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Makenzie’s Fortune

It’s not the Hours you put in, but What You put into the hours that count

By: Makenzie Butler

This fortune means that the hours we have in the day doesn’t count if we didn’t do anything, it’s what you do within the hours. If the day was mainly doing nothing or just counting the hours until it’s time to go home, it doesn’t count. Do something meaningful during the time. Time does not wait for anyone. We should do something that means it and not just sit around.

Do anything to make that day meaningful. Just do anything that will make the day actually count. We shouldn’t just sit at home and do nothing. Instead you should go volunteer your time at a homeless shelter. You could go spend more time with family and friends. You can even study when you can.

Review of the Week

This week at Point Park for Interactive Multimedia and Journalism has been an amazing. From the guest speakers coming in to being able to go to places to take a tour, this is an experience no one can forget. The chaperones and teachers are really nice and makes sure we are having a good time here. There are so many things that we did that was so amazing and fun. This has to be the best week ever during the summer time.

KDKA Control Room

“City of Champyinz”

KDKA

KDKA is a news station here in the Pittsburgh area. KDKA is film in one of the buildings in downtown Pittsburgh. The cameras there are robotic and only one person needs to control them. Since the robotic cameras came in, a lot of people lost there jobs. The meteorologist does there own script and maps.

Meteorologist has 3 different screens. One underneath the camera and one one the side of the green screen. The screens help the person to see where to point at when they are talking. Everyone else reporting has a script and has a screen of what they are going to say. The speed of the words they are reading is different depending on who’s reading it. The screen helps them to look at the camera without looking at the papers on the desk.

There is a person who tells people how many minutes until they are on TV and that person ques when the people should talk on TV. There is a control room to control the programs and to control the sounds and pictures. There is also a producers room where a lot of the producers work on the length of the video and edit videos to keep the time frame.

KDKA Desk

Duquesne Incline

The Duquesne Incline is well known in the Pittsburgh area. the views at the top of the incline are amazing. You can see the whole city from there. The incline is slow but that gives you a chance to take photos and just enjoy the view. You can see Hienz Field, PNC Park, the Point, and many more buildings. The platform next to the Duquesne gift shop is the an amzing spot to get photos.

Pittsburgh city
the Point
Duquesne Incline

PPG Paints Arena

The PPG Paints Arena is home of the Pittsburgh Penguins. PPG Paints Arena is seven years old and that is still young. The building is not like the old Console Energy Center with the sections of the seats “chop up”. At the end of the season, the ice is melted and new ice is brought in and is painted. The Arena gets cleaned up during their down time. PPG Paints holds concerts, circus, and ice skating events as well.

At the place, the signs inside the Arena has a meaning behind them. The brown section is the steel, the three rods are the three rivers, and the glass around it is suppose to be the ice in the rink. the ceiling is design to show the industrial of Pittsburgh. PPG Paints has photos and newspapers from when the Penguins first won the Stanley Cup. When it comes to playoffs, PPG Paints would usually sell their press box seats for suites.

Penguins Locker Room

Penguins Locker Room Sign