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| Behind
the Scenes of The Met Report |
Photojournalist
Bridget Powers gives an in depth
behind the scenes look into what
makes The Met Report tick. Get a
look at some of the talented volunteer
students that have helped out during
the taping of our newscast.
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Current
Staff
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Amanda
Allen has been a reporter and technical support
for the Met
Report since fall 2006. This semester
she serves as the shows associate director, producer,
and anchor. This
semester she hopes to maintain and excel the
over all quality of the show and website.
Amanda is a Speech Communications major
with a concentration
in Broadcast Performance and a minor in Public
Relations. She is on schedule to graduate in
fall 2007 and hopes to find work at one
of the local news stations before then.
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Amanda is originally from Fresno California
but has come to love
everything Denver has to offer, especially downtown and
the mountains.
When she’s not diligently working on her studies
she enjoys being a fun loving mom, wife, friend and bartender. |
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| Email Amanda at amanda@metreport.mscd.edu |
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Carissa
Deutscher has been
the technical director since she began the MetReport in Spring '07. This semester she is the director maintaining the overall quality of the weekly newscast. Carissa is graduating in May '08 with a doulbe major in Speech Communication and technical communications. Carissa is dedicated to a career in television broadcasting, video and film production.
Carissa anticipates a long career in television and traveling around the world to pursue it.
Carissa also keeps a part-time job in market research. She loves live music, playing poker, skydiving, white water river rafting, traveling, cooking, and gardening.
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| Email Carissa at carissa@metreport.mscd.edu
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Amy
Ferguson
has
been with the Met Report since Fall of 2006. She
is currently an anchor and reporter. Her major is
Speech Communications with an emphasis in Broadcast
Performance
and a minor in music. Amy has aspirations of becoming
a news anchor/reporter upon her graduation in the
Spring of 2008. |
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| Amy is a Colorado native and currently
works as a bartender and server at the Texas Roadhouse
in Aurora.
She enjoys playing music, working out, playing poker
and hanging out with friends and family. She also enjoys
spending time with her husband and daughter. |
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| Email Amy at amy@metreport.mscd.edu |
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Eric
Lansing
serves
as the Met Reports sports director and has been contributing
since fall ’06.
Eric is also the sports editor for the Metropolitan
as well as the basketball play-by-play announcer
for MetRadio. Eric plans to do all of these jobs
until
he graduates in spring ’08.
He is a NewsEd major with a minor in Television Production.
Eric aspires to be involved in sports whether that involves
newspaper, TV, radio or all three. |
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| Eric was born in Northglenn but moved
to Virginia when he was five. He spent the next 10 years
there before moving back to Colorado where Eric says
there is no better place for sports media. Eric loves
to read, write, and play basketball in his few spare
moments. |
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| Email Eric at lansing@metreport.mscd.edu |
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Geoff Sawtell serves
as technical director, audio supervisor, graphics manager,
photographer, and assistant director for the Met Report.
As you can see, Geoff is pretty much the backbone of
the
Met
Report. Geoff joined the Met Report in spring of 2002.
He is
majoring
in broadcast production, and hpes to graduate one of
these days. |
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| Geoff has lived in Denver
for the last 19 years and has experience in technical
production from
live theatre to news to sports. Aside from the Met Report,
Geoff also works as an editor at Channel 9. |
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| Email Geoff at geoff@metreport.mscd.edu |
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Rosie Stringer is
beginning her second semester with the Met Report
as an anchor and reporter. She is majoring in Broadcast
Production with a minor in Digital Media. When she
graduates she wants to pursue career opportunities
at the Travel Channel. |
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| Rosie spends her free time skiing, playing
volleyball and attending concerts. At the age of 11,
she won an International Free Throw Championship in
Guam. Rosie is from Kansas originally and is the youngest
of eight siblings. She has put up with alot, having six
older brothers. |
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| Email Rosie at rosie@metreport.mscd.edu |
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| Mark Babish is
beginning his first semester a sports reporter
with the Met Report. He is a junior majoring
in Broadcast Production. After Mark graduates
he is pursuing a career in sports anchoring and
in the sports industry. |
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| Mark is a huge sports fan. He enjoys playing many
different indoor soccer leagues. His favorite teams
are the Patriots and Blue
Devils. |
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| Email Mark at mark@metreport.mscd.edu |
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Reece King
a Grand Junction native, is enjoying his second semester at the MetReport working as an Anchor and Reporter. Reece is a Junior at Metro Majoring in Broadcast
Journalism and one day hopes to host a morning news program.
He enjoys going out with friends, skiing, and doing charity work.
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| Email Reece at rking27@mscd.edu |
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| Johnathan Galovan is
in his second semester with the Met Report
as a Anchor. He is majoring in Broadcast Journalism
and minoring in Political Science. Johnathan
wants to pursue either a career in television
news as an investigative reporter or as a police
officer. |
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| Johnathan loves heavy metal music, live shows,
playing golf, sport bike motorcycles, and the outdoors.
He enjoys watching TV and cannot do without his TiVo. |
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| Email Johnathan at johnathan@metreport.mscd.edu |
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| Tara Schwartz is
beginning her first semester with the Met Report
as a sports anchor and reporter. She is majoring
in Broadcast Journalism and Technical Communications.
Tara is also interning at Altitude. She is pursuing
a career in television news and sports. |
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| Tara is a busy woman with two children, whom she
enjoys spending her spare time with. She also likes
to snowboard. |
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| Email Tara at telizy@gmail.com |
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| Ellese Laner is
currently a junior studying Broadcast Productions with a minor in Advertising. Her goals are to become an anchor or reporter and eventually in the long run a producer. |
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| Ellese enjoys plating soccer, tennis, and shopping. She loves spending time with her family, and is passionate about making people laugh. |
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| Email Tara at ellese@gmail.com |
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| Cherie Swenson is
a first semester reporter for the Met Report. She is a Speech Communications Major with an emphasis in Broadcast Productions, with a minor in Spanish. Cherie is interested in working as a cultural consultant. She is scheduled to graduate in the spring of 2009. |
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| Cherie is an avid animal lover and enjoys being in nature. She spends her spare time with her family and in her vegetable garden. She also volunteers with the homeless, tutoring first graders and facilitating community events. |
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| Email Tara at cherie@gmail.com |
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| Evan Luthye was
Born and raised in Westminster, Evan began his college career at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, IA. There, he played football, was a member of a social service group, wrote for the newspaper and hosted a radio show. Evan returned to Denver in 2005 to finish his bachelors at Metro State. Evan is double majoring in journalism and broadcast performance. He is a regular contributor at the Metropolitan. |
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| Evan spends what little free time he has volunteer coaching youth sports. He stays active by camping, hiking, and playing softball, football and disc golf. |
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| Email Tara at evan@gmail.com |
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