tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post4727527185978733569..comments2023-05-23T00:25:06.363-05:00Comments on Online Journalism: Discussion Assignment Following Our Visit to USA Today Dec. 3Chris Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13386925901174702460noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-78584567869832616402013-12-17T12:19:38.729-05:002013-12-17T12:19:38.729-05:00I was most surprised by how large the news room wa...I was most surprised by how large the news room was and how much technology they had everywhere. I have visited the Baltimore sun newsroom several times this semester. It was a lot smaller and smaller, with less people and technology. I think this is testament to the different priorities or each news organization. The Sun is more of a traditional newspaper while USA today has a huge online Chelsea Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06568408929326712346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-39308776264297385422013-12-10T22:04:50.289-05:002013-12-10T22:04:50.289-05:00What impressed me and surprised me the most was th...What impressed me and surprised me the most was the make-shift broadcast studio they had set-up in the middle of their offices. I expected there to be a rather large private studio used solely for broadcasting content, but that was not the case. Instead, the USA Today correspondents had a stage built, equipped with lights and other fixtures that would normally be used in a large broadcast studio.Jasmine Songhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05891641757857855170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-15375977117449385582013-12-10T12:22:05.600-05:002013-12-10T12:22:05.600-05:00What surprised me the most about the USA Today new...What surprised me the most about the USA Today newsroom was actually how quiet it was. Yes, people seemed to be working hard, but the newsroom as a whole was quieter than I expected. TV shows and movies always make newsrooms out to be crazy busy, with people shouting across the room and running around frantically. At USA Today, everyone was just working at their desks, or at the center portion ofAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09898994229202049429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-15224491158467752732013-12-10T08:01:47.790-05:002013-12-10T08:01:47.790-05:00Having visited major media outlets like ABC News b...Having visited major media outlets like ABC News before the grandeur nature of the building for USA Today and its newsroom were not as shocking to me as it may have been for some other classmates. I expected to see countless computers and studio settings fixed within close proximity to the newsroom. I also knew no expense would be spared in such a big outlet, lending to the marble floors. Marquis Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07004379335850413471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-84636179878231163632013-12-10T05:34:57.324-05:002013-12-10T05:34:57.324-05:00Rachel Walther
Honestly, what immediately surpris...Rachel Walther<br /><br />Honestly, what immediately surprised me about USA Today was the beauty and quality of the building. It's a superficial thing but I always go to journalism organizations expecting a frugal-inspired building because of the industry decline and am repeatedly surprised by marble flooring. USA Today was beautiful and huge, it literally includes everything a person could Rachel Waltherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03774542576464860052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-37307860391534066762013-12-10T03:40:08.775-05:002013-12-10T03:40:08.775-05:00The building itself was quite surprising. From th...The building itself was quite surprising. From the distance, I could tell that it would be a very modern and polished just by looking at how it was built - tall and glassy. Going inside the building, I felt that it is easily one of the cleanest buildings that I have entered. I visited the new NPR building earlier this semester and just like USA Today, they also prided in having a very Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17648379810449669403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-69945981255683201502013-12-10T03:09:47.257-05:002013-12-10T03:09:47.257-05:00I was actually pretty surprised by the opportuniti...I was actually pretty surprised by the opportunities they have for broadcast majors. You always think of USA Today as a print source for news, but they seem to have a good amount of internship and job opportunities for those of us who are. I guess this can be attributed to the increased integration of the print and broadcast mediums; the advent of the internet has allowed journalism to become a Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071755629526753158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-1315891566532236222013-12-09T12:35:44.469-05:002013-12-09T12:35:44.469-05:00During our class trip to USA Today, I learned a fe...During our class trip to USA Today, I learned a few very interesting things about them and their newsroom. One thing that surprised me was the fact that their video studio was embedded in the middle of the newsroom - not even separated by clear or soundproof walls. I've seen news studios built with a newsroom in the background before, but not in the way that USA Today did it - where the stageDan Servodidiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00228311308180486975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-59181360075795671372013-12-05T20:01:53.836-05:002013-12-05T20:01:53.836-05:00I really enjoyed our trip to USA Today. What surp...I really enjoyed our trip to USA Today. What surprised me the most was that there is a place for broadcast students there. I always think of USA Today as more of a place for print students and it made me really excited to know that as a broadcast student, I could fit in there. I really liked how reporters get their own short video show to be in.<br /><br />What impressed me the most were the Chloe Leshnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17076549835771732728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-75070879042014913602013-12-05T16:27:50.471-05:002013-12-05T16:27:50.471-05:00What surprised me the most about our trip to USA T...What surprised me the most about our trip to USA Today was the capacity of the newsrom and of the USA Today/Gannett building itself. After interning at WTOP last summer, I suppose I am more familiar with smaller newsrooms, so the size of USA Today's was very overwhelming and impressive. It also surprised me that the layout of the newsroom made it seem less hectic than you may picture a Natalie Tomlin https://www.blogger.com/profile/00130654270864388613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-34675778705144654872013-12-05T12:32:55.613-05:002013-12-05T12:32:55.613-05:00What surprised me the most about our visit to USA ...What surprised me the most about our visit to USA Today was the sheer size of the building and the technologically advanced equipment that was employed by all departments. We were told that the lights to the studio were $25,000 each, so I can only imagine what the costs of all of the Mac computers, flat-screen TV's over the hub, and broadcasting equipment amounted to. People say that the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10971054942237084071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-79789469643457884562013-12-04T22:08:06.973-05:002013-12-04T22:08:06.973-05:00What surprised me the most about our visit to USA ...What surprised me the most about our visit to USA Today was the stress everyone placed on the importance of being able to shoot and edit video in addition to report and write stories. At my previous internship experience, the publications were still in the process of adding more video, so the staff was not as technologically savvy with regard to video. I understand that a lot of news Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05740534278060311853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25068305.post-65316262322810581462013-12-03T18:34:02.149-05:002013-12-03T18:34:02.149-05:00The thing that surprised me the most about USA Tod...The thing that surprised me the most about USA Today was the newsroom itself. Not only was it expansive, it was incredibly modern and efficient. When I think of a "newsroom" I think of more of the old-fashioned set up that isn't as personal. The way they have things set up at USA Today seems like it is the prefect way to run a newsroom - open and integrated.<br /><br />The Danny Goldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874994773658301541noreply@blogger.com