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We’re back at it with news this week and I have been super excited to get back going and helping people with their packages. I really like coming in and being able to guide people in the right direction from all the experiences that I have had over the past year and being able to pass down what I can to all the new people taking news this semester.

As a previous videographer for Mountaineer Playbook, I learned that it's more than just showing up with a camera and hitting record. Every story is different and brings on a new set of challenges and learning experiences. This past week was packed with shoots covering everything from city council meetings to warehouse operations, political interviews, and yoga sessions. Each shoot pushed me to improve my technical skills and problem-solving. 

For our first show of the semester, everything went simultaneously better than expected and worse than expected. I took Mountaineer Playbook last semester, so I have a pretty good idea of what the expectations for a Television newscast are, but WVU News immediately felt so much more intense. 

After a successful fourth show, we have started working on our final show. We started the two weeks with a pitching meeting where everyone gave their ideas about what they covered for this show.

This week I felt that we made significant improvements as both a class and as a co-producing team. The content for this week's show is so diverse and covered such a strong and wide range of topics that we were able to stack the show in a manner reflective of an industry newscast.

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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