by Hunter Patterson | Mar 17, 2012 | News Slider, Sports
This week, anchors Caitlin Selle and Michael Fox are behind the news desk. Also, Clay Smith fills you in on some warmer than usual temperatures, Connor Prady gives us the scoop on the latest Bachelor drama and Hunter Patterson gives you the Bisons’ lucky number. <iframe src=”http://player.vimeo.com/video/38650026?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0″ width=”549″ height=”309″ frameborder=”0″ webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen...
by Amy Estepp | Oct 16, 2011 | News Slider
Almost a month into it, the university’s first student-run televised weekly newscast continues to grow. The show debuted Sept. 23 and contains mostly content that is directed toward the students who call Lipscomb “home.” Replays can be seen on campus Channel 97 at 8 a.m., 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. daily as well as Friday on luminationnetwork.com, the award-winning student web site. The TV show features mostly events and news happening on campus, but there are a few other segments including: sports, weather, entertainment and an interview segment. For most of the crew, this newscast is their first chance at being part of a news production. Communication and journalism majors are getting real-life studio exposure and experience under the direction of Rachel Carden, broadcast news director. Carden, a senior journalism and new media major, directs the team of students and helps them come up with story ideas as well as edits the stories, assigns roles and manages the news team. Carden said she is excited about the opportunity the students have to experience what it is like to be a part of a newscast. “This is the first year we have done it,” she said, “and it is a really big accomplishment for us.” Former WSMV news director Alan Griggs serves as the faculty sponsor for the student newscast. Griggs gives all the credit to the students and their hard work for making the broadcast possible. He explains that the newscast offers a variety of opportunities for students. “We are rotating jobs and responsibilities every week so students can get to do something every week,” Griggs said. “One week they might...
by Amelia Ong | Mar 29, 2011 | News Slider
Spring has been full of honors for Lipscomb journalists and Lumination Network. Honorees from the Lumination staff attended the Southeast Journalism Conference in February and the Society of Professional Journalists Region 12 conference at Lipscomb this past weekend to receive their awards. The Southeast Journalism Conference (SEJC) held its 25th annual convention in Troy, Ala. on Feb. 19, 2011. The conference was a learning experience for the students as well as a competition. Twenty professional journalists from magazines and newspapers around the country judged entries submitted prior to the conference. The SEJC judges named 126 of the 331 applicants the “Best of the South.” Three Lumination Network writers were honored at the conference, as well as the overall website being named the seventh best college website amongst the 33 eligible schools in the area. Lumination’s managing editor Hunter Patterson, a junior journalism major from Waverly, Tenn., was awarded second place in the category of Best Multimedia Journalist. Rachel Carden, a junior multimedia production and journalism double-major from Smyrna, Tenn., placed ninth in the News Reporter portion of the competition. Carden was extremely pleased with the level of hospitality that Troy University showed the conference attendees, as well as how well manicured the campus was upon their arrival for the event. The final honoree from Lipscomb was junior multimedia production major Ryan Malone, from Wellington, Fla. Malone snagged fifth place in the College Journalist of the Year category, and is multimedia manager for Lumination Network. As for the most recent event, the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) Region 12 conference was held at Lipscomb University. The Lipscomb SPJ chapter and...
