My Internship At Wbrc Fox6 News - 1749 Words

If you like working in a fast paced environment, the news industry is the place to be. Walking into the news field I had a few ideas of what to expect, as in working holidays, finding unique stories to cover and being inside a noisy news room. During my internship at WBRC FOX6 News, I learned how to operate multiple cameras and other equipment in the studio for different news segments. I was able to work with a variety of reporters, learn about their experience from being on camera and going out in the field to cover different stories. The most interesting thing I learned was that if a reporter is not able to make it back to the station in time to get their package made, they can use their laptop to edit their footage and still send it in†¦show more content†¦Also people who watched some of my videos were able to understand the message I was trying to get across. I could see a huge difference from the beginning and I began to be more calm and relaxed. When I first did a stan d up I put emphasis on everything and when covering stories every word doesn’t need emphasis put on them. I decided to meet with Collin Gaston, who is the general manager at FOX 6. He asked how my internship was going and I told him what I enjoyed the most and also he gave me some wonderful feedback about if this was something I really wanted to do. After speaking with Gaston I sat down with Mark Glover, who is an Assistant News Director for FOX 6 and let him view my current projects. What I like the most was his criticism, because that will help me on my next stand-ups. After he watched my videos he noticed I tend to be energetic, voice is great, but when the video is ending I fall back. However, when I am delivering a stand-up I tend to focus more on what I’m saying than actually giving out the message. Any advice that Glover gave me, I wrote down so now I know what to work on and also I can be more prepared for more stand-ups. The biggest thing I’m still work ing on is pronunciation, speaking clearly and making sure I save all my work, because a few stand-ups I did weren’t saved right so they got deleted. I learned in tragic