Full Sail Stories
Published Nov 30, 2022
这个毕业生主持一个受欢迎的早间广播阿拉巴马福克斯联盟
新媒体新闻系毕业生Toi Thornton已经成为该州最受欢迎的地方新闻台之一的知名人物.
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托伊·桑顿(Toi Thornton)从事广播新闻工作已经有几年了,他在拉斐特的一家电视台担任记者和主播, 路易斯安那州,当时他决定是时候攻读硕士学位了. 在另一所大学攻读硕士学位后, Toi很快意识到,无休止的研究和讲座不足以扩大他的知识,也不足以帮助他磨练自己的技艺. That’s when Toi found Full Sail.
“我开始寻找其他有更好课程的学校,我找到了Full Sail,我就想, ‘Oh, this is absolutely it,’” he says. “Looking at the curriculum, it was exactly what I wanted, and then of course once I started to do it, [the program] just blew my mind.”
在Full Sail的现实世界教育方法中蓬勃发展, Toi很兴奋地发现他在学校学到的东西 New Media Journalism master’s 节目不仅可以应用于他作为一个直播记者的角色,而且为他准备了一个不断变化的媒体环境.
“它拓宽了我的新闻技能,因为……2016年(我还在上学的时候)我们在新闻业做的一些事情,是我们(在这个行业)没有做的事情。”, but is actually the standard now.”
While in the program, Toi质疑以音频故事为重点的课程的相关性, saying, “I was like, ‘Ah, I don't know.’ I mean why are we doing this? I'm like, ‘I get that. That's for radio people. I'm on TV.六年后,我在WBRC主持了自己的播客《OG官网》. 前几天我在编辑我的第二集,我想起了我们在那堂课上学到的一些东西.”
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毕业生Toi Thornton和他的同事在WBRC FOX 6的早间新闻广播中.
他在广播新闻行业工作了近十年, Toi目前是伯明翰WBRC FOX 6新闻的交通主播和联合主持人, Alabama, 在该州最受欢迎的早间新闻广播中. There, 他发现,他最大的成就感并不仅仅来自上电视, 而是每天早上把欢乐带到他的观众家里.
“我们是这个市场和这个州的发电站. 能够做到这一点是我的荣幸。. “有很多观众,当我在公共场合看到他们时,他们总是说,‘哦,我在看你!“有些人告诉我,他们只是看着我,我让他们脸上露出微笑.”
With such a happy-go-lucky demeanor, Toi尽最大努力不被负面新闻报道所困扰,并试图在每次广播中都保持积极的态度.
“It's not just getting up and getting on TV, you have to be amped up, you got to be excited, you got to be happy, 无论生活中发生了什么,你都要保持微笑, 你必须微笑,因为你必须向观看的人传达一种幸福和光明的感觉.”
While reporting for FOX 10 in Mobile, Toi拜访了一位家中遭到枪击的老妇人, 结果一颗流弹摧毁了她的空调. Through his reporting, Toi和他的制片人团结了社区,为这位女士提供了一台全新的空调. “那个上了年纪的女人,谁知道在盛夏没有空调会发生什么事. 那一刻我想,‘好吧,这就是我应该做的. This is rewarding. This is what makes me want to continue to do this.’”
Committed to enriching the communities he’s served, Toi在包括Ignite基金会在内的多个南方董事会任职, a youth-focused non-profit in New Orleans, the Restoration Academy in Birmingham, and New Awakening Recovery Services, a drug and alcoholism program for women.
Not satisfied with standing still, Toi继续丰富他的技能和发展他的新媒体工具包. As a current Ph.D. student at Liberty University, Toi鼓励其他人采取类似的教育方法, saying, “I would just tell people, just don't be afraid to expand your skills. Don't be afraid to expand your knowledge. I went to Full Sail to expand my knowledge. 如果我继续这样做,即使我今天失去了这份工作,我也不会失业太久.”