Banana Slug News

Banana Slug News is a broadcast news program at the University of California, Santa Cruz. As a subset of Student Media at UCSC, the news group broadcasts live on UCSC's on-campus television station, SCTV Channel 16 (formerly 28).

Banana Slug News
Also known asBSN
GenreCollege News Program
Production
Production locationsPress Center
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Running timeBiweekly 3 times per quarter
Production companiesUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
Release
Original release2005, 2010
External links
Website

BSN was created in December 2004 by a group of Film and Digital Media students seeking production opportunities otherwise not provided by the University. BSN became a community studies class in Fall 2005 (2 units of course credit were originally awarded in Spring 2005) as a way to receive course credit for time and energy put into the laborious broadcast. As of Winter 2010, BSN ceased receiving its university funding and became an independent, student-run journalism program.

Banana Slug News is the only television news source on the UC Santa Cruz campus.

Format

Three times a quarter news team members film, write, edit, and produce segments on news pertaining to the campus and surrounding communities.

Anchored through the use of a virtual set, current events are intercut with prerecorded news pieces ranging from voice-over recaps of events to full-length investigative news reports.

Features

The main core of the program features news developments from the two weeks between production nights.

There are two reoccurring features:

SlugCenter - an anchored segment that delivers UCSC sports highlights and upcoming home and away events.

Global News - A prerecorded segment where news from around the world is reported on.

Lead Staff

Banana Slug News

  • Executive Producer - Timothy Tsung (2016–Present) Kathy Damian (2017-Present)
  • News Producer - Kathia Damian (2016–Present)
  • Treasurer/Outreach Coordinator - Jennifer Zepeda (2016–Present)
  • Sports Producer - Jocelyne Medina (2016–Present)

Previous Executive Producers

  • Frank Nunez (2005-2007)
  • Kailey Offerman (2007-2008)
  • Noah Chamow (2008-2010)
  • Ryan Anderson (2010–2011)
  • Pierce Crosby (2010–2011)
  • Ruby Tarzian (2012-2013)
  • Pauline Ditsch & Alex Owens (2013–2014)
  • Aron Garst (2014-2015)
  • Annaamalaii Palani (2015-2016)
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