As a student leader in the Penn State College of Communications, I am very active within three organizations: Valley Magazine, Ed2010 Penn State Campus Chapter and 46 LIVE.
“Founded in 2007, Valley is Penn State’s only student-run life and style magazine. Our mission is to recognize other students for their academic and extracurricular accomplishments, and to feature local style, entertainment and lifestyle trends. We publish one print issue a semester and also post daily online content throughout the academic year.”
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Ed2010 Penn State Campus Chapter:
Co-founded by Erica Kasan and Kimberly Valarezo in the fall of 2012, Ed2010 Penn State Campus Chapter has grown to be a prominent resource for aspiring students who wish have a career in the magazine industry in the College of Communications. Our organization has toured major consumer magazines including Harper’s Bazaar, Seventeen and O, The Oprah Magazine. “ED2010 is a networking and mentoring organization committed to helping aspiring and junior-level editors reach their dream magazine jobs. See for yourself at ed2010.com” Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for updates. Check out a feature on Ed2010 in Penn State’s Daily Collegian!
46 LIVE:
46 LIVE was established in 2014 as the re-branded College of Communications Telecommunication’s Club THON Webcast. 46 LIVE is an industry-standard live production that ran online for 46 hours straight. 46 LIVE captured the essence of the Penn State IFC/ Panhellenic Dance Marathon, affectionately known as THON, during the THON 2015 weekend (February 20th-22nd, 2015 at the Bryce Jordan Center).46 LIVE began at 5:30 p.m. on February 20th and concluded on 4:30 p.m. on February 22nd. 46 LIVE consisted of three cameras angles, pre-produced content with interviews with THON directors, 2015 THON dancers and past THON dancers, new segments within the webcast. The new segments were THON POV and THON DVM. THON POV was segments comprised of GoPro content from different perspectives of the event. THON DVM, Dancer Video Messages, was a segment that was set up prior to THON in which loved ones of THON 2015 dancers could send video messages to dancers then THON weekend the DVM producer found the perspective dancers on the floor and showed them the video while filming their reaction. The producer then would edit the footage into a segment for the webcast.
46 LIVE’s three objectives were to include and increase Intimacy, Innovation and Interaction. We increased Interaction through our Facebook and Twitter along with our weekend hashtags. We also increased Interaction through branding efforts as we were acknowledged in Penn State’s Daily Collegian, Valley Magazine and Penn State News—twice. Additionally, We proved Intimacy and Innovation through the addition of all of the new segments not present in previous webcast years.
Check out some of our videos:
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