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Broadcast brings the emotion of the event

Addie Boland, 22, is a Senior Broadcast Journalism major, History minor from Green Bay. She has been working as a field reporter for Channel 18 in Eau Claire for the past 2 years and prior to that she worked for Wisconsin Public Radio. This is the reason that her stories for Public Affairs Reporting have been written in a broadcast format.

Boland was drawn to broadcast journalism by the power of the camera and its ability to convey the emotions of the people affected by news and events to the viewer. Also, while broadcast journalism doesn’t allow for in depth information, it allows a story to be brought to the public quicker than print allows. In that aspect Boland sees a partnership between print and broadcast journalism, the speed of broadcast, coupled with the ability of print to dig deeper into stories to create a more informed public. Overall Boland sees news reporting as a way to bring people the truth and to help them. 

While Green Bay had a hometown feel, Boland enjoys the liberal leanings of the Eau Claire campus and the way the city tends to focus around the university. 

In her free time Boland enjoys spending time with her boyfriend and friends, however her job at Channel 18 doesn’t allow too much free time. She has also been involved in dance for 18 years and was active with the UWEC Dance Company for a time, but has had to cut that from her schedule due to her duties at Channel 18. It is this hectic schedule, the stress, and low pay that make Boland question how long she will remain in the broadcast field.