President Jamie Comstock Williamson

Dr. Jamie Comstock Williamson is Winthrop University 10th President. She shares the President’s house with her husband, Larry Williamson along with their 10 year old Chesapeake retriever Cocoa. Dr. Williamson is from south-central Illinois and earned her Ph. D in communications from the University of Arizona. Her degrees also consist of bachelor’s and master’s from Illinois State University. While being a leader here at Winthrop, she hopes that once the students graduate that they will be successful and secure the resources to make Winthrop a college that they will never forget. As stated in her blog entitled, “Advancing the Higher Education Agenda” she stresses out the importance about how all students regardless of their family backgrounds, deserve the education that Winthrop offers. Even though this is Dr. Williamson’s first term as president, she spent most of the time getting to know the campus and most importantly the students. In order to get to know the students better, she held face times with Dr. Williamson in the Digiorgio Student Center. Face times were where students can sign up online and discuss whatever is on their mind with the president for about thirty minutes. With the faculty and staff, she also does town hall meetings where she can discuss with them about how Winthrop can improve. At one of the faculty and staff meetings, she talked about the fact that Winthrop might get a football at some point. Not only dose President Williamson have really good interactions with the students and staff, but also with the alumni as well. For a small university like Winthrop, it’s important for a president like her to feel more connected to campus and to make sure that it continues to try its’ best to make sure that everyone is a part of the Winthrop family. So far during my first year here at Winthrop, President Williamson has done a tremendous job not only with the interactions with students, faculty, staff, and campus but mainly with the university itself. As far as being a great leader, I think she really is very active in the Rock Hill Community. She’s very active in the Rock Hill Community by making visits to schools around the area. From her point of view I can tell that she really tries hard to make sure that graduates get their degree in whatever field that makes them happy. No one could ask for a better president like Dr. Jamie Comstock Williamson.

I am Winthrop with President Williamson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Foh1acuFrFg&feature=youtu.be

Fudge Pecan Pies

This is a video of my mom baking a fudge pecan pie. In this video it shows the steps to making it all the way up to the finishing product.

Football at Winthrop?

I interviewed some students,staff,and faculty at Winthrop University by asking them, "How would you feel if Winthrop got a football team and why? Most of them stated that it would be good for the community and enrollment.

Multimedia Slideshow Project

Reporter Notebook

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First Mass Comm 226 Interview

Multimedia Assignment

The example that I found for Multimedia Journalism was on You Tube. You Tube displayed a news story about trees falling down in Santa Maria. When the reporter was describing how the tree fell, the camera established a great shots at the angle in which the trees fell. In Multimedia Journalism camera angles are very important especially when you are describing the scene in a particular news story or movie. During this example of multimedia journalism, the reporter conducted interviews with constructors and people who witnessed the tree crashing. Constructors who were building when the tree fell had to quit so they would not get hurt. Another thing displayed in this video was a video-audio linkage of the tree before it fell. While observing this video, the reporter used the word “but” so that he could make one transition to the next story, which is another thing people should be mindful of when creating a multimedia journalism story.
There are many varieties of shots that are shown throughout which grabs the television watchers attention so that they may see how big the trees were. In general, this news story was easy to understand since it displayed important information in a very detailed way to pull people into the story. The sentences in this news story were short and not difficult to comprehend. They were also written in a conversation style. By the time we start our term project, I think that I might be able to do a project similar to the one I observed or maybe even better. The hardest part of this project to me would probably be adding the voices in the background and writing in general. Writing and giving supporting details has always been a struggle for me even though it has gotten better over the last years it still remains a challenge for me. I have not had any experiences with cameras which will be another difficult task while completing this project. In order to receive a really good grade on the term project I will go to my professor’s office hours for questions and I won’t wait to the last minute to do everything all at once. For this project, I might want to hire a professional to videotape or I should take lessons on how to operate cameras since the majority of this class is going to be about making stories like multimedia.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=multimedia%20journalism%20examples&sm=1 It's the Downed Trees Example 
 

Leads Assignment

1. A Communications Law professor at Winthrop burned a small American flag since her class was discussing Supreme Court cases which represented the flag-burning to protect a speech.

2.  President Comstock invited First Lady Michelle Obama to deliver the commencement address this year and she accepted it. However, a dozen of senior women opposed it and made a petition stated, "to honor the First Lady as a commencement speaker."

3. Most of the freshman girls at Winthrop have gained lots of weight! Even women who are not in college have gained weight.

4. Johnsonian reporter Robert Bates, discovers that the money at Winthrop is being invested in tobacco plants!

5. 1,044 women at Winthrop get surveyed about healthcare.

6. Five members of the Sigma Kappa Chi at Winthrop get arrested for hazing leaving at least two in critical condition.

The Decision

First steps are usually the most difficult.  However, for me, deciding on a career was perhaps the easiest decision I have ever made. Broadcasting has always been something I wanted to do every since I was on my high school's news team.  And after completing an internship at a local news station, I was totally hooked! 

So while many college freshmen weigh lots of choices about which career path they should take, I always knew that broadcasting was the right choice for me.

Do you have a love for breaking news events?  Do you love the excitement of the entertainment industry? Have you ever dreamed of some day landing that elusive interview ? Do you dream of your own talk show? Then perhaps a broadcasting career is the right decision for you.....think about it.