Hi!
My name is Ryan Tullio, a graduating senior at Montclair State University and the Red Hawk Sports Network Production Intern. Majoring in Sports Communications and Media with a minor in Business.
As a future Broadcast and TV professional, learning is a passion of mine, in both work and life. From finding new and exciting ways to present broadcast content, or filing for self-employment taxes!
Over the past semester, I had the amazing opportunity to lead the Red Hawk Sports Network Productions. This role involves being a manager, producer, and problem solver. These roles allowed me to grow as a student and industry professional.
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LEADERSHIP
This internship has taught me valuable leadership values. One of the most important to me is managing crew and learning how to cater to different learning styles and goals. At the Red Hawk Sports Network, the entire crew is made up of students, and every student has a different desired end goal. Part of my job was to facilitate their learning and productivity by placing them in roles to grow.
In this picture, the woman sitting next to me, in red, is my Assistant Director (AD), Lexi. At the beginning of the semester, she had asked how to best get involved outside of internships, I recognized that she had a strong motivation and a lot of great skills. I continued to place her in rolls I thought she would excel in and enjoy, including AD and Assistant Producer, by the end of the semester she was producing and directing alongside me. This photo was taken during our 10 camera Lacrosse Broadcast, which I will discuss further from the producer side.
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In addition to facilitating growth, I was responsible for organizing and planning the club meetings.
At one of the meetings, the Red Hawk Sports Network's senior send off, it was made clear to me the impact that I have had on the younger students, as well as my fellow seniors, despite my feelings that they had impacted me more.
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PRODUCING
Over the course of the semester, I have learned the do's and don'ts of producing pregame and live game coverage. Above is the culmination of learning from many smaller broadcasts, and applying it to produce an hour long pregame show. At the beginning of my internship, Rundowns were scary, there is a lot of information in a small area (often a lot of shorthand). This makes a Rundown difficult to read for the untrained eye.
For this assignment, I organized a meeting with members of RHSN and discussed possible storylines. From there, pieces were assigned and started. As the features and pieces were produced, I checked in with the producers to make sure they were on the right track, or if they needed any assistance. Once the features were nearing completion, we would begin to finalize their position in the rundown. Tracking progress in the Status column.
Men's and Women's Lacrosse Pregame Highlights (TRT 11:25)
For full Pregame and Game 1 coverage, click here.
This highlight shows that, while imperfect, a group of students can produce, direct, and crew a 1-hour long pregame show about, not only Division 3 Lacrosse, but the many stories across our athletic's and beyond. Looking back, there are many things I wish I could change, but hindsight is 20/20. I am extremely proud of the segments, packages, and stories that the crew and I were able to produce.
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TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE
One of the roles that I enjoyed the most was being a problem solver and technical lead. As part of that role, I created a 15 page packet documenting all of our equipment, its use, and procedures for proper use. Pictured is the table of contents for the 11 sections, with links. Below, shows the organization of each individual topic, where certain pages required more description or images, others need simple explanations.
