footage of the building. We compiled all of the footage and started the first phase of the documentary which would the introduction. We then watched some of what we had so far and edited it.

Blog# 3

-This pictures all about cooperation.

-This picture is more about being helpful to your fellow interns.

-This picture basically means that I have established a network of connections.

-I introduced myself to many different people who actually work at the NBC building.

-This picture has Marty levine, Sai, marcus and I.

-I learned how to properly operate most of the machines in the studios.

-I was eager to learn how to use all of them.

-This image obviously means that I am extremely busy.

-Multi-tasking

-I care about my work and thats why I brought my own personal computer to work.

-Me accomplishing my goals

Mentor interview

NBC’s computer whiz teaches four young interns how to be tech savvy.

By: Osamah Elhams

Off of 225 Broadway, I jogged across Broadway Circle, dodging the incoming taxis. I jump over the corroded red curb and onto the sidewalk. I think to myself, “Is this really it?” On the gigantic grey slab of concrete stands the enormous NBC building. I could feel the freezing cold temperature from the air touching my soft skin. I passed by businessmen, investigators, and lawyers walking casually in and out of the building through the glass paneled doors. A nice bespectacled old man kindly holds the door for me. I thank him. Inside the building, the cold brown pale marble covers the entire lobby way. I immediately sprint towards the stainless steel elevator in a hurry as the doors begin to steadily close shut. The elevator was crowded with people. It gets stuffy inside and I slowly take off my leather coat. I arrive at the 3^rd floor lobby. The lobby, a tranquil place; I look around and see college interns staring directly at me. I could already feel the tension stirring up in the room. I finally see a familiar face. An elderly man in his mid 30s befriends me. He gives me a firm hand shake accompanied with a smile. Words begin to slip off my tongue, “Do you mind if I interview you for a school project… do you have time?” He replies enthusiastically, “I’ve got time for an interview, she’ll we?” Craig quickly reaches into his light brown khakis and grabs a badge with the words, “NBC” imprinted on the card. He guides me into this peaceful room, with piles of machinery lying onto of the desks. It was kind of like a garbage dump. He carries a cup of coffee from Starbucks in one hand. We walk straight in front of the cubical offices. Craig then slips the plastic badge into his pocket and grabs a hold of his blackberry cell phone. He walks in front of me along the blue hallway and blissfully greets, Bill, the head of technical operations. Then he takes his leisurely walk into the 3^rd floor cubical offices. As Craig continues his pace and stumbles upon Dave McKinnon. The portraits of NBC’s critically acclaimed hit drama shows, Chuck, ER, Seinfeld, The Office and Heroes line the ocean blue halls as we walk by.

Craig Merry is formally considered the head honcho of the technical department. With his open personality, Craig entertains people with his entire arsenal of enthralling stories about the NBC 7/39 news station. Stories like working with incompetent people in different NBC news stations across America. Merry has an understanding of the hardware aspects of manufacturing. Craig normally wears a stylish dark brown sweater with diamonds and a white collar sticking out. His NBC 7/39 badge hangs from the right side of his olive colored khakis. With a degree in computer manufacturing, Craig Merry is more than capable of productively repairing CPUs and all sorts of computer equipment.

Interview with Craig Merry

What skills are necessary for your position?

My background is in manufacturing, it is not in IT. I got started because the manufacturing company I worked for needed an IT guy and they didn’t want to hire one. I got skills in IT just from on to job training. What is required to keep my job is you have to have PC upgrade and build up skills. You have to have the ability to analysis network operations as far as how computers attach together. You have to the ability to integrate software into PCs and into the network and be able to understand the hardware aspects of all that.

What exactly do you do?

My core responsibility is to make sure all that all of the clients which are all of the users on the machines here have everything they need for day-to-day operations. Keep the servers running, the network running and software upgrades.

Did your interns help you with your daily work?

You guys did a couple of good installs. All of the machines that we installed and upgrade downstairs in the news room were up and running. They had no problem with start-up and I’ve done a check of the clients down there that have the machines been very happy with the process. I would say this was a success.

Is there anything you would do differently knowing what you know now?

Yeah, knowing what I know as far as education goes, I probably would have got a degree in technology because my degree is not technology. Another thing I would probably do is gear up more for software.

Blog# 2 mentor interview

Craig Merry

Off of 225 Broadway, I jog across Third Avenue, dodging the incoming yellow taxis. I jump over the corroded red curb and onto the sidewalk. I think to myself, “Is this really my site”. On the gigantic grey slab of concrete stands the enormous NBC building. I could feel the freezing cold temperature from the air touching my soft skin, as I pass by businessmen, investigators, and lawyers walking casually in and out of the building through the glass paneled doors. A nice bespectacled old man kindly holds the door for me. Inside the NBC building, the cold brown pale marble covers the entire lobby way. I immediately run towards the stainless steel elevator in hurry as the doors begin to gradually open. The elevator crowed with people. It gets stuffy inside and I slowly take off my leather coat. I arrive at the 3rd floor lobby. A tranquil place, I look around and see college interns staring directly at me. I could already feel the tension stirring up in the room. I finally see a familiar face. An elderly man in his mid 30s befriends me. The first question I ask him was, “Are you ready for the interview”. He replies, “I’ve got time for an interview, she’ll we?” He guides me into this peaceful room, with piles of machinery lies on the desks.


Craig Merry, gently reaches into the pockets of his light brown khakis and pulls out an NBC 7/39 badge with one hand. He carries a cup of coffee from Starbucks in the other. He walks straight in front of the cubical offices. He then slips the plastic badge into his pocket and grabs a hold of his cell phone. Craig Merry then walks along the hallway and blissfully greets, Bill, the head of technical operations.
A tall, clean shaven man in his mid 20s with a buzz cut hairdo takes his leisurely walk into the 3rd floor cubical offices. Craig Merry is formally considered the head honcho of the technical department. With his open personality, Craig entertains people with his entire arsenal of enthralling stories about the NBC 7/39 new station. Stories like working with incompetent people in different NBC news stations across America. Merry has an understanding of the hardware aspects of manufacturing. Craig normally wears a stylish dark brown sweater with diamonds and a white collar sticking out. His NBC 7/39 badge hangs from the right side of his olive colored khakis. With a degree in computer manufacturing, Craig Merry is more than capable of productively repairing CPUs and all sorts of computer equipment.


As Craig continues his pace and stumbles upon Dave McKinnon, the technical manger. The portraits of NBC’s critically acclaimed hit drama shows, Chuck, ER, Seinfeld, The Office and Heroes line the halls as he walks casually by.


OE: What skills are necessary for your position?


CM: My background is in manufacturing, it is not in IT. I got started because the manufacturing company I worked for needed an IT guy and they didn’t want to hire one. I got skills in IT just from on to job training. What is required to keep my job is you have to have PC upgrade and build up skills. You have to have the ability to analysis network operations as far as how computers attach together. You have to the ability to integrate software into PCs and into the network and be able to understand the hardware aspects of all that.


OE: What exactly do you do?


CM: My core responsibility is to make sure all that all of the clients which are all of the users on the machines here have everything they need for day-to-day operations. Keep the servers running, the network running and software upgrades.


OE: Did your interns help you with your daily work?


CM: You guys did a couple of good installs. All of the machines that we installed and upgrade downstairs in the news room were up and running. They had no problem with start-up and I’ve done a check of the the clients down there that have the machines were very happy with the process. I would say this was a success.


OE: Is there anything you would do differently knowing what you know now?


CM: Yeah, knowing what I know as far as education goes, I probably would have got a degree in technology because my degree is not technology. Another thing I would probably do is gear up more for software.

Interviews

Professional interviews:

Interview with Jon Stewart

Interview with Barrack Obama

An interview is an informative conversation about something. In order to produce a good interview, you have to make sure that the person is comfortable. You want to obtain a lot of solid responses to every single question. You want to make sure that your audience understands what the interviewee is talking about. Motivate the interviewee to elaborate on their answers. Throw a couple of jokes into the interview to ease the mood.