Room for improvment
We had our first show this Monday. Needless to say, there are many holes that we still need to fill in. Our discussion was valuable. Reuben worked well with the teleprompter and the questions that we provided. He kept the discussion flowing well. A few bugaboos: One of our guests was late and we had to integrate her. Our major issue was with the broadcast. We had some turnover with our staff leaving our New Media Producer position unfilled. Lindsey and I filled in, but unfortunately the video didn’t go through. This meant that the people in the chatroom couldn’t participate. The broadcast over KBIA 2 worked well. Also, the video we captured was also nice. Thus, Lindsey and I learned how to do the New Media Producer’s job including setting up the connection in the server room. This will help as we fill in until we get another producer to do the job.
Next week we will talk about jobs in Mid-Missouri. Also, I’ve started making connections for a show on Human Trafficking. We are pretty good on show topics. Later in November we will do shows on cameras downtown as well as perhaps eating local during the winter. So far so good though. We had a good first show and we will continue to have good shows, but the biggest challenge will be audience participation. How are we going to get people to participate when we are starting essentially at ground zero? No calls and no people entered the chat. This will be the biggest challenge, which I will do my part by emailing people connected to each show.