Author Archives: Jack Perry Tumen

Taking Comm 465 this semester has been a challenging, yet eye-opening experience for me. It is the type of course that really helps you to decide if television news is the field that you want to be jumping into when … Continue reading →

Centre County Paws has been sheltering dogs and cats for over 30 years in State College, PA. Established in 1980, the establishment helps to foster animals that are sick or need homes while trying to keep owners, prospective owners and … Continue reading →

Downtown State College was busy as usual on Friday before the annual white out game. But there was an extra buzz in the air outside the Student Book Store, where a larger-than-life banner hung, displaying the number “409.” “There’s a lot … Continue reading →

Axle: Halloween and Trick or Treating in State College Riders: For this story, we would go around and do many short interviews with parents, kids and residents opening their doors to trick or treaters. Spokes: We would get shots of … Continue reading →

  “You just heard some music from the Grateful Dead, the Band and also Phish. This next one is from Phil Lesh and Friends; hope you enjoy it. You’re listening to the Home Grown Music Show with Sister Sylvie. Keep it … Continue reading →

Axle: The Mount Nittany Middle School added new security features to its building. Riders: A few of the school’s officials were already interview for this story, so to take a different angle we could interview some of the teachers from … Continue reading →

By Jack Tumen “Excuse me, do you mind if I take your photo?” That’s how Brandon Stanton began his lecture to a sold-out Eisenhower Auditorium crowd on Thursday night. Stanton is known for his highly-popular blog, Humans of New York, … Continue reading →

Axle: Maggie Wolszczan is reopening the Frazier Street Gallery on Friday. Riders: Maggie would be the main focus of the story. She would tell us about what went into the gallery. We can also interview Sarah Kipp, Susan Nicholas Gephart and Chris … Continue reading →

Axle: The focus of the story would be on the Beta Sigma Beta fraternity, that was vandalized with anti-semitic symbols back in November 2013. Riders: The riders would be members of the fraternity itself. Since the student who did the … Continue reading →

Axle: The focus of the story would be on Penn State Grad Student, Bill Cossen, who won $16,801 on Jeopardy! It would profile him on his journey to the show and follow him just after it. Riders: Bill himself would … Continue reading →