Next Semester

I'm not sure how many of you are aware of what I'm a part of next semester. I'll be part of a brand new program, one that has never been done before at any university in the country, called sports immersion. (Our name is still being decided so it will be much more flashy than "sports immersion")

In fact, Sports Video Group, is doing a story about what our program is going to be about on thier website tomorrow. This is a link to thier website.

Our group, which consists of 12 students, 4 faculty, and 1 graduate assistant, had a meeting tonight to discuss what next semester will look like. I'll tell you a few of the ideas that are looking like they're going to happen.

This program is going to be somewhat similar to what I did with Newslink Indiana although it will be completely about Ball State sports. We will be working on many packages about players, coaches, teams, cheerleaders, fanatical fans, referees, and more. We will also be doing some remotes. Remotes are simply games televised from location just like ESPN, CBS, NBC, and others do all of the time. This will be great experience because it is exactly what I want to do for a career. (I'll still be doing play-by-play for all of Ball State's football games on WCRD)

We'll also be doing atleast one 30-minute show a week. This is simply going to be a place for us to show our material.

We're going to have a website which will feature all of our packages, shows, podcasts, and other things.

More than likely, we'll also be working with The Big Ten Network and ESPN on some remotes during the semester.

We'll also be sending a package that we do on, for example, a player from Toledo to the Toledo tv stations to allow them to show it.

So, this all adds up to some amazing experience and resume building blocks. In essence, I could have on my resume that I've had my material show or worked with- ESPN, The Big Ten Network, numerous local tv affiliates, and ballstatesports.com.

I am so extremely excited about this opportunity. I'm going to be very busy because I'm going to also have a few other classes on top of my responsibilites with sports immersion but the experience is going to be invaluable.

I'll keep you updated on new developements about this over the summer.

If you would like to give input on potential names for our program then here's a few of the top choices:
1. Cardinal Sports 360
2. Cardinal and White Sports Focus
3. Cardinal Sports 365
4. Your idea

A Few More Awards

I just got a couple of awards from the WCRD sports department. I won Junior of the Year (Last year I won sophomore of the year and the year before that I won freshman of the year).

My football broadcast team also was honored as the broadcast team of the year. I was very pleased with both awards.

I should hear back about the national Communicators awards in the next month.

That's it for now.

Hello

Wow...it's been a while since I last wrote. Sorry to everyone who checks this thing regularly (Laura). :)

To keep you updated on my summer plans...I'll be done with this semester in a week. (I don't any real finals but Jessie does so say a prayer for her) I will get home on Saturday, May 3rd...Derby Day. I will be home for a week before I move to Lexington to start my internship. I will be living with Ken and Carol Henderson while I'm in Lexington and I'm excited about being in a new city and meeting and getting to know new people. I still don't know exactly what I'll be doing for my internship but I'll be finding out soon.

In other news...if you want to see some more of my work from this semester you can check click here. I'll be adding a few more of my pieces from this semester in the next week so continue to search for me on youtube.com if you want to watch more stuff.

I'll write again soon.

God Is Good

The Lord has blessed me in some unique ways the past few days. On Friday, Jessie and I went to the telecommunications banquet for the tcom department here at BSU. It was a fun evening...everyone got dressed up and it was a celebration of the year and there were several awards and scholarships given. I was the recepient of the Tom Hammond News Scholarship. The scholarship is worth $1,000 for next school year and was given out by "The Voice of the Ball State Cardinals" for more than 50 years...Morry Mannies. It was an honor and blessing to recieve this scholarship and certainly the Lord was good in this.

Yesterday I found out some more very good news. I was selected as the intern for WKYT-TV's sports department. WKYT is the CBS affiliate in Lexington and this has been my number one choice for my internship since Januarary. I am very excited about this opportunity. However, there are some things I need to work out...for example-where I'm going to live in Lexington and where I'm going to work. So...if you have any ideas then please let me know. And as always...keep these issues in your prayers. Once again...God is good!

Press Corp Circus

Hillary Clinton came to Muncie last Friday. It was a very interesting event. Now I'm sure most of you know where I stand on the political scale so you can imagine how this was an interesting event for me. Over 3,000 Hillary Clinton supporters were maybe a little much for me but seeing every tv station from Indianapolis and all of the national press corp was really cool for me. It was certainly a "real world" experience for me as I was sandwiched between longtime professionals doing their jobs. You can check out my work (although the sound isn't that great for the Clinton one) at the following link.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Cameron+Andry&search_type=