Class of
2005
Bio: I worked at XETV FOX6 in San Diego as a producer for two and a half years before breaking for the peacock here in America’s Finest City.
ATVN positions and duties: Anchor, Producer, Technical Director, Playback, W/S/E.
How did ATVN prepare you for your current job?
Current events quizzes...’nuff said.
What is your advice to aspiring journalists?
Eat, sleep and breathe news...be a junkie. And write as much as you can-- it will be your best asset regardless of being in front of or behind the camera.
What are the top three skills college journalism students should be working on in order to be prepared for their first broadcasting job?
Writing, news judgment, ability to multi-task.
What is the most important thing a college journalist should know when he or she is trying to negotiate his or her first job?
Know what you want, but be willing to give a few trade offs for being in the market that you want.
What prepared you most for your current job?
Writing as much as possible and getting to see how all aspects of news work-- i.e. newsroom activity as well as studio production.
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