{"id":11,"date":"2020-09-27T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-27T18:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/?p=11"},"modified":"2020-09-27T18:43:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T18:43:39","slug":"media-organization-continues-to-excel-amidst-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/2020\/09\/27\/media-organization-continues-to-excel-amidst-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Media organization continues to excel amidst pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>After UW-Whitewater closed due to the coronavirus last spring, student-run organizations on campus struggled to finish the semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, one of the few organizations to remain active throughout the spring term was <a href=\"https:\/\/917theedge.weebly.com\/\">WSUW 91.7 The Edge<\/a>. Their executive board met virtually to finalize their COVID-19 operations plan last Tuesday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur biggest concern was our radio practicum course,\u201d said station manager Elle Gukich. \u201cWe had to find a way to allow equipment and facility usage that was both safe and effective. We added a limit of two students in the room during one\u2019s on-air shift as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/files\/2020\/09\/image.jpeg\" alt=\"91.7 The Edge-WSUW - Home | Facebook\" class=\"wp-image-12\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/files\/2020\/09\/image.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/files\/2020\/09\/image-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The station purchased washable covers to keep the microphones sanitary between uses, rags to sanitize their work stations and stylus pens to avoid contact with the touch-screens. In her first year as station manager, Gukich is confident that WSUW will remain strong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAs director for the sports committee, we typically have six students in the studio at once for our Hawk Talk show,\u201d added Annmarie Lavorata. \u201cFor the safety of our students, we are having them use WebEx to broadcast over the radio waves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Hawk Talk <\/em>is a sports debate show that broadcasts Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. weekly. Lavorata adjusted to virtually broadcasting the show this year and having it only on Monday and Wednesday this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe believe WSUW excels as a media organization on the UW-Whitewater campus because we are comfortable and willing to adapt to any situation that comes our way,\u201d said Gukich. \u201cThat\u2019s what makes our station so great.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gukich and her e-board continue to provide meaningful experience through the radio practicum course and to interested students. If you want to get involved, click <a href=\"https:\/\/917theedge.weebly.com\/get-involved.html\">here<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After UW-Whitewater closed due to the coronavirus last spring, student-run organizations on campus struggled to finish the semester. However, one of the few organizations to remain active throughout the spring term was WSUW 91.7 The Edge. Their executive board met virtually to finalize their COVID-19 operations plan last Tuesday.&nbsp; \u201cOur biggest concern was our radio [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8202"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11\/revisions\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/theny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}