Week 5

     At WMCT there are only 4 full time workers. They all have a certain show that they are in control of. The two people I work closely with are Dan Guindon and Rob O'Keefe.

                                                        

     Dan (left) is the executive director who oversees the entire workplace and runs a couple shows. Rob (right) is who I work closely with as he produces my show Hey Whats the Score. He helps me out with learning how to produce the show. Their management structure is very relaxed. At the studio you don't need to dress up in a shirt and tie every day. They want you to be comfortable and also look nice at the same time. This is very effective as I feel people will work better when they feel comfortable. Dan and Rob make it fun to work their as they make it fun with jokes and makes me feel comfortable and making sure I'm not overwhelmed. Dan makes sure everyone knows what their position is and that way everything runs smoothly.

     For the communication method at WMCT it is very straight forward. We mostly use email to get a hold of each other and others that we need to meet with. We did go and talk to coach's and players in person and do shoots with them. WMCT post's all of their product to youtube and is all on their website. We get back to each other very quickly if we email so their is no reason to change it if its not broken.

Week 3

You need to set goals for yourself in life to be successful. At the onset of my internship I set a couple goals for myself for throughout the internship. The first goal that I set for myself was that I was going to soak up all the information that I could so that I will be a valuable commodity on the job market because of my skills that I learned at WMCT. Next I wanted to improve my social skills (Public Speaking, On-air). If I can improve both of those, when I am going to speak in front of a large crowd I won't be as nervous and I'll be much more confidant. Those were my main goals going into this internship, I guess WMCT did have a goal for me and that was that they wanted to revamp their sports program and that's why they hired me and they want it to be successful and I will be at the head of doing that along with others who will work on the projects with me. My job description their is an on-air personality that does sports coverage and will do voice overs as well.

Week 1

I have choosen to work with WMCT- TV in Marlborough, Massachusetts for my first internship. WMCT is a local TV station that broadcasts throughout Marlborough. This station is not as big as ABC or NBC but they provide just as good of a product. They run weekly and monthly programs.The station is located at 91 Main Street Suite 201 in Marlborough, in an old fire station! The station is starting to revamp their sports programming and I will be the face of it. You can check out their previous shows and what they provide at wmct-tv.com. My mentor during this will be Dan Guindon, the executive director who you can contact at danguindon@wmct-tv.com.

WMCT was started all the way back in 1984 by the Prime Time Cable company. WMCT has gone through many different names weather it be WMCT channel 30 or WMCT channel 3. Today WMCT-TV has 2 stations, "M8" which broadcasts programs created by the public and WMCT which broadcasts programs created by the professional staff at WMCT. WMCT provides a great service to the community allowing any resident of Marlborough to come in and use any of their equipment. Everyone at WMCT cares about the product that goes out to the community. They like to have fun while doing it and provide a wonderful atmosphere to work in.