When? Tuesday, September 18, 8:00pm

Where? The Herg (Newhouse 3)

Are you interested in television? Then CitrusTV is the place for you! At Citrus, you are able to gain valuable, hands-on experience that prepares you for the broadcast and television industry.

Our state-of-the-art equipment and studio provide a learning experience for students that they can’t get in the classroom. Because the station is entirely student-run, there is opportunity to lead and learn the inner workings of a real television studio. Citrus becomes a highlight on resumes, connects students to future employers and becomes a home away from home at Syracuse University.

You’ll become a part of the organization that is leading one of the biggest student-led construction efforts on campus to date. Next semester ExpandMedia at CitrusTV will celebrate the grand opening of our brand new designed “by us, for us” studio facility! Be one of the first to use our completely redesigned space, which matches industry standards at your fingertips.

There are numerous opportunities, including…

• Producing
• Directing
• Anchoring
• Acting
• Writing
• Web & Social Media
• Alumni Relations
• Advertising & Public Relations
• Marketing & Sales
• Graphic Design & Photography
• IT & Operations
• And more…

CitrusTV will be holding its General Interest Meeting on Tuesday, September 18 at 8:00 pm in The Joyce Hergenhan Auditorium, in Newhouse III, so come stop by! Also, check out our Facebook page for the event!

When? Wednesday, February 1, 7:00pm

Where? Watson Auditorium

Are you interested in television? Than CitrusTV is the place for you! At Citrus, you are able to gain valuable, hands-on experience that prepares you for the broadcast and television industry.

Our state-of-the-art equipment and studio provide a learning experience for students that they can’t get in the classroom. Because the station is entirely student-run, there is opportunity to lead and learn the inner workings of a real television studio. Citrus becomes a highlight on resumes, connects students to future employers and becomes a home away from home at Syracuse University.

There are numerous opportunities, including…

• Producing
• Directing
• Anchoring
• Acting
• Writing
• Web & Social Media
• Alumni Relations
• Advertising & Public Relations
• Marketing & Sales
• Graphic Design & Photography
• IT & Operations
• And more…

And more.
CitrusTV will be holding its General Interest Meeting on Wednesday, February 1st at 7:00 pm in Watson Theater, on the Waverly side of Watson Hall, so come stop by!
Also, check out our Facebook page for the event!

Jared Mandel, News Director at CitrusTV, is producing the program, which will be broadcast live by CitrusTV on both the Orange Television Network (channel 2 on campus) and at SADebate.syr.edu.

“We are excited about this unique opportunity because CitrusTV will be serving the undergraduate community by directly linking students and SA,” Ben Slutzky, General Manager at CitrusTV said.

“We’re thrilled to have this opportunity to broadcast an exciting election debate to our campus community. This partnership is an illustration of the collaboration that SA encourages among all student organizations,” said Neal Casey, President of Student Association.

All undergraduates are strongly encouraged to attend and engage with the candidates. The debate will be interactive, serving as a flexible forum for the student body to ask the candidates questions in person or via Twitter. Students can post questions to the candidates during the live debate by tweeting with the @SADebate twitter handle, and viewer reactions can be tweeted with the #SADebate hashtag.

Questions from students attending the debate online and in-person will be posed to candidates and moderated by CitrusTV’s Andrew Chernoff. CitrusTV and SA will also moderate a Twitter stream of audience reactions that will be shown on-screen, live at the debate. PJ Alampi, the SA Board of Election and Membership chair will also serve as a reference expert for Student Association elections.

Elections will be held on MySlice beginning on Monday, November 14 through Thursday, November 17. All undergraduates are invited and encouraged to vote for the president of the student body, comptroller and respective home college representatives.

For more information on the debate and all other CitrusTV programming, email Erica Taylor, CitrusTV Promotions Director, at etaylor@citrustv.net. Check out the CitrusTV website at www.citrustv.net, like them on Facebook at facebook.com/citrustv and follow them at @CitrusTV.

For more information on the Student Association, email PJ at paalampi@syr.edu. Check out the SA website at sa.syr.edu, like them on Facebook at Facebook.com/SAatSU and follow them at @SAatSU.

Are you interested in television? Than CitrusTV is the place for you! At Citrus, you are able to gain valuable, hands-on experience that prepares you for the broadcast and television industry.

Our state-of-the-art equipment and studio provide a learning experience for students that they can’t get in the classroom. Because the station is entirely student-run, there is opportunity to lead and learn the inner workings of a real television studio. Citrus becomes a highlight on resumes, connects students to future employers and becomes a home away from home at Syracuse University.

There are numerous opportunities, including…

• Producing
• Directing
• Anchoring
• Acting
• Writing
• Web & Social Media
• Advertising & Public Relations
• Marketing & Sales
• Graphic Design & Photography
• IT & Operations
• And more…

And more.
CitrusTV will be holding its General Interest Meeting on Wednesday, September 21st at 8:00 pm in Gifford Auditorium (in HBC), so come stop by!
Also, check out our Facebook page for the event!

They also listened to CitrusTV alum and guest speaker, J.R. Whalen (Class of 1991), talk about his experience in the industry. Whalen currently works at both The Wall Street Journal Digital Network and CBS Sports.

The directors of each department handed out the following awards to deserving studio members for all of their hard work throughout the year. Christina Orazio, class of 2011, was awarded this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award. You can watch this award’s video below. A special thanks goes to Josh Wetmore for stepping up to put the video together.

Entertainment

Best Producer: Jamian Shapiro, Float Your Boat

Rookie of the Year: Joshua Rivera, Syracuse After Hours

Best Sketch: “Adult Discovery,” Float Your Boat

Best Actress: Alliy Drago in “Fall Rush 2010″ on Float Your Boat

Best Actor: Sam Klemmer in “Reality Show Cameraman” on Syracuse After Hours

Best Director: Ben Rosen for “My Retainers” on Float Your Boat

Best Writer: Billy Waters, Syracuse After Hours

News

Best Reporter: Lorne Fultonberg

Best Anchor: Clay LePard

Best Weather Forecaster: Chris Wilner

Rookie of the Year: Megan McNally

Best News Package: Lorne Fultonberg

Best Producing Team (led by an Executive Producer): Hannah Kollock, Tuesday News

Most Improved: Steph Machado

Sports

Best Show: Orange Press Pass

Best Anchor: Shannon Lins

Best Host: Johnny Mangano

Best Analyst: Chris Lewis

Best Reporter: David DeGuzman

Best Feature Story: Lorne Fultonberg

Best Photographer: Scott Grodsky

Best Editor: Ryan Balton

Sports Rookie of the Year: Heather Prusak

“We couldn’t be more thrilled about expanding our facilities and working to better meet the needs of our 300 volunteers and the community that relies on our programming,” says Ben Slutzky, general manager of CitrusTV. “This is a huge opportunity for both CitrusTV and WJPZ, and it will allow both organizations to produce even higher quality content and more stories. Most importantly, it will provide opportunities for even more students as both groups continually grow.”

Effective at the end of the semester, CitrusTV and WJPZ will transition into this space to expand and enhance their current facilities and better serve their student volunteers and the campus community. The two organizations are working with Auxiliary Services and the Office of Campus Planning, Design and Construction to ensure a smooth transition.

As part of the process, many of the current convenience and specialty offerings at Food Works, which include organic and vegetarian items, will be integrated into the market sections at nearby Kimmel Food Court and the Schine Student Center, which both offer extended service hours. Ernie Davis Hall, also in close proximity to Watson Hall, is also home to Food Works II, which will remain in operation. Additionally, Watson Hall will be equipped with enhanced vending services for food and beverages. With this transition, current Food Works employees will be reassigned to positions at another campus location.

Specific plans for the allocation and use of the space by CitrusTV and WJPZ have not finalized, but a group from both organizations’ executive boards will work together in the coming months to create a mutually beneficial arrangement. Current facilities will remain as they are through the end of this semester.

“The University has expressed an appreciation of our need for additional space and understands the benefits it will have on not only our own organizations, but the campus community as a whole,” says Alex Brewer, representative of WJPZ.

About CitrusTV
As an entirely student-run television studio, CitrusTV serves the SU and SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry campus communities with high-quality, student-produced entertainment, news and sports programming, and provides experiential hands-on learning opportunities for all SU and SUNY-ESF students to work in a comfortable environment with state-of-the-art equipment. With more than 300 active student members, CitrusTV is also one of the largest student organizations at SU. The studio’s primary target audience for its nine shows is undergraduate and graduate students at SU and SUNY-ESF. CitrusTV’s content is broadcast regularly on the Orange Television Network (campus channel 2 and HD 2-1), the studio’s website at www.CitrusTV.net and Time Warner Sports 13 on Time Warner Cable.

CitrusTV broadcasts three live, half-hour newscasts each week covering University, local, national and international news. Among other programming, the studio also produces one of the nation’s few Spanish college newscasts and Syracuse’s only live post-game show, featuring live reports from away stadiums, highlights of football and basketball games, player and coach interviews, and in-depth analysis.

CitrusTV was founded by students in 1970 as Synapse, an off-shoot of the SU Light Work Community Darkrooms. The largest student organization on campus, University Union, took over the organization in 1977, and reorganized it as “UUTV.” UUTV split off from University Union in 2004, and today it is recognized as its own registered student organization.

About WJPZ
WJPZ is a 100 percent student-run, contemporary urban/hip-hop, non-commercial radio station that is on the FM dial at 89.1 in Syracuse. In addition to music programming, Z89 also has an active sports staff that broadcasts Section III High School Football and SU Woman’s Basketball, is the flagship station for SU women’s lacrosse, and hosts 14 hours of sports talk on the weekends. WJPZ’s main goal is to be a media classroom, so it’s run as a professional station with a full working business and promotions staff. This coming March, WJPZ will celebrate its 26th annual alumni banquet. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, as well as being available online via webstream at z89online.com.

For more information on CitrusTV, contact Slutzky at benrs@citrustv.net or 315-443-2041; for information on WJPZ, contact Brewer at acbrewer@syr.edu.

“…I was truly shaped into the broadcaster I am during my time at CitrusTV by getting hands-on, deadline, on-air experience week after week…”
- Dave Griffiths, Sports Anchor for WTXL-ABC 27 and CitrusTV alumnus

In the television and broadcast industries, experience is everything. And at Syracuse University, CitrusTV is the best place to gain the kind of hands-on, real-world experience that industry professionals look for when hiring new employees. Everyday, over 350 students work together to create and distribute award-winning news, entertainment and sports content. Students research stories, write daily news, shoot and edit their own packages, anchor their own television shows and broadcast Emmy-nominated content to their entire campus.

The opportunities at CitrusTV are endless. There are numerous ways students can get involved:

• Producing
• Directing
• Anchoring
• Acting
• Writing
• Web & Social Media
• Advertising & Public Relations
• Marketing & Sales
• Graphic Design & Photography
• IT & Operations
• And more…

Now is the perfect time to get involved! Build your résumé, gain experience and make invaluable connections at one of the most technically advanced, entirely student-run studios in the nation. Join us at our General Interest Meeting to learn more and get involved. Wednesday, February 16 at 8:30 pm in Watson Theater. Check out the Facebook event if you’d like.

Contact Erica Taylor at etaylor@citrustv.net if you have any questions!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Syracuse, NY, 10/10/10– CitrusTV, the student-run television studio at Syracuse University, now has over 350 student members. The membership is comprised solely of Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students. Not only is this a record-breaking number for the studio, but it also makes CitrusTV the largest registered student organization at Syracuse University. With about 210 active members, University Union has the second-most members. The record number of student registrations can be attributed to many factors, including the newly-upgraded, HD-ready equipment.

For years, CitrusTV has provided a hands-on, experiential learning environment to Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students. Many studio members who graduated last year now have full time jobs as reporters and producers (less than five months after graduating). Their employers include ABC, NBC, CNBC, ESPN, Time Warner Cable Sports, Fox Sports Network, ESPN Deportes, as well as local affiliates in Montana, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Pennsylvania.

CitrusTV is the student-run television studio of Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF. They produce award-winning news, sports and entertainment content. For more information on CitrusTV, visit www.CitrusTV.net, or email Evan Davis, CitrusTV Promotions Director, at edavis@citrustv.net.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Syracuse, NY, 9/12/10– CitrusTV has bid its old, outdated equipment farewell. “With the help of donations from alumni, parents, local businesses and friends, and with the financial support of the Student Association, we were able to make great strides this year,” says Ryan Balton, CitrusTV’s General Manager. During the summer, Albany, NY-based Audio-Video Corporation installed brand-new control room equipment, marking just one of the technology upgrades at the studio. Audio-Video is a leading broadcast systems provider, with clients such as HSBC Arena in Buffalo, NY and Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.

The new, state-of-the-art switcher, a Grass Valley Kayak 200C, is the broadcast industry standard. The Kayak 200C is also high definition-ready, allowing for a completely HD production facility in the future. Avid Unity MediaNetwork, a professional-grade, network-based media storage system, was also installed.

The new equipment makes CitrusTV one of the nation’s most technologically advanced student-run television studios. Nearly every major network, local TV station, and feature film production company uses Avid editing software and servers, or a similar server-based workflow. Balton, who interned this summer at ESPN in Bristol, CT indicated that their digital center is fully powered by Grass Valley switchers and routers, much like those now at CitrusTV.

For years, CitrusTV has provided a hands-on, experiential learning environment to Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF students. Many studio members who graduated last year now have full time jobs as reporters and producers (less than five months after graduating). Their employers include ABC, NBC, CNBC, ESPN, Time Warner Cable Sports, Fox Sports Network, ESPN Deportes, as well as local affiliates in Montana, Texas, New York, Massachusetts, Maine and Pennsylvania.

CitrusTV is the student-run television studio of Syracuse University and SUNY-ESF. They produce award-winning news, sports and entertainment content. For more information on CitrusTV, visit www.CitrusTV.net, or email Evan Davis, CitrusTV Promotions Director, at edavis@citrustv.net.

In the television industry, experience is everything. And there’s no better place to get experience than CitrusTV, the student-run television studio of Syracuse University. Every day, over 250 students work together to create and distribute award-winning (and Emmy-nominated) news, sports and entertainment content. Our newly-upgraded equipment makes us one of the most advanced student-run television studios in the nation. Simply put, we’re leading the way. There has never been a better time to join our team.

Gain critical experience, build your résumé, make connections. It’s all possible here. There are countless ways to get involved:

• Producing
• Directing
• Acting
• Anchoring
• Web & Social Media
• Advertising & Public Relations
• Marketing & Sales
• Graphic Design & Photography
• Operations
• So much more…

Join us at the CitrusTV General Interest Meeting to find out more. Wednesday, September 15 at 8:30 PM in Gifford auditorium.

And here’s the Facebook event.