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, otherwise known as Madie, is a junior at Gretna East and is on her third year of being on a journalism staff. This is her second year as the Wingspan’s Editor-in-Chief.As a freshman, Petrick took home first place in Entertainment Review Writing at the NSAA Class A High School State Journalism Championships. As a sophomore, she won four State awards.As a junior she was named one of 2024’s Best Reporters and Best Photographers by Headliners in Education.Aside from her involvement with Gretna East Media, she is the Public Relations Officer for student council, a National Honors Society member and is on the Gretna varsity swim team. 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.
