Whenever someone asks me "Whats new?" I always draw a blank. I know that life is continually changing but when your living in it all the changes seem to be ordinary. I'm trying to change my mind frame on this issue. My day to day life might be very close to "ordinary" but it's MINE. After stepping outside of my continuum, this is want's new in my life...
About a month ago I quit my job as a waitress. Long story short, the restaurant hours weren't working well with my school schedule. I felt like I could be spending my time learning my field and building my resume instead of working my self to exhaustion. It's a funny thing, I always say that "everything works out" That concept isn't an easy one to whole heartily believe in but once again God (the universe or whatever you call that higher being) proved my doubts wrong. The week after I quit my job I got an internship at a P.R. firm. I had submitted my resume to a few places but I didn't think I was a shoe in for any of the positions. Believe it or not I got an interview and got the job on the spot. There is nothing more invigorating and intimidating then being handed a job that you always wanted but having no idea what your doing. I've come to learn that I (you/anyone!) can do almost anything with a little guidance. We are our own worst enemy in the fact that our internal dialogue isn't always the most positive. So far I've learned a lot. I went into this internship having the dream of one day doing Public Relations and here I am almost three weeks into it and I can actually say I've done some P.R. After getting my feet (or maybe just my toes) wet in the industry I'm happy to say that I'm reassured that I'm going after a goal that is extremely suiting for me! It makes me more excited for my future knowing that even as an intern I love what I'm doing.
Yes I love my internship but I also have a recent motivation problem when it come to everything else in life. These last few weeks I've been LAZY(er). I'm calling myself out; my room is a mess! My room is only a reflection of what I've been feeling. I don't know what my problem is. Maybe it's my sleep schedule; if I mess with it just once I'll be off for at least a week. Possibly it's my diet. I'm one of those weirdos who is always trying to self-improve. So I'm now trying to eat less animal protein and more fruits and veggies, hoping it will boost my energy. I don't know if its just a girl thing but I feel like my energy level is such a roller coaster! I would love if it could just be a little stable! Someone give me some answers haha.
I also started to dabble in Radio at the wonderful world of Cronkite. I've been doing weekly News updates on Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. My friend got me into it but it's good to experiment in all different areas of media.
-Kat
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Must See Monday
The Cronkite school holds events every Monday appropriately called "Must see Mondays". At these events speakers with careers in the Journalism field talk directly to students. Monday, Aug. 29th I attended a M.S.M titled "Meet the Women of AZ TV News". Five female anchors from the Phoenix area formed the panel and revealed their personal stories about working in the industry and spoke of their opinions on issues relevant to today's journalism students. Each anchorwomen had insightful information for us.
When asked about their view on social media the women of AZ news all agreed that it is useful in the industry. They did have differences in opinions on the issue of how much personal information to put out there. Lin Sue Cooney of 12 News cautioned, "it does change how people perceive you and feel about you." Carey Pena, anchor at KTVK 3, stated, "you need to be accessible." in regards to being a source for news in the mediums of Twitter and Facebook. Carey sympathized with our generation by realizing the difficultly in growing up with social media as a daily part of our early life. It's interesting to hear how these women, working in the journalism field, take advantage of a medium that was not around when they where learning the industry.
The ladies where asked to tell us about their experiences reporting their first stories. ASU alumni, Katie Raml of ABC 15, first commented that, " gear is way better here", then went on to us that while filming her first story she was given a camera with a tripod that didn't want to cooperate; summarizing some of the difficulties that she faced when first starting off. Catherine Anaya of CBS 5, had what most onlookers would call a luxury; she started off as an anchor right away. Catherine explained the difficulties of doing all the jobs of production when she first started off. She explained the multitasking it took to run the tella-promtor and keep up with her scrip at the same time. These stories gave me a chance to see that behind the camera and pretty smile the women of AZ news are human. They worked hard to get where they are in their careers. Monday's meeting gave me hope and inspiration to stay with my dream. Linda Williams of Fox10, gave some advice that has stuck with me, " don't listen to the nay-sayers, there are so many niches." M.S.M. was a chance to look into the future and see what my life can be. I'm grateful to be part of a school which allows for opportunities
like this.
-Kat
When asked about their view on social media the women of AZ news all agreed that it is useful in the industry. They did have differences in opinions on the issue of how much personal information to put out there. Lin Sue Cooney of 12 News cautioned, "it does change how people perceive you and feel about you." Carey Pena, anchor at KTVK 3, stated, "you need to be accessible." in regards to being a source for news in the mediums of Twitter and Facebook. Carey sympathized with our generation by realizing the difficultly in growing up with social media as a daily part of our early life. It's interesting to hear how these women, working in the journalism field, take advantage of a medium that was not around when they where learning the industry.
The ladies where asked to tell us about their experiences reporting their first stories. ASU alumni, Katie Raml of ABC 15, first commented that, " gear is way better here", then went on to us that while filming her first story she was given a camera with a tripod that didn't want to cooperate; summarizing some of the difficulties that she faced when first starting off. Catherine Anaya of CBS 5, had what most onlookers would call a luxury; she started off as an anchor right away. Catherine explained the difficulties of doing all the jobs of production when she first started off. She explained the multitasking it took to run the tella-promtor and keep up with her scrip at the same time. These stories gave me a chance to see that behind the camera and pretty smile the women of AZ news are human. They worked hard to get where they are in their careers. Monday's meeting gave me hope and inspiration to stay with my dream. Linda Williams of Fox10, gave some advice that has stuck with me, " don't listen to the nay-sayers, there are so many niches." M.S.M. was a chance to look into the future and see what my life can be. I'm grateful to be part of a school which allows for opportunities
like this.
-Kat
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