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It was a brief ride, and I had to chase this machine down the whole time.
Chasing @LaurnSmith all over the place this evening. pic.twitter.com/acwse998ZL
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) May 9, 2019
“I look like I know what I’m doing in that one,” she says. But she doesn’t have to chase herself — just go with it — and she always looks pro.
Yep. That felt right.
Recording promos. pic.twitter.com/qEVJjCyOIc
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) April 30, 2019
Crunching @IUSTV numbers.
Viewership up 59.08 percent, YOY.
Minutes watched jumped an astounding 160.32 percent, YOY.
Average watch time went up by about a third this year (more than doubled since 2016).#EmpiricalData is key.
Proud for them. Time to do more. pic.twitter.com/vCSspEwLpX
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) April 29, 2019
They produced 158 episodes of scripted TV ranging from news to sports to entertainment. They covered a weekend-long program covering the huge dance marathon fundraiser. A freshman won a statewide anchor award. The morning show won a statewide award for best show. Two of our underclassmen were nominated for big SPJ awards. The sports crew swept the SPJ Indy sports reporting category. We had three directors nominated for awards at a film festival, and another student won a film festival prize for best supporting performance.
It was a good year.
At the Hermann Memorial North American Championship in Texas The Yankee completed her second Ironman on Saturday. That’s a 2.4-mile swim and a 112-mile bike ride, followed by a marathon. Louisville in 2017, and Texas this week makes her a two-time Ironman!
Here are a few highlights of her day:
It was warm. Hot, even. A bit more so than forecast, and the sun was beating down something fierce, even for Texas. The woman who on the professional side said, in her post-race interview, that it was the hardest course she’d ever been on. And we saw it all unfold, while my best girl did it all, again.
I did get some miles in, as it turned out. My phone recorded 10 miles of me hoofing it around the course, and a fair amount of that was running. I’m not even supposed to be doing any distance right now.
You can see more details under this hashtag.
… I was back.
#DirtySouth pic.twitter.com/WoRPZLAyzV
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) April 26, 2019
Alas, I was just a passing through.
The queen is dead, or just graduating and moving up to WFIR in Rockford, Illinois.
And that’s a wrap for me as News Director! It’s been such an incredible experience, and although I’m sad to go, I know I’m leaving @iustvnews in great hands. https://t.co/0Ucw0QrMXa
— Courtney Sisk (@CGSiskNews) April 28, 2019
Long live the queen!
And so now @YankoskyKendall becomes the @iustvnews news director. @IUSTV pic.twitter.com/rbEx3vKPA4
— Kenny Smith (@kennysmith) April 23, 2019
The end of tonight’s production means we’re down to the final shoot of the school year. Sports will have the honor on Thursday evening. Tonight, the IUSTV crew produced two news shows, with the new news director stepping into her role. We said goodbye to handful of seniors and this whole process is repeated about eight times over the last two weeks of studio shoots. Anyway, those news shows will be online tomorrow. New today is the late night show. You can watch it here:
