Smooth Sailing

People who aren't in this business don't realize how much time and effort gets put into a newscast. You can spend three hours at a shoot only to come back and edit all your video into a two minute package. But when everything comes together nothing can beat the feeling you have when you see your work displayed. This week's show was a prime example of everything we do coming together to create a professional looking broadcast. I was fortunate enough to be one of the anchors of this show; I'm very proud of all the work everyone put in to make this one of the best shows we've had in awhile. The content was good and the rookie crew caught on quickly to how things needed to be run. So kudos to everyone involved and keep up the good work!


http://www.westminster.edu/student/orgs/radio/county_line.cfm

Facing Reality

So this week we were asked to put together a resume. It is through this process that I have come to realize I feel very unprepared for the real world. I have yet to get an internship and I fear this will hinder me when it comes to getting a job. The trouble is I'm not quite sure what I really want to do with life after graduation. We've had a lot of professionals come to speak in one of my classes and through that I have learned to just get an internship somewhere, anywhere in the business. It doesn't really matter if it's in the field I want to go into, but it will look good on a resume and show the diversity and range of my talents. My plan right now is to try and get an internship at a radio station back home during the Christmas break; I would like to have another internship lined up for next semester at a TV station.

Real life is sneaking up on me and it's starting to scare me. My biggest challenge for this year will be to better my organizational and time management skills.

VJ Ready??

So I tested out the waters this week with my first package as a "VJ." I went to a corn maze and hay ride in nearby Cool Spring Township. It was a little intimidating at first because I didn't have anyone with me, but overall I think it was a good experience. The only downside to the whole thing was that I wasn't able to do any stand ups. Again, I didn't have anyone with me and I felt a little uneasy about leaving the camera alone on a tripod with a bunch of kids running around. So I fixed that problem by doing a live intro and tag out on the show. Here's the package and the lives. Hope you enjoy!

One thing though, the audio at the beginning is a little rough. Our audio person was a rookie so my apologies.