Adviser’s Note:  Journalism I students interviewed one of our own, and here are two of the many very good feature stories.

“I would like to be one of those voices,” Dominic D’Angelo told his father when he was around twelve. He was watching basketball with his father when it sparked an interest in broadcasting.

D’Angelo asked former NDA student broadcaster Joey Bonadonna if he could join him for a game, and Bonadonna graciously agreed. “My first game announcing was for the boys’ basketball playoffs against Pulaski,” D’Angelo said.

“I’ll be on the payroll for this upcoming basketball season,” D’Angelo said. He has been an intern at W7 Productions for the past two years but now has an official broadcasting position.

D’Angelo is working with W7 Productions to broadcast the girls’ upcoming basketball season. The technology he will work with is very advanced and he is getting trained on how to use it.

“It will be higher-quality cameras and instead of one camera following the ball, it will have 6 cameras that I will set up and switch during commercials,” said D’Angelo.

There is a lot more to broadcasting than most people think, the senior explains. He gets to the field or court about an hour early to study the roster, help set up equipment and make sure he’s pronouncing names correctly. 

“I am officially enrolled in Drake University and majoring in Sports Media and Communications,”  D’Angelo said. He felt comfortable in Iowa as his dad grew up there and he often visited.

D’Angelo looks forward to going to college and working towards his ultimate goal. “Being on national television one day.” 

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Dom D’Angelo’s life revolves around broadcasting.

When D’Angelo was 12 years old, he was watching a basketball game with his father and said he wanted to be one of the voices calling the games someday. 

“My favorite sport to call is basketball,” said D’Angelo. “It’s where I got my start.” 

D’Angelo is the current NDA sports broadcaster. He shared that he will be officially working with W7 Productions and using the recording equipment during the boys and girls basketball season here at NDA. The current equipment used here at NDA is the Hudl camera.

“The camera is designed to follow movement and follow the ball,” said D’Angelo. “We have had multiple difficulties with the camera, so we are very excited to get the W7 equipment.”

“I am at NDA after hours almost every day,” said D’Angelo. He said he will show up an hour early before games to study rosters, ask coaches questions and help out with setting up equipment.

D’Angelo shared that he will be continuing his journey outside of W7 Productions at Drake University where he is officially enrolled in sports and media communications. 

“The people at Drake are amazing, I feel very comfortable with the city,” said D’Angelo. Wanting to stay in the Midwest, Drake seemed perfect for him.

“I was talking to one of the deans, and she was on the phone with a student who was questioning whether he wanted to go work with the Boston Red Sox or the Detroit Pistons, so that really stood out to me,” said D’Angelo. 

When D’Angelo graduates, Miles Bouthilet, an eighth-grader from Holy Family will take his spot as NDA broadcaster–and try to break the record of the most games called. —-Nicholas Felker