NEWSCAST: Colonel Cast News

PROCESS: Colonel Cast News is a school news outlet fueled by student creativity. Every week, we meet as a class to plan how to report on school events, school sports updates, club meetings, and a fun segment to promote positive school culture and engage the audience. After the plan is formed, two teams are created; one team films all of the interviews and segments while the other edits and pieces everything together. The Senior Producer, Gabriella Major, and Assistant Senior Producer, Allyson Rideout, work together to create segments and an anchoring script. Creative Producers Alissa McLevain and Kathryn Cartwright help develop the fun segments that are included in every episode and are in charge of leading the production of short films we do as a class throughout the year. We use Canon R50 cameras and variety of wireless mics from DJI and Hollyland along with shotgun mics from Sennheiser. Production Manager Kate Mays ensures that each team has the video, sound, and lighting equipment to create the features and segments. While these important roles help keep everything moving, CCN  also includes the talents of several other students who help students brainstorm, film, interview, write, and edit on iMacs using Adobe Premiere Pro. It can be a tenacious process, but it’s been worth the result. Our newscast has become a tentpole of our school culture and something of which we are all very proud.

- Kathryn Cartwright, Class of 2025