Welcome to Behind the Multimedia Desk blog here at The Battalion. You’ve navigated your way here, so stay awhile, have a look around.
First, let me introduce myself. My name is Chris Hokanson, and I’m the Multimedia Editor at The Battalion. I joined The Batt as a copy editor and page designer in the Fall of 2005 and did that until Fall 2006. During the Summer of 2006, I also worked as a photographer for The Batt, mainly due to a staff shortage, but also because I love photographer and wanted a chance to learn and gain experience. In the Fall of ‘06, I served as the News Editor, where I was the head of the Copy Desk. This spring, I’m working to bring The Batt to the forefront of the movement in journalism away from print and onto online and multimedia.
You may or may not have noticed, but The Batt is doing quite a few things differently than we have in the past. We were one of the first college papers to offer a podcast (by way of our daily radio show, also broadcast on 90.9 FM KAMU), which we’ve been doing for 3 or 4 years, and now we’ve also added a weekly (soon to be bi-weekly) podcast called The Wire.
Probably our biggest addition to the website is video. For the most part, I’ve been filming and editing all of the video, and I must say, it’s great (But hey, if anyone wants to work as a video reporter, I’d be more than happy to have the help. E-mail me at radio@thebattalion.net). I’ve covered everything from our Theater Department’s production of “Two Rooms” to the Men’s Basketball team’s Senior Night. Right now, we have our videos hosted on YouTube, simply because it’s a platform that’s already set up for us, is easy for us to integrate into our website, and is easy for our readers (and now viewers!) to subscribe to and to share. Eventually, we’d like to build and integrate our own video player, but for right now, the world’s largest viral video site is also the home for Batt Video. You can check out our video reports at thebatt.com (click on AV Center) or you can subscribe to our YouTube Channel.
There are many, many things in the works for thebatt.com, and I’m excited to be a part.
Thanks and Gig’em.
