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Practicum is a Ben Barber Class Radio Broadcasting Class designed to get students real-world broadcasting experience inside and outside the classroom. Daily shows, district and community DJ events and professional commercial production.

Sports Broadcasting is a program dedicated to teaching students all the ins and outs of the sports production industry, such as play-by-play, sideline reporting, sports updates, and radio show production. We also have the opportunity to meet with local business owners and negotiate sponsorship deals with them.

JACOB
ATKINSON
Jacob is a Senior at Frontier STEM Academy. He has been on the shows Wii Be Talking and Hear Me Out as a Board Op and co-host respectively. He's placed 2nd place in state for Radio Broadcasting in the SkillsUSA competition for 2022/2023.
Avid viewer of the NFL and NBA, Jacob is a fan of the Arizona Cardinals and Dallas Mavericks, as well as music genres like R&B, Rap, and pop (Olivia Rodrigo, Don Toliver, and J.I.D.). For this year, he plans to work on building his resume in the sports media field interviewing athletes and coaches, in addition to sports talk radio. In the future though, Jacob's goal is to work for a professional sports media team and continue producing what he loves. Find him on Instagram at @emburn0

JUDE
DEARING
Jude is a Senior at Frontier Stem student and loves working withen the Radio and A/V industry as a whole. He has been on shows like Hear me out and Wii Be Talking and has skills with being a board operator as well as a co host in both. He has also participated in the 2022 year for SkillsUSA radio broadcasting and got second place in state.
Jude enjoys both Film making, podcasting, gaming, and music. Some artists he listens too is Tyler the Creator, Childish Gambino, and NewJeans.
Jude looks forward to growing a media presence and learning everything he may need in the industry.

Find Jude on Instagram: overomenn

JORDAN
JONES-ANDERSON
Danny is a senior at Legacy High School. Danny is in his 3rd year in the Arts and AV program. Previously as a Wild staff member, he was a co host on Hear Me Out and a producer on Popcorn Talk.

Danny enjoys digital art, editing on Photoshop and listening to Music. Danny wants to end the year on a good note and has plans to sleep a lot after high school is over.
Instagram - ven.nie29

GRANT
STILES
Grant is a senior at Lake Ridge High School. He has been apart of The Wild radio station for 2 years and was on The Booster Show all of last year as a host and co-host.
Grant previously worked at Big League Dreams and Market Street outside of school, has been playing baseball for 13 years, and loves hanging out with his friends.
After high school, Grant wants to pursue playing baseball in college and plans to studying broadcasting.
You can find Grant on Instagram @Gwstyle18 and on Tik Tok @Gwstyle17.

NATE
MARTIN
Nate is a junior at Mansfield High School and has been in the radio program for 2 years. Nate was a producer and co-host on The Booster Show last year and is looking forward to doing more shows this year. He loves sports and roots for all four pro teams from Boston.
Nate is currently a little league baseball umpire and would like to do sports broadcasting in the future. His favorite movie is Superbad.

DIMAS
ROSALES
Dimas Rosales attends Mansfield high and currently is in 11th grade. He’s been on many shows and jobs in the last year and one of his most popular ones is called relationship advice. He really enjoys watching boxing and MMA, another thing about him is that he loves to work out and get a pump, it just makes his whole day better. One of his goals for this year is to interview someone of importance and become a sports broadcaster in the near future.

Insta @thatboy._dimas

MATTHEW
SMITH
Matthew Smith, currently a Junior at Summit High School, is in his second year of the AV program. Last year, he served as the co-host of "Gen Z Talks," a show focused on engaging discussions about various subjects relevant to popular culture.
Outside of school, he loves listening to music and podcasts, as well as spending time with his friends. He's also very interested in technology and computers, and is working on building a game.
After high school, he plans on pursuing a career in either radio or music, and has expressed some interest in politics.

JADON
CRUMPTON
Jadon Crumpton is a junior at Legacy High School. He was and still is the host of the Booster Show, along with his co-hosts Nate and Grant. He is passionate about radio and enjoys everything that comes with radio practicum.

He is a huge movie fan and loves music, specifically pop punk. Jadon also enjoys watching the Dallas sports teams and currently works as a baseball umpire.

MARSHAL
PLACENSIA
Marshal is a junior attending Lake Ridge High School. He was on AHEM which was a show he was apart of, mainly acting as the host and went over various topics and games. He has also ran the board and done post production.
Marshal enjoys watching movies and try to watch one a day and read comics/graphic novels mainly DC comics. He wants to be in a show that I enjoy with exotic topics and games. In the future he wants to be able to use his skills and apply it to what he wants to talk or discuss about.
Instagram:That1Sequal
TikTok:That1Sequal

MR. WOOD
Mr. Wood is in his 9th year of teaching radio and sports broadcasting at Ben Barber and 2nd year as the Arts and AV Practicum Coordinator. He was selected as Secondary Teacher of the Year for Mansfield ISD in 2020 and served as Convocation host for the last 3 years.

He previously worked at 105.3 the FAN as a show host, producer, sports anchor and Cowboys/Rangers reporter. Mr. Wood has worked at four different stations in DFW after graduating from Texas Tech in 2007 with a broadcast journalism degree. He has been married for 13 years and has a son and daughter. His hobbies include golfing, watching "The Office," and anything related to Tech athletics.