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Class of 2007

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Josh Francis

Production Assistant
The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Los Angeles, CA

josh.francis@ellentv.com

ATVN positions and duties:

Playback, Floor Director, Writer/Shooter/Editor, Weather Anchor, Reporter

What is your advice to aspiring journalists?

Learn how to write! write!... and write some more...! It is the most important thing that you can do in working not only with network news, but especially with entertainment TV. And if you can, practice as best you can on how to quickly master that skill.

What are the top three skills college journalism students should be working on in order to be prepared for their first broadcasting job?

1) Be creative, handy in any kind of tight bind whether a local news story or crashing with network news, 2) Having will and character to get through just about anything, and 3) ‘Have a little fun with it!’ If you’re having fun, your viewers will too...ask Judy Muller! smile

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