http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com by Dave Davis, Adviser, "HTV Magazine" Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:29:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en School is back in session and that means high school football takes center stage on Friday nights. Too bad, because in our town, that often means mediocrity gets the spotlight. We have five public high schools in Springfield, MO. In years past, we have had our success stories. ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=139 Depending on your point of view, you either think Simon Cowell, the now-departed judge from "American Idol," is a jerk, or a genius. Or you might just think he's mean, arrogant, cruel, entertaining, usually right, often wrong, or a little of bit of each. While I agree with almost everybody ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=138 I got such a nice response a few months ago when I posted a "Q and A" with former HTVer Ashley Reynolds, now a professional TV reporter in Kentucky, that I thought I'd tap into my alumni network once again. This time I visited with Grant Reed, a 2007 grad who ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=137 Okay, one of my students hassled me a couple of weeks ago about my recent complaints regarding her blog. I kind of criticized her lack of "voice" and "honesty" in her latest post. So we bickered back and forth, and finally I told her I would do a ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=136 Colleges and universities do it all the time. Shamelessly. They contact graduates via mail, e-mail, phone calls, whatever it takes to solicit donations. I have an undergraduate degree from one institution, a master's degree from another, and I hear from both of them regularly as they try to raise ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=134 Colleges and universities do it all the time. Shamelessly. They contact graduates via mail, e-mail, phone calls, whatever it takes to solicit donations. I have an undergraduate degree from one institution, a master's degree from another, and I hear from both of them regularly as they try to raise ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=135 We wrap up our last monthly magazine by this year's staff on Friday. That means our April show will be done, and my senior HTVers will draw the curtain on their high school broadcasting careers. The last show by this year's seniors should be pretty good. We ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=133 Okay, I'm a former college baseball player, and a former high school baseball coach. So as I sit here watching "Baseball Tonight" on ESPN, which will be followed by the first game of the 2010 season, featuring the Yankees against the Red Sox, permit me for this digression from ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=132 We go on spring break this Friday. That means when we return, my seniors will have about 35 days of high school left. Wanna know how motivated they will be to produce another TV show? One thing we do each year as our monthly broadcast winds down ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=131 I think this is a good time to dig into the archives of this humble blog and re-print the one that got the most reaction. It originally appeared here on November 22, 2006. With the seventh annual STN National Convention just a couple of weeks away, this seems ... http://htv.adviser.htvblogs.com/?p=130