5/3/2019 0 Comments Journalism Field TripTuesday, April, 30th the journalism club from HFHS took a trip down to Saint Paul. The journalism students took a tour of MPR and spoke with some employees about the different things that happen throughout the building.
The MPR building is four stories tall and boasts the biggest radio only newsroom in the nation. Their tour began on the third floor, the news floor. They spoke to investagative reporter Tom Scheck who told them about what the job of an investigative reporter entails. He then showed the students one of the many recording studios on the third floor. They the went from the investigative section of the third floor to the news room. They saw radio star Angela Davis as she began her show in one of the larger studios on the third floor. The students got to meet the creaters of the podcast Brains On Molly Bloom and Marc Sanchez who spoke to them about how they created their podcast and gave the students some advice. The students also got to meet with the man behind the MPR news update Phil Picardi. The Journalism students then spoke for a long time with Mark Zdechlik. He told the students all about quick turn stories and deadlines. He showed them his work bag with his microphones and recording devices. The tour finished up on the fourth floor where both the current and classical MPR take place. The students saw the broadcasting room where the radio signal is distributed from to the entire state.
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