Elon University / Today at Elon / Melanie Meisner ’23 runs the show at Elon Student Television

After working three years on “Elon After Hours,” Meisner takes reins as ESTV station supervisor.

As a baby, Melanie Meisner ’23 wished that she might spend all of her time in entrance of the tv as a substitute of doing homework. She all the time acknowledged her ardour for motion pictures and tv however didn’t notice that there have been choices outdoors of the STEM area.
Now, she is a cinema and tv arts and communications design double main and is working Elon Student Television (ESTV), a student-run group presently producing 5 tv reveals, as station supervisor.
Arriving at Elon, she discovered herself speechless when studying that the majority of ESTV producers had been solely of their sophomore 12 months.
“That first assembly in the Jane & Brian Williams Studio at the School of Communications made me notice I’m on the proper path to success in the actual world after Elon University and relieved me of the hunt for a group that I can effortlessly match into,” mentioned Meisner.
In highschool, Meisner directed scholar information reveals with any tools that she had out there to her, typically utilizing a laptop computer as a teleprompter. Elon’s School of Communications offered her with full studio tools and a subsequent problem to grasp the new know-how.
Meisner was impressed when she noticed girls in a lot of ESTV’s management roles and was immediately related with a community of scholars much like her.
As a first-year scholar, Meisner gained invaluable expertise as an assistant producer for “Elon After Hours.” She was thrown into management roles early on and was counseled for her success with the Newcomer of the Year award from the Elon University Student Media Board in May 2020.
Eventually, Meisner obtained a promotion to producer of “Elon After Hours,” the place she supervised and managed a crew of 17 college students efficiently by way of pre-production, manufacturing, post-production and social media advertising and marketing.
Kai Swanson, assistant professor of cinema and tv arts and school adviser for ESTV, has recognized Meisner since 2021 and is assured of the optimistic change she’s going to carry to the group.
“Not solely is she a tough employee, however she is methodical in her strategy to pre-production and working a set,” Swanson mentioned. “She leads confidently and with humor. Although she has excessive expectations for every show, it’s by no means above the forged and crew member’s well-being.”
Meisner mentioned she goals to “carry folks collectively in a enjoyable means that isn’t class” and really places all of her effort into her work with ESTV.
She has carried out a hierarchical construction to enhance communication abilities and alternatives for the crew. The administration works to maintain the group working whereas producers work to placed on reveals.
“When everybody is concentrated on working hand in hand, the most profitable work may be completed,” mentioned Meisner.
To proceed her legacy as soon as she graduates this spring, Meisner needs to use for awards, improve scholar consciousness of ESTV and deal with recruiting and coaching college students who might not have any manufacturing expertise.
“ESTV might be the purpose I stayed at Elon after freshman 12 months,” Meisner mentioned. “The connections I’ve been in a position to make and maintain by way of ESTV are outstanding, and I’m joyful that the employees trusts me on this management function to do what I believe is finest for the group.”

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