This semester, Adam Good is the new broadcasting advisor in charge of the Roar – the student announcements that air every red day. His vision for FHS video production stems from his background in sports news production. 

Good attended Butler University for video production, intending to do something in sports video production. Over the span of a decade, Good got an internship with the Colts in college, worked for Fox 59, NFL Network and WishTV-8. After getting tired of working nights and weekends, he wanted a job for more normal hours. He decided to look into teaching, as he already had a background in it. 

“My parents were teachers, so I was a little familiar with it,” said Good. “I actually was a substitute teacher at Fishers High School.” 

Good applied for a teaching job at Brownsburg High School and was hired as the TV broadcasting teacher. He left his job at Wish-TV, then got his broadcasting certification and teaching license. Under his leadership, Brownsburg won state championships for their broadcasting. 

When the mass media job at Fishers High School opened up, Good interviewed with the principal, Kyle Goodwin. 

“He really had a great plan and a great vision not just for the broadcasting and mass media, but for the whole school,” said Good. “He was really able to sell me on what he’s trying to accomplish.” 

Goodwin gave him the extra push to jump ship after teaching at Brownsburg for 12 years and having so many broadcasting resources, and now Good advises the Roar news crew and teaches intro to mass media as well as interactive media and design. 

After Good accepted the job, Goodwin challenged him to make the Roar more of a professional newscast that consistently delivers club announcements, sports news and entertaining features every red day. 

“Since I used to work at Fox 9 and Wish-TV, I have a lot of experience with actual real newscasts,” said Good. “So that just kind of plays into my background and my knowledge.” 

Good wants to guide the students in the newscast to come up with their own ideas and write their own stories. 

“I want to be able to give my expertise and keep it professional, but I still want the students to have ownership, and to be able to execute some of their ideas,” said Good. 

This semester, the Roar is making graphics and short posts, in addition to trying to work with different sports and groups throughout the school.  

Production of the Roar will be on a three-week rotation, with a group of students hosting the show for three straight shows, then switching with another group of students. Each time they host, the studio crew — which consists of around six students — sits at the anchor’s desk, reports sports, and runs the camera and the teleprompter.  

For the preproduced pieces, students in the Roar class get together in small groups and brainstorm topics. Once they decide what ideas to execute in the next month, they pick a topic that two or three of them want to cover, then choose a day to air the segment that lines up with relevant school events.  

Students in video production learn skills that are transferable to any other aspect of life, including time management, multitasking and cooperation. 

“They’re going to have strict deadlines they’ve got to meet,” said Good. “And it’s the only thing airing that day, so it has got to get done.”  

Good also believes video journalism teaches students the basics of photography. 

“Just taking good pictures and videos is a great skill to have, no matter what you do,” said Good. “Every job has a website or a social media account you could help with.” 

The new video journalism teacher’s goal for students in the Roar is to develop a consistent, professional newscast that simultaneously informs and entertains students at FHS.  

Good also wants to expand the school’s broadcasting outreach to have a TV station (TigerTV), Fishers Sports Network and other video production outlets. He wants the Roar to a show that both FHS students and staff want to watch. 

“Not every student’s going to watch it, we get that,” said Good. “But we’re still going to do the best we can, and hopefully some will.”