Hello readers, my name is Matt Knutson I produce CLTV's entertainment show "metromix." I graduated from NIU in '05 with a B.A. in Media Studies and a minor in Journalism. I also worked at the student newspaper, the Northern Star and television station, Northern Television Center.
Four members of our metromix staff are all NIU alumns, and the events that transpired yesterday have hit all of us with heavy hearts. At the same time I haven't been more proud to be affiliated with the school and its media program. The compassion in which the administration & students handled the situation makes the shooting easier to deal with at least from my perspective.
CLTV interviewed my former advisor at the newspaper Jim Killam who said his student reporters were anxious and willing to put themselves in harms way as the events unfolded around 3:00 p.m. Thursday. Watching those same reporters last night do interviews with local and national media outlets you would never have known they were amateurs, they carried themselves as professionals. It's that kind of determination that was engrained in me during my time in DeKalb.
Yeah, it may be dubbed a "suitcase school" but there is a community there that's showing everyone of its colors before the world.
For more information and perspective from the students I would reccommend reading their special edition on the shooting.
Thanks for your time,
Matt Knutson
metromix Producer
NIU Alum
Comments (1)
MAY GOD BE WITH YOU ALL,FAMALIES,FRIENDS.I DIDNT EVEN KNOW ANY OF THEM BUT HAVING CHILDREN MYSELF IT KINDA HITS HOME YA KNOW.GOD BLESS YOU ALL
Posted by chrisitna | February 16, 2008 10:10 AM
Posted on February 16, 2008 10:10