It's funny how when you're passionate about something, everything about that something comes easy. And for those who know me, even just a little bit, those people know I am very passionate about sports.
So when I signed up for Multimedia, I immediately asked myself, "What should I do for a final project at the end of the semester?" The idea came to me rather quickly, and I knew as soon as it hit me that this idea would be a perfect fit for my personality and my passion.
I plan on doing a final project focusing on several student athletes in the Northeast Passage organization - an organization that helps disabled students who enjoy competition to compete in near-varsity-level athletics. The organization as a whole takes care of everything a regular athletic department handles, including recruiting, training regimens, transportation, budgetary constraints, and everything in between, all so the student athletes can compete.
Last year I met a student when I wrote a news article on his skiing accomplishment. His name is Ted Broderick, and he's an alpine skier from UNH who won the national giant slalom championship at Big Sky, Montana. Broderick is a single-arm amputee, but his condition is congenital, so he's had it since birth. He skies with a prosthetic left arm.
Other students in the organization play ice hockey, as well as other sports, and they all have some form of disability. I plan on going to several practices and recording audio and video, as well as getting some still photographs of practice, assuming the organization will let me. I think it would be great to get the subjects in their environment so I can talk to them about what they do and why they chose UNH and the Northeast Passage. I hope to shed some new light on this organization, which I think is relatively unseen by the student population here on campus.
They were all recruited by the Northeast Passage to come to UNH to compete, and are all fascinating people with fascinating stories. This has been my idea since the summer, and I look forward to getting back in touch with some of these athletes and telling their story through multimedia.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Sunday, October 3, 2010
My Final Project
For my final project, I want to focus on an organization here on campus that provides great opportunities to students.
I want to do my project on the Northeast Passage Organization, a group that allows disabled athletes to compete at a high level of competition, just like any other college athlete. Last semester, I wrote a story in Advanced News Writing on Ted Broderick, a student here who won the giant slalom national championship race at Big Sky, Montana. He trains with the Northeast Passage, because he is a single-arm amputee, but his condition is congenital, so he's had it since birth. He will be competing again this year.
He practices with the UNH varsity ski team, and does mainly the same type of training that they do. The team practices everywhere around the state, but the closest mountain is Pats Peak in Henniker.
I think this organization doens't get nearly as much credit as they deserve for their hard work in putting together special training regimens and overseeing the whole operations. I want to shed light on this, and show more people that having a disability doesn't mean anyone should be excluded.
I want to do my project on the Northeast Passage Organization, a group that allows disabled athletes to compete at a high level of competition, just like any other college athlete. Last semester, I wrote a story in Advanced News Writing on Ted Broderick, a student here who won the giant slalom national championship race at Big Sky, Montana. He trains with the Northeast Passage, because he is a single-arm amputee, but his condition is congenital, so he's had it since birth. He will be competing again this year.
He practices with the UNH varsity ski team, and does mainly the same type of training that they do. The team practices everywhere around the state, but the closest mountain is Pats Peak in Henniker.
I think this organization doens't get nearly as much credit as they deserve for their hard work in putting together special training regimens and overseeing the whole operations. I want to shed light on this, and show more people that having a disability doesn't mean anyone should be excluded.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Welcome Entry
This is my UNH Multimedia Blog - specifically used for my 2010 Multimedia class. In this class I really hope to build my knowledge of the internet as a means of creating stories and sharing them. We've had plenty of practice in the journalism department creating ideas, gathering sources and writing stories for print, but not yet have we had the opportunity to learn more about a modern part of culture that will indefinitely be a part of our future.
As I'm sure everyone has already attested to, it is very easy to take a still picture and upload it into a slide show or onto a desktop. But it's not easy to take a series of photos that tell a story. I look forward to learning how to put together that visual story, which will open the door to the multimedia phase of my career.
As I'm sure everyone has already attested to, it is very easy to take a still picture and upload it into a slide show or onto a desktop. But it's not easy to take a series of photos that tell a story. I look forward to learning how to put together that visual story, which will open the door to the multimedia phase of my career.
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