在央廣體會網路對於大眾傳媒的重要性

在央廣體會網路對於大眾傳媒的重要性 網資部網路媒體組實習生／劉伯偉

(San Jose State University, USA)

在央廣實習的這一個半月有不少的收獲，學到了許多以前沒學過的網站設計訣竅，同時也學到與人溝通的技巧及時 間上的管理。這次在央廣，讓我體會到原來網路和大眾傳播媒體息息相關。例如：央廣的節目可以透過網路在世界任何一個地方供網友收聽，重大事件發生的時候還 可以上網查詢最新的資訊和消息。所以設計出一個好看又實用的網站是很重要的，這樣網友們才會注意到央廣這個媒體。

我這次申請實習的部門是央廣的網路媒體組，在主管 Dora 的帶領下，做了很多有趣的 project，同時透過她辛苦的安排，我們參加了 Pixar 記者會，Kobe Bryant 記者會，還有台北天文台日偏蝕的觀賞活動。參加這些活動的目的是讓我們了解活動宣傳的過程以及體會記者採訪的辛苦。來央廣每一天都有不同的挑戰，有些軟體 像是 Photoshop 和 Dreamweaver 雖然在學校都有用過，在這裡的實際操作卻能學到更多。有些 Project 屬於高難度，偶爾也會出一些小錯誤，但是最後還是順利的克服了。

跟網媒組的哥哥姐姐叔叔阿姨們相處得很愉快，有時候因為整天使用電腦的關係會覺得很疲憊，但是跟他們工作一點也不覺得壓力大，反而覺得每天都在跟一群好朋友們一起很快樂的工作，所以累得很值得。

最後我要謝謝央廣和網媒組為我們所做的安排和照顧，真的是辛苦大家了！

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TTT 2009 In Pictures: Interning at Radio Taiwan International

This is the headquarter for Rti (Radio Taiwan International) where I spent a month and half interning. It is next to/underneath the Grand Hotel in Taipei.












This is my cubical. They actually moved me to this bigger one halfway th
through the internship.













And who said there should be always work and no play? :) The Pizza Hut in Taiwan definitely have much better selection compared to the US.














All the snacks in the office for everyone to share.
















Solar Eclipse Viewing Event at Taipei Astronomy Museum. Lots of visitors and lots of media coverage.















The start of the eclipse.

















The man with his professional astronomical binocular. Definitely had a lot of media coverage.















See? I told you this was a big media event.
















Another event was the Kobe Bryant Press Conference! Saw Kobe Bryant in person!





















Picture with the famous TV show host "Black" 黑人
















Press Pass representing Rti!

















See? I told you. Kobe Bryant was there.
















Working hard on a project.



































Web Design & Content Department

















Picture with my supervisor Dora!


















The best of the best!

TTT 2009 In Pictures: Orientation Week

This is one of the few pictures of the whole group of Mountain 21! From left to right.... Deborah from USA, Jennifer from USA, Jay from USA, Anthony From USA, Shushu from Austria, Me from USA, Nick from USA and Lisa from Australia!



This is the view from my hotel room at 日月潭 (Sun Moon Lake). Can you say it was a room with a view? You bet! Here are a more.....



This is the trail that has each day of the year, I am stepping on my birthday.


This is the photographer who took a lot of the TTT pictures. Great job you guys!


She is one of the Legislative Representative in Taiwan, a pretty good speaker. I've seen her on Taiwanese Television a few times this summer.


Grandma's Park.... This is the Late Mr. Wang's Grandma (Founder of Formosa Petroleum) who encourages Mr. Wang to work hard and be successful. Indeed he was one of the most successful man in Taiwan.

This is one of the Industrial Park in Yunlin where Formosa Petroleum was build.

Ada, our lovely group leader for Mountain 21!!!! She is always cheerful and she taught us the Native Tribe dance. She is separating the Hakka Style Rice Cake for us to try.

Native Tribe chants. Delicious BBQ pork chop were served afterwards.


We visited Brand's Chicken Soup factory. Received a free sample. It was actually pretty good.

I am surrounded by a few people from Bus 7 for a mini birthday celebration.

Girls of Mountain 21.... :: panic:: I didn't drink the whole can,.... :: panic :: I,..I,... I can explain.... ::

Of course,.... who can forget this guy?.... the famous 教官!!! He may be a drill Sargent, but he is really nice.


I think this is most of the people from Bus 7.

I had originally written a long entry about the TTT 2009 Orientation week, but since I am very behind on my blog entry (I am now back in the States). I will post a few of the most memorable pictures during the Orientation Week along with a few lines of my personal thoughts.

Taiwan Trip: Week 1 (6/15~6/21)

The first week in Taiwan has been restful. I had a chance to rest and get everything ready before TTT starts next week. Unfortunately, I am still showing some signs of jetlag since I am still waking up at 4am~5am in the past few days. On Thursday, my dad took me with him on a business trip and then we head to a B&B in 南投 and stayed for the night. The view from the patio was breathtaking. The temperature is nice and comfy. Not cold and not hot at all! I'll let the picture speak for itself....




Next morning, after having vegetarian breakfast, we drove 40 minutes to the highest point of Mid-Central Highway 中橫公路 and hiked up the Hehuan Mountain and another mountain. Both of them were over 3000+ Meters (Approximately 10000 Feet!)



The hike up to the Main Peak of Hehuan Mountain was pretty easy. However, because of the altitude, it was a bit hard to breathe on the way up. Once we reached the top, the view was great!



I felt really touched by a couple tried to hike up to the top.... The husband is partially disabled and the wife walked next to him and encourage him and give him supports. Although they didn't reach the top, but they were really close to the very top. Now those couple now officially has my respect for their bravery. In contrast, look at me, both of my feet are fully functional and I should feel appreciated about this. That's why I need to start to appreciate what's around me even more now.

More updates later!

New Travel Diary!

This will be the place I post all my travel diaries!!!!

Obviously, I have no traveled recently and I did not have a chance to write any during my trip to Taiwan back in Sept. 08, so the posts you are reading on here are actually transferred from my other blog. I will only add entries to this blog whenever I am travel.

Please feel free to share with your thoughts and enjoy!

Vancouver, BC (Day 3) Went to the Vancouver Art Gallery today and saw several different galleries. Georgia O'Keeffe was really special. Since I am not an Art History major, so I won't even try to explain everything, it would just cause more confusion. Her art work is controversial, some said that her works excessively expressed the human sexuality while a lot of her work is mostly abstract. There were other exhibits, but I won't even try to explain everything since, again, I am not an Art History major. Overall, the experience to the Art Gallery was great. I would want to see it again when it displays in either San Francisco or San Jose. I also met with Charles, it was really nice to see him again after a year and half. We had a great time catching up since the TTT 2006. We met at a Starbucks on Robson and Thurlow. Rumor has it that you'll usually find some famous stars who would pay a visit there. Sadly, no star sighting today, but the good news is it was great catching up with Charles and hopefully we can meet again either in Vancouver, Bay Area or even Taiwan sometime again. Afterwards, I visited the campus of UBC (University of British Columbia). I thought it was a pretty campus, due to time contraint, we had to come back to Downtown Vancouver area for dinner since it was dark and cold. For the New Year's Eve dinner, we had Malaysian Cuisines, Mee Gerng and Bagutae (I am not sure if that's the correct spelling for it). They had good food, and I thought since it is not everyday that I'll have Malaysian Cuisines, it was worth the time and money to try some. Since there were no fireworks law in Vancouver, so we could not find any fireworks, but the people in Downtown area were really into the party mood. Even as I am writing this, there are a lot of people outside. I am heading back to California tomorrow, winter and New Year in Vancouver has been a really interesting but fun experience. Happy New Year!!!!

Monday, December 31, 2007

Vancouver, BC (Day 2): Taipei Style! The weather is much nicer today in Vancouver, I actually saw the Canadian sun peeking through! In the morning we had breakfast at a restaurant on Bute and Davie Streets. (aka, Gay Village) The BC Omelette was pretty good. It has eggs, ham, cheese and a few veggies, along with potatoes on the side. Afterwards, we went to English Bay and checked out the view, it was gorgeous!!! I really enjoyed it! Again, pictures on Facebook later when I am back in US. I met up with Aaron for lunch. It was nice of him to come downtown to meet with us before he had to go work. We ate at a authentic Korean restaurant. I had the Kimchi Tofu Clay Pot, Aaron had the Seafood Bowl with rice. It reminded us of the Korean Dram (Da Chung Jin) I am not sure how to pronounce it in Korean tho.... Although the meeting with Aaron was short (too short), but it was still nice to catch up with him since TTT 2006. Oh by the way,.... thanks Aaron for treating me the lunch. It's my turn when you visit me in California or we meet up in Taiwan. Spent part of the afternoon power-nap since I felt a bit tired. I did managed to do sightseeing around Vancouver on my own, Taipei-Style! (Taipei-Style: My own term for a lot of walking, and taking public transit, including Rapid Transits) On foot, I visited Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Park, Chinatown, Coal Harbor, hop onto the SkyTrain to Metrotown Shopping Centre. The Shopping Centre reminded me of Taipei 101 Shopping District and Valley Fair. It is HUGE!!! I think it is either the same size as Valley Fair or bigger! It is very crowded since they are still on Boxing Week Special. For dinner, I met up with Michelle, she took me to the mountain of Burnaby so I can act not only as a visitor, but a 100% tourist.(Lots of picture taking... again, pictures on Facebook when I am back to US) We caught a Coyote and I acted as a CSR (Crime Scene Reporter) we drove by the scene of an accident BEFORE the paramedics arrived, so Michelle decided to stop the car at the gas station while I took some pictures. It looks like people in the cars were okay, but it sure served as a reminder that no matter where we are, Safety First! We then went up for some night scene in Simon Frasier University. It was cold up there, a bit snowy + black ice. However, the view was GREAT!!! For dinner, we were at a Taiwanese Cuisine place where I had a Spicy Beef Noodle, Beef "Stomach" and Pork "Intestine" and she had Shao-Lung-Bao. It sure reminded us of great times in Taiwan! Boy! The beef noodle was REALLY spicy! Thanks Michelle, for treating me for dinner tonight! I am so touched that everywhere I go, my friends has been so nice to me... MAN!!! I am spoiled by knowing a lot of great people in life. Not sure if it is allergy or a mini-cold, but my nose is itchy and runny, I plan to take some Advil Sinus, hopefully it will get better in the morning. What is your new year resolution?

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Vancouver, BC (Day 1) The first day in Vancouver was relaxing after a rather interesting start at SFO. My flight was scheduled to take off at SFO on 8:20am and arrive in YVR (Vancouver International) at 10:47am, but it was delayed for almost 2 hours because of the following reasons as told by the flight attendant: 1. Missing First-Officer and a replacement was here, but he went to the wrong Terminal (He came directly from Seattle) 2. Flight Attendant team was formed at the last minute 3. A kid wanted to go to the bathroom during taxi After all these, the flight safely arrived, unfashionably late, in Vancouver at 12:08pm. We took a short walk on Cole Harbor and then took a long walk in Stanley Park. The view was incredible! I think it would be an ideal place for a date (wink wink hint hint!) Afterwards, we walked around the Robson St. and window shop around and checked out the "Boxing Week Sales"; very similar to The Black Friday in US. Lots of Japanese, Koreans, Chinese, and I even passed by a few Taiwanese if my hearing is correct. We went to White Spot for lunch, they had pretty good hamburger. I had their BC Burgers and IT WAS GOOD!!!! Although I usually doesn't like fries, but they do have good French Fries. I also had a Fruit Flan for a snack after the walk in Stanley Park. For dinner, we at at a Japanese restaraunt for Japanese style fried noodle. It was pretty good and we got 40% for each order, so not bad! Hopefully I'll be able to meet up with some of the TTT people in Vancouver and have a mini-reunion. It would be good to see them after 1.5 years. Well, time for some rest and plan for something fun tomorrow. I'll post more tomorrow. Also, I'll post pictures when I am back in US.