The Waterfront

Listen Up Loyola’s Newest Director by Ashley Slovinski The news program for Loyola’s radio station WLUW hired junior Alyssa Flisiak as the news director for the 2010 year.   "I have a lot of ideas and opinions about lots of different things," said Flisiak about her reasons behind applying for the position. "I’m very opinionated about what stories should be covered and what’s important, and I like taking on leadership positions."   Listen Up Loyola, the station’s half hour newscast, first aired last semester. The program’s first news director, sophomore Garrison Carr, is currently studying abroad. In his absence, Flisiak was hired to fill the position for two semesters— the maximum time that students are eligible to do so.   Although Flisiak is new to the position she is not new to Listen Up Loyola. She was a news reporter for the station last semester, contributing stories to three of its four broadcasts. She applied to the position hoping to gain more experience within the realm of radio broadcasting but she is also interested in learning more about television and print. She has been a news writer for the Loyola student newspaper, The Phoenix, since her freshman year and is currently taking a TV news casting class —a new addition to the School of Communication’s curriculum this semester.   "It will help me figure out what I want to do when I graduate, which area I want to work in the most," Flisiak said. "If I end up deciding that I want to work in all of them or as things converge more I’m going to need to have skills in all of them and it will help... Read the complete article and the rest of the lastest issue of the The Waterfront