{"id":893,"date":"2019-07-17T18:18:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/news-archives\/students-faculty-to-broadcast-election-preview\/"},"modified":"2019-07-17T18:18:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-17T18:18:59","slug":"students-faculty-to-broadcast-election-preview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/students-faculty-to-broadcast-election-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"WCSU 2016 -WCSU students, faculty to broadcast election preview on Nov. 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\">&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"sharingTools\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/sharingtools.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"breadcrumb\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/breadcrumb.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n    &#013;<\/p>\n<p><strong>DANBURY, CONN. <\/strong>\u2014 For  the past five years, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\">Western  Connecticut State University<\/a> has filled the local  void in live election night coverage for cable TV viewers in Fairfield and  Litchfield counties with its production of the award-winning \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/com\/election-connection.asp\">Election  Connection<\/a>\u201d  program. Building on this success, WCSU will expand coverage to include a live election  preview show that will air <strong>from 7 to 9  p.m. on<\/strong> <strong>Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016, <\/strong>on  Charter Cable Channel 192, with simultaneous broadcast on WXCI-91.7 FM and live  streaming on the WCSU website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/live\">www.wcsu.edu\/live<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/ia\/cupola\/profiles\/profile-barone.asp\">Dr.  JC Barone<\/a>, associate professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/catalogs\/undergraduate\/sas\/programs\/communication\/\">communication  and media arts<\/a>, will serve as executive producer for  both the Nov. 1 election preview and the annual election night program that  will air live from 8 p.m. to midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 8. Both shows will be  produced in the newly built high-definition TV broadcasting studio in Higgins  Hall Annex on the university\u2019s Midtown campus in Danbury.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For  the election preview show, student anchors Michael C. Medeiros, of Danbury;  Katie Kelly, of Stratford; JP Sheehan, of Bethel; and Chris Walker, of Danbury,  will be joined by WCSU faculty members including:<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/socialsci\/faculty.asp\">Dr.       Carina Bandhauer<\/a>, professor       of sociology, discussing immigration, anti-immigration sentiment, trade       policies and globalization;<\/li>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/newsevents\/Climate-change-lectures.asp\">Dr. Mitch Wagener<\/a>, professor of biology, and student       meteorologist Zachary Duhaime, examining climate change and its political       implications;<\/li>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/socialsci\/faculty.asp\">Dr.       Averell Manes<\/a>, professor       of political science, discussing gender issues;<\/li>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/theatrearts\/gagnond.asp\">Dr.       Donald Gagnon<\/a>, professor       of English, discussing LGBTQ issues; and <\/li>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/com\/faculty\/\">Dr.       D. L. Stephenson<\/a>, professor of       communication and media arts, analyzing race relations, policing and       government intrusions upon personal privacy<\/li>\n<p>&#013;\n    <\/ul>\n<p>Producers for the show will be WCSU students John  Board, of Redding; Jimmy Fitch, of Waterbury; Steve Wasserman, of Orange; and  Jason Burk, of Madison. WCSU students are participating in the production as  part of the fall semester course, \u201cLive News and Election Coverage,\u201d taught by  Barone.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call the Office of University  Relations at (203) 837-8486 or contact Barone at <a href=\"UsershillsAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsTemporary%20Internet%20FilesContent.OutlookN3IC0F9Gbaronej@wcsu.edu\">baronej@wcsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<p><em>Western Connecticut State  University offers outstanding faculty in a range of quality academic programs.  Our diverse university community provides students an enriching and supportive  environment that takes advantage of the unique cultural offerings of Western  Connecticut and New York.\u00a0 Our vision: To  be an affordable public university with the characteristics of New England\u2019s  best small private universities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<\/p>\n<div id=\"facebookShare\"><!-- #include virtual=\"\/include\/facebookshare.inc\" --><\/div>\n<p>&#013;\n        <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; DANBURY, CONN. \u2014 For the past five years, Western Connecticut State University has filled the local void in live election night coverage for cable TV viewers in Fairfield and Litchfield counties with its production of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-893","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=893"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/893\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/news-archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}