I never really knew anything about the production industry but when joining Kean TV, they had my back and gave me so many opportunities to show off my talents,” said sophomore Samantha Hilenski, an English education major from Edison. “This show and Kean TV have allowed me to make new friends and create unique and funny content.

Running a show via Zoom has allowed Kean TV students the opportunity to explore their interests in television production and sharpen their skills in editing. This is a way to document the good times and the bad, in hopes of creating a stronger community for years to come.” “Zoom has become a word we use in our everyday learning lives, and we are all retraining ourselves to live with this new normal. “We knew that we were facing a virtual semester, and the best way that we could all come together is to find a way that we could both work independently and record together,” Gili said. Video topics range from hobbies, daily routines, takeout orders, concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and more.Ĭollege of Communication, Media and Journalism Lecturer Gina Gili oversees Too Much Zoom. Each student’s video is 1-2 minutes long and is discussed by the other students within the Zoom call. The Kean TV hosts rotate each week, allowing for a variety of experiences and point of views to be shared. “Once the virus is contained and things go back to normal, we will not be able to remember the exact details of how we reacted to such an unconventional time.” It is very difficult to even remember the feeling of what life was like before COVID,” said sophomore Maria Irvin, a communication student from Green Brook. “It is important to not only document my experience during the pandemic, but my fellow classmates’ experiences since life is changing so quickly.

From showcasing daily life in video blogs to highlighting Halloween festivities, the videos document what the students are feeling, seeing and doing while living through a pandemic. Kean TV students are documenting their experiences during the COVID pandemic through a weekly talk show on UnionTV34 called Too Much Zoom.Įach week, six students at the student-run Kean television channel come together in a taped Zoom conference to share videos they created about their experiences during the pandemic.

Zoom television show