Getting a taste of different jobs in Husker media from radio broadcasting to marketing and social media, the Broadcasting class took a tour of the Husker Vision offices and Memorial Stadium today. Along with a few Gretna High School students, the tour went from the Husker Vision offices all the way down on the field. Husker Vision director Tyler Rice led the tour.
Inside one of the control rooms, the broadcasting class learns about how Husker Vision broadcasts their work during Nebraska games. (Madeline Petrick)In the Husker Vision offices, the group learned what goes into making Husker content, the kind of equipment used and other behind-the-scenes aspects. (Madeline Petrick)Explaining the day-to-day of a Husker Vision employee, Husker Vision Director Tyler Rice talks with the group. (Madeline Petrick)In the main press box, the group gets the first look of the field. The tour group also included students from Gretna High School. (Madeline Petrick)While Husker Vision does not operate all Football productions for the Huskers, their offices are still inside the stadium and they work with other broadcasters on football game days, so the tour group got to see countless aspects of different jobs in Memorial Stadium. (Madeline Petrick)
Looking down at the field, senior Brody Heidemann stands in the radio press box. Heidemann plans to work with Husker broadcasting when he attends college at UNL next fall. (Madeline Petrick)In one of the various press boxes the group saw, they learned about the different roles and jobs on game day for Husker broadcasters and marketing specialists. (Madeline Petrick)Hearing from Rice, the group asks questions about the game day production for Husker Vision. (Madeline Petrick)Walking with Husker Vision Tyler Rice, Brody Heidemann makes his way onto the field. (Madeline Petrick)Running, senior Kaleb Claussen and sophomore Tomas Brenner head down the field. (Madeline Petrick)Racing senior Kaleb Claussen and sophomore Tomas Brenner, senior Jackson Windeknecht and sophomore Mason Hayes sprint toward the endzone. (Madeline Petrick)With his phone, senior Joshua Chase snaps photos of the stadium. (Madeline Petrick)In the Nebraska Football Hall of Champions, senior Kaleb Claussen and sophomore Tomas Brenner look at one of the trophies. (Madeline Petrick)
Madeline Petrick, otherwise known as Madie, is a senior who started her scholastic journalism career at Gretna High her freshman year, where she wrote for Gretna Media. With the opening of Gretna East, Petrick made the move and became a founding member of The Wingspan and Gretna East Media. That same year, she was appointed Editor-in-Chief and has retained the title ever since.Throughout her time as a student journalist and editor, she has earned numerous individual awards and led her staff to several team awards at the local, state and national levels. Some of her proudest accomplishments on staff include winning a combined eight individual awards in the NSAA State Journalism Championships in her first three years, and The Wingspan being named a 2025 NSPA Online Pacemaker Finalist as a second-year program.Aside from her involvement with Gretna East Media, she is the Gretna Swim Team Captain, Student Council President, National Honor Society President, and a senior member of Gretna Live. Outside of school, she is a lifeguard and youth swim coach. Due to her love of the field and nearly every aspect of it, Petrick hopes to pursue journalism after high school and eventually become a news anchor.See more awardshere.
