TEL 705 Observational Course Journal

  Part 1: Site Information I visited PBS Utah, the PBS affiliate for the State of Utah, which is licensed to the University of Utah. Billing itself as Utah's storyteller, the station produces local programming and carries national content on four channels. The mission of PBS Utah includes producing quality programming that reaches people of all ages into every corner of the state across devices through four channels. This mission is based on a set of values that hold the station to high standards of integrity and fairness. PBS Utah seeks to provide an independent voice that can educate its viewers of all ages. Part 2: Observation I observed the PBS Utah home page on April 16, 2021. Description Utah's only PBS station, PBS Utah began as KUED in 1958 and rebranded in 2019. In 2020, the non-profit station reached 69% of Utah TV households, held 242 community events, and carried locally and nationally-produced programming that included included public affairs, politics, civil righ...

Part 1: Site Information I visited the National Baseball Hall of Fame's website. This organization is dedicated to preserving and telling the story of baseball by exhibiting the actual hall of fame, hosting a museum and archives, and sponsoring research into the history and development of the game over more than 150 years. The institution is located in Cooperstown, New York, a fairly isolated village at the southern end of Otsego Lake in central New York. Although the community has been bestowed the honor of having seen the birth of baseball, nobody actually knows where it got started. Nevertheless, the institute has become a mecca of sorts for baseball fans around the world. Part 2: Observation My visit to the National Baseball Hall of Fame  occurred on April 9, 2021. Description This website contains information meant to educate would-be pilgrims to Cooperstown, but an extensive digital collection is accessible online that contains thousands of digital images of art, 3D memorabil...