MCTV news, live for six hours of election coverage
Cassi Matos
Issue date: 11/4/04 Section: News
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A presidential election will only happen once during your college career.
MCTV, not missing their opportunity to make history, hosted an unprecedented six hour live event, bringing coverage of the 2004 presidential election to the college community.
As the final countdown began, the newsroom fell silent as these students realized the magnitude and significance of their undertaking. Ralph Filardo III, executive producer of the show and director of news, MCTV, decided during the summer that this project was something the club should aim for.
"We knew about a month ago that we were definitely going to do this, and prepared for three weeks straight," Filardo said.
The program, entitled 'Rock the Vote 2004, America Decides,' was hosted by six anchors; Ralph Filardo, Amer Nabil, Louis Ortiz, Kate Dayman, Christina Garibaldi and Joanne Brakatselos.
The 26 staff members on hand throughout the night were in charge of cameras, lighting, teleprompter and graphics.
Even though the anchors' and crew's preparation for the night spanned three weeks, going live meant dealing with news as it happened and scripts were written and rewritten throughout the night as the poll results came in.
In addition to straight news coverage, reporters were sent out into the field to gather student perspectives on the election for a dorm challenge competition. The sophomores were declared the winners of this competition, in which they were asked questions regarding this and prior year's presidential elections.
Live in-studio guests were interviewed, including Marist Poll representatives Greg Morse and Jon Sumler, and SGA representatives Linda Crane, Rachel Mills, Ken Juras and Brandan Lee, who each represented a different political view and discussed their feelings on several different topics including education, health and taxation policies. Keith Strudler, Keith Kindred and Daniel Calandro participated in a live 'fact or fiction' discussion moderated by anchor Nabil.
MCTV, not missing their opportunity to make history, hosted an unprecedented six hour live event, bringing coverage of the 2004 presidential election to the college community.
As the final countdown began, the newsroom fell silent as these students realized the magnitude and significance of their undertaking. Ralph Filardo III, executive producer of the show and director of news, MCTV, decided during the summer that this project was something the club should aim for.
"We knew about a month ago that we were definitely going to do this, and prepared for three weeks straight," Filardo said.
The program, entitled 'Rock the Vote 2004, America Decides,' was hosted by six anchors; Ralph Filardo, Amer Nabil, Louis Ortiz, Kate Dayman, Christina Garibaldi and Joanne Brakatselos.
The 26 staff members on hand throughout the night were in charge of cameras, lighting, teleprompter and graphics.
Even though the anchors' and crew's preparation for the night spanned three weeks, going live meant dealing with news as it happened and scripts were written and rewritten throughout the night as the poll results came in.
In addition to straight news coverage, reporters were sent out into the field to gather student perspectives on the election for a dorm challenge competition. The sophomores were declared the winners of this competition, in which they were asked questions regarding this and prior year's presidential elections.
Live in-studio guests were interviewed, including Marist Poll representatives Greg Morse and Jon Sumler, and SGA representatives Linda Crane, Rachel Mills, Ken Juras and Brandan Lee, who each represented a different political view and discussed their feelings on several different topics including education, health and taxation policies. Keith Strudler, Keith Kindred and Daniel Calandro participated in a live 'fact or fiction' discussion moderated by anchor Nabil.