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Published on: 8/11/2009
Last Visited: 8/11/2009
Canadore broadcast television instructor Jura Monestime said students make up 85 per cent of the manpower required to cover the four sites, including Cogeco Community Television.
Command truck
Monestime was working the command truck outside the Nipissing University Theatre with second-year student Andrew Pacey, 20, of Kanata, at his side.
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Monestime was directing five cameras to catch the right angles at the right time and there were moments when student technicians demonstrated where they need more practice.
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Monestime said the students gain a lot from working shoulder-to-shoulder with professional broadcast crews as the live coverage unfolds.
"That's the whole thing about college - trying to get a link between industry and education," he said.