My list of people at Capstone Presentation...

This could get crazy...I've been thinking of this for my entire tenure here at Westminster. Who would I want to be at my capstone presentation, and why? Obviously I want my mom there, I'd also like my girlfriend and her family...All of my friends, Denny Wolfe, and a few select teachers from my days as an East Palestine Bulldog. But here are a few I'd really like to acknowledge and invite to my presentation. (In no particular order.)


Dr. B- This was a no brainer...If it weren't for Dr. B, I wouldn't be here today. From the second I stepped on Westminster's campus, I felt home, but when Dr. B told me how sports savvy the radio and TV stations were...I was in, hook line and sinker. Over the years Dr. B has proved to me that broadcasting, or doing anything worth while requires not just pure talent, and heart, but hard work and studying. All the talent in the world doesn't help you remember a visiting teams roster, but studying and understanding stats will. Bottom line, if Dr. B hadn't given me a chance, there's no way I'd be preparing for this speech.

Coach Dafler- Coach has not only been an excellent Athletic Director here at WC...but a great person. Without a doubt the best color announcer a play by play could ever ask for, Coach kept me laughing when I needed it, and knew when to take it down a notch. I could always count on him to know what was going on when I had no clue. (Though I'd never tell anybody that, I knew he thought I was crazy sometimes.) I'd like to show him what I've become because of his contributions.

Coach Terry Verrelli- Over the first semester, Coach Verrelli and I had constant communication going back and forth. A year of Wilmington football that nobody will soon forget occurred on the same year I did my senior project...The Greyhound Roundup. Coach gave me all the soundbites week in and week out, he gave me his time, his players, but most of all his respect. He was the first Coach to actually see me as not just a student, but a reporter. If I messed up a question, he would make it so it made sense. A great coach, a great leader, a great man. He helped me to where I am today.

Bob Hannon & Bill Castrovince- I've met many sportscasters, many reporters, many people in general in my life, but these two gentlemen take the cake. They taught me more things about the business than I'll ever be able to account for. From my first day to my last, they never took it easy on me, because they knew I wanted it to be real. I wanted to be the best I could be, and get the most out of my internship, and I did. I'd gotten nothing but compliments when I left for the job I had done, but it really wasn't a reflection of me, it was a reflection of them, and what they had molded me into. They made me realize that anchor/reporting was fun, but wasn't the only thing out there. They showed me to be creative, yet structured at the same time. Basically they showed me Sports Broadcasting. With their busy schedule I know it's half-near impossible for them to show up, but if they did it would mean the world to me.


I also wouldn't be mad if they brought my internship crush Angee Shaker.











But most of all I'd like to invite whoever reads this blog, whoever has followed me in the past, even if it's just for watching a package, or to say hello to me when I'm out and about. I want to invite you! Please accept my invitation to the Mueller Theater on the campus of Westminster College on April 30th at 6 PM. I'm going last so hopefully you'll be able to make it for my classmates and stay for mine!

Until next time, I'm DJ Yokley.

The Job Search Site.....Search

We've been asked to scavenger out on the web for a job search site. I feel this is necessary because we never know how long we'll have a job, or when we'll find a better one; so it's nice to be able to gather all our acorns here before the dead of winter, or in our case spring. I've enjoyed looking at my classmates ideas to these search sites, however, I've found one that I really enjoy. Iwantmedia.com provides not only where the jobs are, but where you can find some in the near future. It also has various links to other job searches...and my favorite part...who's laying off and how many they have/had laid off. It gives you a heads up if you're in that particular company, and a chance to look for other options if you've just applied. It also holds a link to archives of all media related interviews of all mediums.

This site is really useful to me because it serves as a "homepage" to go back to and use as I go from link to link. It also has timely updates so you never are caught with a job posting that is outdated. Hope you get some use out of it, as I did...until next time, I'm DJ Yokley.

On top of the old E-Portfolio...

I'd like to be able to tell you what's at the top of my e-portfolio...but I can't. I'm not going to make one. I AM, like so many times I've done before, going to follow in the great Liz Farry's footsteps and create a webpage...The reason behind this is that I feel it is more practical to put a webpage together, and have one that people can respond to and look at on their time, and you really can't LOSE a webpage. You may lose the link, but those can always be restored. Also, I feel a lot more creative freedom with a webpage as opposed to a link-strung e-portfolio.
I may, however, make something off of my webpage, in case something were to happen with internet access, but with my current goals in mind, an e-portfolio didn't seem very sensible to me. The main thing that I have to put together a "demo reel." What I want to put on there is nothing that I have done so far besides a few exceptions... I'd like to put my swim package, my football dance package, and my mothers story on my demo reel. I've got a couple ideas for the summer and fall already that I'm going to do in advance, and put on so I have something to send to ESPN in August when I'm applying for the PA job. However, by the time I get back from my trip to Denny's in June, my opinion of what's good enough for my reel may have changed. We'll see...I'll make a link to my Resupage when it's near completion...keep it linked...until next time...I'm DJ Yokley.