CNN 2011-06-29

This week we're taking you behind the scenes to answer a question we get asked a lot around this time of year. What does CNN students news do over the summer? Let's go find out. First up, we are gonna talk to the executive¹ producer of CNN students news, D.K.
During the school year, I'm in charge of the content for CNN students news the program and the website, and in fact, I'm in charge of content throughout the year. But I like to take look ahead in the summer. So, one thing we do a lot of here is planning. You can't predict the news, but you can tell when there are some important events you are going to have to focus on. For example, the election² in 2012 is going be very important. But we also know that, you know, Black history month in February, and women history month in March, financial literacy³ month are all months that we like to focus on here at CNN student news. There are also people who come to Atlanta during the summer, and they'll send us emails and say we're coming, is there anybody from student news we can say hello to?  And if we are here, we'd love to come downstairs and say hi and do a little meet and greet with you. So if you are coming to Atlanta, let us know.
Next up, we'll check in with our producer J.D.
My job during the school year is deciding what news stories we are going to cover, what stories we are going to hear, and what elements we need to tell those stories, what video, what sound, what graphics⁵. So during the summer, what I'm doing is,  I'm looking back what we do the whole show, and seeing what works⁶, what doesn't, what can we do better,  and working with graphic⁴ artist, the video editor, picking new music, deciding what we can do to freshen up the show so that it's interesting for your guys to watch.
This week we'll go behind the scenes to see what the CNN students news staff is working on the summer. And the next person we're going to talk to is our associate producer N.J.
So this summer, I'll be focusing on some more career connections segments⁷ that you may have seen throughout the 2010-2011 school year. You're going to get to see the behind scenes of an editor, who puts together some cool stuff⁸, not just for our show, but for several other shows. But on top of that, you're gonna be working with teaming up with different departments like CNN international and CNN en Espanol. So that way, for the next school year, for the 2011-2012 year, we can try to get more guests, we can try to diversify⁹ our level of guests that come on our show.
And there's one person on the CNN students news stuff who doesn't need introduction from me.
All right, you know what I do during the school year, but I have a second here at CNN, many of you may not know about. It's done right here in CNN's main studio, and I'm usually on between 12 noon and 1.pm eastern speaking with CNN's  S.N. I deliver reports that go in depths and give a little more detail about some of the stories in the news. So if you are around between 12 and 1.pm, turn on CNN newsroom, I might see you there. And another thing I'll be doing over the summer is I might be filing some reports from Washington D.C. So I'm looking forward to going to the nation's capital and doing a little work from there.
Next up is going to be our web producer, J.D.
During the school year, I am responsible for cnnstudentsnews.com. I update the page, I make sure the show is available for streaming. I make sure the show is available for podcast. During the summer, I'm working on some behind the scenes thins, possibly we redesigning cnnstudentnews.com, redesigning our daily email. And I'm working on being a cameraman, carrying the camera for all interviews.

1 executive   

adj.执行的，行政的；n.执行者，行政官，经理

参考例句：

• A good executive usually gets on well with people.一个好的高级管理人员通常与人们相处得很好。
• He is a man of great executive ability.他是个具有极高管理能力的人。

2 election   

n.选举，选择权；当选

参考例句：

• There is no doubt but that he will win the election.毫无疑问，他将在竞选中获胜。
• The government will probably fall at the coming election.在即将到来的大选中，该政府很可能要垮台。

3 literacy   

n.识字，有文化，读写能力

参考例句：

• I can't believe that he failed the literacy test.我无法相信他识字测试不及格。
• The literacy rate there is the highest in Central America.那里的识字率居中美洲之首。

4 graphic   

adj.生动的，形象的，绘画的，文字的，图表的

参考例句：

• The book gave a graphic description of the war.这本书生动地描述了战争的情况。
• Distinguish important text items in lists with graphic icons.用图标来区分重要的文本项。

5 graphics   

n.制图法，制图学；图形显示

参考例句：

• You've leveraged your graphics experience into the video area.你们把图形设计业务的经验运用到录像业务中去。
• Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.经改进的制图技术将电脑游戏带进了一个新时代。

6 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

7 segments   

部分( segment的名词复数 )； 瓣； [计算机]（字符等的）分段； [动物学]节片

参考例句：

• He is eating oranges in segments. 他正在一瓣瓣地吃橘子。
• Gene cloning provides a means of purifying and propagating specific DNA segments. 基因克隆化提供了一种纯化和扩增特定DNA片段的方法。

8 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

9 diversify   

v.（使）不同，（使）变得多样化

参考例句：

• Our company is trying to diversify.我们公司正力图往多样化方面发展。
• Hills and woods diversify the landscape.山陵和树木点缀景色。