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 as | BSN |
| Genre | College News Program |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Press Center 1156 High Street Santa Cruz, CA 95064 |
| Running time | Biweekly 3 times per quarter |
| Production companies | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Release | |
| Original release | 2005, 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)