I know it's been a while, but it's been a busy transition from Fresno to Lexington! I'm now an Assistant Professor of Media Arts and...

If you've ever been in a newsroom, you'll here some terminology that isn't part of regular everyday conversation. VO? Nat pop? Cold open?...

When people talk about local television, we toss around a lot of terminology and titles that might not be familiar. This post will cover...

This is my second term teaching the capstone, which is the editorial side of our weekly newscast, Fresno State Focus. These students...

On March 17, 2020, we pulled the plug on in-person classes because of the COVID-19 threat. It was a weird feeling to say the least. At...

After nearly 18 years in Portland, academia called and we moved to Fresno, Calif. My husband, who is also a director (again, story for...

We ran a bit of an experiment in advanced studio production this term. Thanks to the hard work and dedication of my students, it turned...

We have a fabulous studio space at Fresno State, but it wasn't being used to its fullest potential. There was a giant platform in the way...

Our colleagues at Univision21 in Fresno are awesome and are donating an old set to our studio, so I got to go meet them, see their studio...

Fresno State Focus is the weekly 30-minute newscast I get to help put on the air. My official role at this point is to teach the news...

Behind the scenes is not the only place changes happen at a TV station. The on-air look changes periodically, too! During my time at KGW,...

Believe it or not, I actually started off as a Broadcasting (read: on-air tv reporting) major at the University of Georgia (GO DAWGS!)....

Occasionally I head out with a crew to the field to keep those skills up-to-date, too. No, you will never see me on air. Yes, that is...

Or what my former boss called “making the sausage.” Carey note (2020): Before I started teaching multiplatform journalism and television...