Joe Radford: Difference between revisions

Under Joe, YSTV survived a period of extreme turmoil and upheaval. At a time when many student tv stations collapsed, YSTV was able to keep going and create new foundations when regular activity resumed. Although it may seem a bit dramatic to say, it is entirely possible YSTV wouldn’t have made it through the Covid-19 pandemic without Joe.

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* Fixing Roses-related issues as they occur

* Sorting out merch disputes that have been ongoing for 4 years

==Awards==

'''2020'''

* The Anastasia Arsentyeva Award for the Best Hat Collection - [[FLOPPYs]] 2020

* [[Roses Unlocked]] - Best Event - [[Love York Awards]] 2021

* Highly Commended for Best Sport Journalist - Colours Ball 2021

'''2022'''

* YSTV - Bronze Award for [[Best Broadcaster]] - [[NaSTA 2022]]

==Origins==

Shortly after becoming a member of YSTV Joe was one of the members of YSTV to witness the [[Heslington Bank Robbery]] that occurred beneath [[Zoe Dickinson]]'s flat. The event has since been deemed significant as one of the reasons that they were able to integrate with YSTV so quickly.

In second Term Joe continued to take on notable producing roles. They took over as [[Head of Behind the Streams]] and took on several producing roles for [[Elections 2020]]. They solely produced the Debate Night and infamously the stream went flawlessly. They then co-produced and floor managed ERN.  

The most significant production of Joe’s first year was the MMA Fight Night 2020. They were on the back foot from the beginning, due to the date of the event clashing with [[Zoe Dickinson]]'s 2nd year film and her stealing nearly all of the potential crew members. Understaffed they soldiered on, organising the rigging of the stream and all the technical aspects themself (to acclaim from Tech Director [[Andrew Waddle]]). The stream itself was a wondrous piece of art. The exceptional quality of filming aided by Joe's directing finesse led to a stream for the ages, lifting the standards for all future boxing streams.

Early on in second term, when the news broke that Coronavirus had reached York, Joe was one of the members of YSTV to be interviewed by Sky News. Following the interview, they worked as camera op and editor on a video about the Coronavirus, which was to include interviews with students saying that they didn't think it was anything to worry about. Luckily this video was never released as it turned out that Coronavirus was something to worry about.

Joe also worked on YSTV's [[Come Dine With Me]] primarily Sound Op-ing for two of the episodes and leading the editing of the project too. Although no one asked them, they would have to say the overall quality of the episodes massively improved once he joined the crew.

At the end of second term, Joe and [[Caroline Preynat-Viero]] hosted the infamous [[Baby Shark Party]]. It was an insane night that will be hailed for decades as something that no one really knows quite why it happened or indeed what actually happened there. Joe put excessive amounts of producing into the event, ordering decorations and organising a session of "Sharks and Crafts," in which people could create their own shark costumes or decorations for the event.  

==Second Year==

In Joe's second year, beginning as [[Head of Marketing]], they completed the [[YSTV Branding 2020]] and implemented it for welcome week 2020. Along with that, they worked on the preparations for the [[Freshers 2020|Freshers Stream 2020]], along with creating all the marketing assets for it.

Also during the first term, they began work on an Untitled Quarantine Weekly Sequel Show (which later became [[Oranges and Lemons]], alongside [[Zoe Dickinson]]). The plan was for it to operate bi-weekly beginning from Week 5 and run initially until Week 11 of term 1. The first episode, which was a Halloween themed episode, debuted to much success. Trying to keep the show running often became difficult due to the fact that a second coronavirus lockdown was introduced after only one episode had gone out. However, with a lot of perseverance, Joe (together with Zoe and many wonderful producers) succeeded in completing the initial run of the show.

In Week 6 of Term 1, Joe was elected as [[Station Director]], following [[Zoe Dickinson]] stepping down the week before. Whilst this was an exciting prospect at first, they were immediately dropped in the deep end. The day after they were elected was Media Committee and two days later a second national lockdown began. Joe very quickly got to terms with the responsibilities entailed in station directing and began attempting to hold everything together as much as they could. Through talking to YUSU, they secured access to the studio for kit distribution and also YSTV were allowed to continue to film outdoors in pairs. Meaning that at least they hadn't failed in their new job within the first two days.

With second term being entirely online, Joe, alongside newly-elected [[Production Director]] and partner-in-crime, [[Alize Akturk]], began working on developing more online livestreams. [[YSTV on the Rocks]] continued, as well as creating [[Meme Stream Media]] and coming up with the idea for [[Society Scoop]]. The term was mostly dominated by YSTV's coverage of the [[Elections 2021|YUSU Elections 2021]]. This was co-ordinated entirely online, but was a fantastic success. ERN saw a special elections edition of [[YSTV on the Rocks]] featured in the After-Show and saw Joe running around between different places to deliver kit for the night.

The end of second term, Easter Break and the start of third term were all heavily dominated by [[Roses 2021]], officially known as Roses Unlocked. This Roses worked differently from most others, involving digitally assisted fixtures, that took place simultaneously in both York and Lancaster, being linked together by the coverage of YSTV and LA1TV. Joe led the coverage as Roses Lead and headed up the planning and the weekend itself. A gargantuan effort, involving 38 YSTV crew members (only 3 of whom had worked on a Roses before) and ultimately a huge success. Despite some setbacks, with one stream that didn't go live and a key member who dropped out on Saturday morning, Joe worked with the incredible team to hold everything together and ensure that things ran smoothly from that point onwards (which they were mostly successful in doing).

Following the Chaos of [[Roses 2021]], Joe then went on an excursion to Surrey for a day to return some hired cameras, only to return home and immediately run AGM of 2021. This event, much to Joe's testament for planning it two days after Roses, lasted less than 2 hours and is very possibly the shortest AGM in YSTV's history.

Towards the end of the Summer, Joe began work on the [[Fit For Another World - The Legacy of Anne Lister]] as Director of Photography.

==Third Year==

First Term:  

Anne Lister

Second Term:  

Running to be a Sabb

Year 6 Disco

Premiering Anne Lister

Roses 2022

AGM

Stepping down as SD

Awards Season

They received a job offer from [[Edwin Barnes]], who they had met whilst running YSTV, and began to work for Moorhen Media. Moorhen Media was in many ways a direct result of YSTV with all three employees when Joe joined (the other being [[Pete Bowles]] of lighting rig fame) having been the Station Director of YSTV at one time or another.

In November 2022, the whole Moorhen Media team, along with a plethora of other alumni, headed back to York for the 55th anniversary celebrations. Joe in particular got very involved with the 48 hour livestream that took place over the weekend - producing several segments and also having a date with them sold for charity (the lucky winner of that date was [[Matthew Zeffertt]] - the date still has yet to take place).

Where Are They Now?