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Since then, my mind started churning: Think of all the ways a journalist can share information in alternate ways beyond the standard newspaper, magazine, radio and television. Then my mind churned further: Think of all the ways I can use my knowledge as a broadcast news producer to deliver information in a non-traditional way to students on college campuses. The skills I have to maintain interest and share facts are even more useful with the new ways we can deliver information to college students.

That’s when my world rapidly changed.

I started thinking a lot. My mind was churning and I took my ideas back to the Missouri School of Journalism and my newsroom, KOMU-TV. Here’s how it all works. I’m a news manager at KOMU. It’s an NBC affiliate and owned by the University of Missouri. 3/4 of my pay comes from KOMU, 1/4 comes from the Missouri School of Journalism where I am an assistant professor. Those two roles give me access to amazing students and great opportunities to experiment with news delivery.

After I started sharing my ideas with the school and KOMU, I had an opportunity to move from the role as executive producer of all of our newscasts to new media director of our website, komu.com. I was able to work with a team of people to design a site and use a content manager system created through the Avid company. Our newsroom is made of mostly students who are taking classes at the school of journalism. We operated a working newsroom in as a lab experience. They come out of it with professional experience under their belt. My job has been to help take that experience up a notch and guide the students into thinking on multiple levels: Delivering the news in the way the story needs it delivered, not just on the air but also online.

I think it’s stunning how technology allows us to teach, share, inform, collaborate, communicate in such simple and convenient ways. I see these as ways to improve workflow in the classroom, in the newsroom and in life.

I hope to share my thoughts, start conversations and start piecing together what I really can do with all of these ideas that float in my head.