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I have always known being a journalist is a career that I would love. Whether that entails sports or news broadcasting, photojournalism, or writing, I have always wanted to be apart of this career path.

I have wanted to be a journalist for as long as I can remember. I have vivid memories of standing in Time Square outside of Good Morning America with my grandma and knowing that is where I wanted to be one day.

This semester has been such a wonderful learning experience for me. At the start of the semester, I was nervous about how producing would be different from reporting. I wondered if I would be good at it or be able to handle the pressure of being a leader in the class. 

Our third show was a breeze compared to the first show. We are working better as a team as the weeks progress. It’s really starting to hit me that I only have five weeks left in college, and it’s crazy that graduation is right around the corner. Representing the College of Media and being the producer of this show has been an honor. That being said, I have goals for my last two WVU News episodes. I want everyone to work for more complex packages because I know everyone has the creativity for it. As the producer, I help lead this group and I want them to push themselves to be the best journalists they can be. Many of the reporters ask me questions about story ideas, so I want everyone to try new and innovative techniques so that they all have amazing MMJ reels. 

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For show 4, I'm back behind the technical director's board after working from the producer's booth for show 3. It was a switch on short notice, and I'm glad we made it work. Unfortunately, Makenna Leisifer, the primary line producer, became ill and, on the morning of the show, informed us that she couldn't make it for the show's taping. 

Overall, newscast two went more smoothly for me than newscast 1. After doing it once I went into this time around with more confidence in my ability to get my job done. One of the things I learned was to do research prior to writing the script. Over the span of two days, I researched facts and stats for everyone’s stories. I knew not everyone was going to make the show, but at that point, I wasn’t sure who was going to make the show. I also had a better understanding of everyone’s stories and wasn’t so overwhelmed on Friday when I had to write the script.

Show 2 is filmed and went really well compared to Show 1. After going from eight takes, down to three, I’d say I'm very impressed and very proud of this crew. I co-produced with my Associate Producer, Tolu, for this show and I have to say, I think I like co-producing a lot. It not only gives Tolu experience with producing but cuts the load in half on me so we can both work together. One thing I am learning in this process is to always look back on the feedback Professor Dahlia gives me to improve on for each show. I make sure that I try to hit all the errors I can before it's sent to Professor Dahlia and Professor Marra. I spent almost three days researching, fact-checking, and editing everyone’s scripts to make the show. It was a long process, but it was super worth it in the end. 

Our watch on WVU News has ended, and what an incredible ride it has been. 

Another newscast down! It is crazy to believe that there are only two left. Normally it takes two weeks to produce a full newscast. The first week is spent reviewing everyone’s packages and writing the script. The second is spent editing packages and then doing the newscast on Wednesday, but this time around was a little different. We had spring break between the two weeks, a whole week off.