Students get hands-on with PSU.tv

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Eight years after its inception as Viking Vision, PSU Television remains a resource for students looking to develop a wide range of professional skills.

Now, PSU.tv is looking to expand its services.

Even if you aren’t studying film or communications, you can still learn and get hands-on experience at PSU.tv.

“You can be a marketing, business or even chemistry major and be gaining skills such as public speaking, working in a group, setting deadlines and learning about real-world processes,” said PSU.tv Manager Justin Brown.

As a business major and advocate for the PSU community, Brown would like to see the various publications working together cohesively and generating revenue from ad sales and sponsorship.

“There is a specific audience for each publication. If we split the revenue we will have more resources to offer students,” Brown said.

Rather than operating as a single publication in isolation, Brown claims that university publications can work together and build student recognition.

The desire to collaborate with other campus organizations in an attempt to broaden student skills and resources is shared by other staff members at PSU.tv.

“We are here for the students,” Senior Editor Jyunmi Hatcher said. “Anything we can do to help students get more out of their college experience is what we’re
all about.”

After being formally recognized as a student publication in 2011, the group had to prove itself to the PSU community.

“We now have a foundation that will help us build to the next level,” Hatcher said.

The next level, according to Hatcher, is to offer expanded services as a publication, much like other television networks. This enhancement would include more serial programs that cater to the wide range of students on campus.

Currently, PSU.tv has three weekly segments on their lineup: Live at Lunch every Tuesday and Thursday and a segment dedicated to the Debate Club on Fridays.

The Live at Lunch series will consist of segments dedicated to live music performances at PSU, with additional interviewing and reporting done by staffers.

“The Live at Lunch series will help us produce more live content,” Hatcher said. “Students will get the entertainment of the band, and we will have an opportunity to go more in-depth with the music and the bands.”

The live streaming content will be an essential component of the publication’s progress.

Joel Cano, a sophomore film student and friend of Hatcher, has had good experiences participating in PSU.tv.

“They’re very professional across the board,” he said. “It’s unfortunate that they don’t have more of a budget.”

The resources at the publication have helped Cano to learn and produce his own film content.

“I’m personally pleased that I can be a part of their content,” he said. “The more decent content they have, the more it helps PSU and PSU Television. I’m all for it.”