Internship Report, Week 5

Intern Name: Mark Hamilton
Internship Site: KSL Newsradio 102.7 FM and 1160 AM
Emphasis: Broadcast Journalism
Semester and Section: Fall 2008, Section 001
Week Number: 5
Number of Hours This Week: 20

Week 5 Report:
This week we were back in action. BYU was back from their bye week, and it seemed everyone was ready to watch BYU’s team roll over their opponent once again. If you watched Friday’s game, however, you probably realized that by “everyone” I mean everyone BUT BYU’s team.

It was supposed to be an easy victory over a team that was ranked as low as you can be…USU. While the final score was 34-14, it somehow felt like a loss. BYU played stupidly, inconsistently, and certainly didn’t look like a team ranked in the top ten.

Monday we had our usual press conference. This week, however, I ventured to ask my first question. I asked—somewhat prophetically, it turns out—“How do you avoid a sense of complacency when you’re playing an unranked team?” Both the players and Bronco Mendenhall seemed to shrug off questions of that kind, and went so far as to declare over and over that they were treating this game just like any other.

Tuesday through Thursday we did a lot more of the same, as far as cutting audio for the game day broadcast. During this time, I also finalized a compilation calendar I had been working on. We finally heard back from UVU, so we had all the schedules for every team in Utah. If that sounds like something you would love, I can E-mail you one.

No word from our car broker since last week…the weather is getting colder and stormier, and I think we need a solution here before too long. Our loans came through, so we’re all ready on this end. Now it’s up to Mr. Mourik.

That’s all for this week!

Thanks,
Mark