The Student Forum at Lambeau Field offers an impressive array of hands-on experiences. Building with Legos usually is not one of them.

Don’t tell that to UW-Stevens Point junior Egg Goyette. Goyette, a self-described perpetual “hand-raiser,” volunteered to play the part of “Wisconsin’s Best Lego builder” for veteran photojournalists Jim Wilson and Jeremy Nichols, who were demonstrating an active interviewing technique.

The technique worked. Goyette, who uses the pronoun they, said they were comfortable enough being interviewed to be still able to observe the visually compelling camera angles Nichols was shooting.

Hands-on or not, college and high school students learned valuable techniques to better their craft and jump-start their careers. In addition to the camera angles seminar, they learned how to make “chicken soup from chicken poop” from reporter extraordinaire Boyd Huppert, how to prep for a live sports production, how to reach audiences where they are, how to get more than just a foot in the door in broadcasting, and how to plan a path in college media.

Add in an informative and entertaining keynote address from retired WBAY news anchor and current Packers public address announcer Bill Jartz, free professional headshots, job fair, mock interviews and much more, you have the Lego building blocks to succeed in broadcasting.

Building blocks that the charismatic and animated Goyette hopes to use to pursue a career in broadcast animation.

Mark Zoromski
WBA Education Committee Chair