Class of
2003
Bio: After completing 4 news internships while in school, my first job was at KNBC as an editorial assistant. Simultaneously I also worked as a reporter/producer at LaTV. Then I worked in a marketing company for a year before I started working free-lance for AP. After waiting a year, I became staff with APTV.
Awards: Joel Garcia Scholarship through CCNMA
ATVN positions and duties: Writer / Editor / Reporter / Producer
How did ATVN prepare you for your current job?
You learn and appreciate the work when you are a one man band.
What is your advice to aspiring journalists?
Write, write, write. INTERN while you’re in school. Don’t wait!
What are the top three skills college journalism students should be working on in order to be prepared for their first broadcasting job?
Write!
Write!
Write!
What is the most important thing a college journalist should know when he or she is trying to negotiate his or her first job?
Try to put your goals on a map before you get stuck.
What prepared you most for your current job?
Endurance
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