Ryan Leckey, a morning news anchor, and a Pitt-Johnstown alumnus, has one of the busiest jobs in Luzerne County. Even though Leckey attended Pitt-Johnstown, he spent a majority of his time at WJAC TV, only being on campus during his class periods. “Since I spent most of my time at the TV station, I didn’t really have much of a social life, but it was a lot of fun, and I’m really proud to tell people I went to UPJ.” Leckey said he always knew he wanted to work on television, so he came to Pitt-Johnstown as a communication major, and then received his master’s degree in communication from Marywood University. “I knew (communications) would be a good background in case TV did not work out.” Leckey currently works for News Watch 16, and works …show more content…
The campaign runs from August to December, and raises money for kids and adults with disabilities served by Allied Services, Luzerne County’s largest nonprofit organization. Leckey said they can use this platform to do good and help people. “To date, we’ve raised 1.6 million dollars over the past six years.” Their goal is to raise two million by the end of this years campaign. Because of Ryan’s Run, Leckey was able to cross one thing off of his bucket list. “When we launched our campaign, we did not have an anthem, so I wrote ‘Run For You,’ and made it the anthem.” After writing one song, he started working on some other stuff, including Adele’s “Someone Like You.” He made it clear that he is no means a singer, but he just waned to see what would happen. One of his biggest challenges at work is booking his own material and determining what material will play out well on television. He also noted that during some parts of the year, there is not as much happening then in other parts of the year. Getting people there at 4 AM, is also a challenge for Leckey. Over his career, Leckey had the opportunity to interview a variety of celebrities, including Regis Philbin and Barbra Walters, as well as locals. Two of his favorite television personalities he interview were Katie Couric and Kelly
“Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.” This mantra from Margaret Mead is a somewhat humorous yet slightly satirical spin on how people tend to think of themselves as one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable human specimens. However, one English teacher from Wellesley High School takes this critique one step further with his polemic presentation at the school commencement. David McCullough, a Massachusetts English teacher, gave a seemingly somber sendoff to his graduates in 2012, with a speech that contained some unapologetically harsh sentiments. However, by looking past the outwardly dismal surface of the speech, the students can infer a more optimistic message. By incorporating devices of asyndeton, paradox, antimetabole, and anadiplosis, McCullough conveys to each student that even though none of them is unique, their commonality is not a fault they all have merit and should strive to view the world through a more selfless lens.
A young man sits solemnly at a desk in front of a wall full of books, holding eye contact with the camera for the briefest of moments before lowering his eyes to the papers before him and beginning his speech. The young man is Ted Kennedy, and the speech he is about to share with the camera and with his viewers will come to be known as the Chappaquiddick speech. Following the car crash that claimed the life of Mary Jo Kopechne, and the court cases, the speech was intended to tell Kennedy's side of the story. He wished to explain his actions to the nation and to seek forgiveness from his people. The speech was televised at 7:30 pm on July 25, 1969, broadcast live from Kennedy's father's library, and reached the roughly 96% of American homes with televisions.
The Democratic Party was facing a difficult election in 1984 against an extremely popular president, Ronald Reagan, whom for four years had dominated the political United States. In his “Keynote Address to the Democratic Convention” in 1984, Mario Cuomo, the Italian-American New York governor, addresses the strain a Republican president has put on the nation’s lower and middle classes. He mentions President Reagan’s view of the nation from his “Shining City on a Hill”, a phrase which the President used many times throughout his career to describe the prosperity of America’s upper class. Cuomo challenges President Reagan’s beliefs that America is thriving with allusions to the lives of lower class Americans, and states that the nation is instead
The NFL published an article over his history of being a writer, along with where he attended school. Wyche earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Howard University in 1989, and has 27 years of journalism under his belt. Initially, he covered high school and small college sports. In 2008, Wyche officially became a media reporter for the National Football League. (NFL 3) In the article, only Wyche’s profession is recognized, and a writer’s background can change their credibility if not explained. Although the education and knowledge Wyche has about writing is not provided on the website, the audience can still access that information by a brief search. If the audience is simply reading this article without any further research, what is unknown by the audience is from where this writer originated. Wyche, by not providing his background information in an article, could cause a reader’s skepticism of the content of his
Picture a stunning sandy beach, waves lapping on the shoreline and the sun setting on the horizon creating a breathtaking atmosphere. The never-ending golden sand stretching as far as the eye can see. This is Australia.
In this world, there is around seven billion people, and while all individuals have different lives and obstacles, every person shares one quality in common: mistakes. As a human being, it is inevitable to not constantly make mistakes; in fact, following through with a poor decision is what helps people learn and grow. However, people like Monica Lewinsky or the character Hester Prynne are constantly publically shamed for making a mistake that will later be regretted, especially if it is for a fault of something major. Also, with daily human interaction and internet today, no matter what someone says or does, that one poor decision will forever lurk over the individual’s head, constantly taunting and reminding about the committed sin that is
-If you were in the same class I was in 2017 you may know why I named this like this. Also if you read The Things They Carried or know your vocabulary. Not just the name are familiar but the the whole story was about, WAR!!!. But this is much toxic and less world wide.
The panel featured people across all spectrums of media including journalism, broadcasting, and public relations. The panelists included Mike Royer, a longtime broadcaster, Daniel Sparkman, a former journalist and current press secretary for Governor Kay Ivey, Catenya Henry, a longtime TV host, journalist, and producer, Ed Enoch, a reporter for the Tuscaloosa News, and Mike Faulk who joined over video chat, a journalist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. These panelists provided valuable insight to the students in the audience that is helpful for anyone pursing a career in news.
Paul ATTALLAH and Leslie Regan SHAD (2002) Mediascapes. New Patterns in Canadian Communication, Scarborough, Nelson/Tompson learning.
With this major, I will be able to further my education in ways to be healthy and possibly learn how to help others. I decided that being a health physician or nutritionist was something that I was really interested in. This is where communication studies come in. I figured that if I minored in communication studies, I could improve my oral and written communication to better help in my future of nutrition. Communication studies was a good pick for me because, although there is always room for improvement, I can still garnish with some more knowledge and information to better improve my oral skills.
Although there are many celebrities that could come to our school and speak I think it should be, Candace Cameron Bure. The reason why I think Candace Cameron Bure should come to our school is because, she is a good role model, and faithful christian.
Tyler, S, Kossen, C & Ryan, C 2002, Communication: A foundation Course, Prentice Hall, Sydney.
Ruiz, Rebecca. "The Medium Is the Message: Should a College Call, Text or Tweet?." New York Times26 September 2011. online n. pag. Web. 9 Nov. 2011. .
Every individual's unique and distinctive interests, goals, experiences, values, education, and skills often prove to be the driving force behind what they want to do and succeed at in life. For some people, such as famous sports figures Adam Schefter, Stephen A. Smith, Michael Wilbon, and Tony Kornheiser, these factors influence them to find watching college or professional sports, studying the lifestyle of determined athletes, conducting interviews, analyzing statistics, and playing sports themselves enjoyable, which are all aspects of the sports journalism career field. Sports journalism is an exciting and elating career field that falls under the broad umbrella of journalism careers, in which journalists collect, write, and distribute news and updates about amateur and professional sporting events.
As a communications major, I plan on knowing media literacy inside and out to the best of my ability.