WELL I am not much for writing on my blog but I just thought I would give an update on my Internship here at CBS 42 in Birmingham.
Initially there were some things that turned me off to the television industry. Number ONE being how competitive this place is. Internally and Externally amongst the other stations. I have never dealt with that at TROY so I guess I was just caught off guard. I started in the Sales Department and worked some of the time with Marketing... So I wasn't really doing anything I was used to doing and was worried that my skills were being wasted. But I learned a lot there and made good friends with the people there.
Next the RED... Scary stuff... I had been working on the Severe Weather plan next and was basically living in my internship coordinators office... Not what I invisioned my internship being at all... And she noticed something... That I was slowing losing my short term memory... *Little did she know that my brain was just automatically tuning her out after like two words* I tried my best to pay attention but oftentimes I was frustrated by her lack of understanding and her putting me on the spot to remember something that just wasn't being recalled for anything or anyone. There I got a little upset and nearly depressed that something was wrong with me. But thankfully I pulled through until my week-long vacation at Lake Guntersville, Smith Lake, and Lake Jordan. FRESH AIR!
Finally, the Green... for growth. I arrived at the newsroom after my vacation with high hopes of finding my true self here and so far it has been a little bumpy, but I realized what it is that I love to do. Photography. Be it still or video- it is my passion. I don't quite know what it is about capture real life into a digital product but I love it. I have learned a lot about being a reporter and the sacrifices you make and I just don't know if it is something I can do yet. I may have to do it to start out with but I can't wait for the day when I can fill in as a freelance photog and be a mother. ( About to do a story about post-partum depression so that one might scare me away from that for a long while :)
But where would the good be without the bad!!
"Men are that they might have joy"
