| Show C Covers Gam Games students will help broadcasters during the Olympics By Olga Community Editor To insure that the Games can be bc viewed by the most people in an organized manner the International Olympic Committee mandates the committee hosting the Games select a host broadcaster organization organization organization to produce quality high-quality coverage of the Games In 1996 International Sports Broadcasting was selected to be the Host Broadcaster for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City Utah One of the main responsibilities of as a Host Broadcaster during the Games will be to provide the pictures and sounds to tell the story of the Games for the billions of viewers worldwide will also be responsible for producing ing and distributing unbiased radio and television coverage of the Games To achieve this goal plans to cover each of the 78 events live which will happen happen happen hap hap- pen for the first time in the history history history his his- tory of the Games In total will produce produce produce pro pro- duce more than hours of live coverage during the 17 days of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games to insure the complete satisfaction of the TV viewers will also use high- high definition television HDTV technology to cover the 2002 Opening and Closing Ceremonies speed skating ice hockey and other sports which will add another quality point to as a Host Broadcaster for forthe forthe forthe the distinct coverage of these Games At Games time will transform itself into one of the largest television organizations organizations in the world During this period of time will employ more than 1500 broadcast professionals professionals professionals pro pro- to work in various capacities within the venues and at the International Broadcast Center Many university or col col- col- col level lege-level students from five schools in the state of Utah and about 15 from other states willbe willbe will willbe be among these professionals Salt Lake Community College has been chosen as one of the schools to provide its students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents with an opportunity of the temporal employment during the time of the Olympics To qualify for the job at these students were required to complete several classes usually the introduction to the broadcast production and its lab COM 1510 and COM 1511 1511 The students who pass this class then go through the process of submitting their applications and resumes paying paying paying pay pay- ing their fees and attending to introduce them to their future jobs Within students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents are involved in all kinds of levels such as production logistics and others performing jobs of runners broadcast assistants assistants assistants assis assis- assis- assis isSee is- is tants camera operator ass See on page 2 Olympic mp- mp coverage continued from page 1 1 tants and so on Usually they work to hour 12 shifts daily and k get f paid the fixed amounts of f money per day with the overtime compensations compensation in somer om positions m 1 1 I t The idea to get students involved with the Games in a ayay away away way yay of the t temporal employment employment employment employ employ- ment came to the President of Manolo Romero in 1984 v J I- I x Th strategy had pe leen q practiced since then and had been very successful Jim Owens the Manager who deals with the university or level college-level employees states that It costs more money for u us to train the level entry-level employees but its it's beneficial for students and works for better education That's why we ve we are doing that In other words the students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents might be sure that whenever whenever whenever when when- ever the Olympics are held in inthe inthe inthe the USA they will always find support of the organizations like in a form of a temporal employment during the Games time timeA |
