3 Weeks of School Left...

I cannot believe there are only three weeks of school left.  As I'm sitting at my third to last dot com shift, I'm actually in disbelief.  The past four years have gone by so quickly.  This semester alone feels like it just began last week.  I remember day one of the internet apps class, hearing about the 16 dot com shifts we would complete, thinking that was so many!  Now I only have three left, I cannot believe it.

I've gone from using saved images for stories to actually using the media card and photo shop for higher-quality images.  I've also learned to check the AP Style book for everything!  If I'm unsure about how to format something, I turn to the book because I see how ridiculous things end up looking when they are done incorrectly.  

VEGAS!!!

I had the time of my life at the RTNDA conference in Las Vegas.  I was so lucky to meet various news directors, although many of them were not hiring.  I still loved that I was granted the opportunity to network and gained the experience of talking face-to-face with these people.  Another part of the conference I enjoyed was having my website critiqued, as I learned many suggestions for improving my montage.

The main suggestion was to pick one hair-style and stick with it!  I was surprised this would be the most interesting and useful suggestion.  I was thrilled that the news director I met with liked what I showed him, saying my work looked very professional in comparison to other work he had seen.  I definitely talked up KOMU, stressing the fact that we are a commercial station.  He loved hearing about it.  

I would go back to the conference in a heart beat, just for the opportunity to network again.  Although it was disappointing that most if not all of the news directors were not hiring, it was still a great opportunity to get to meet and chat with them.  I had a fun time getting to know my peers better as well.  The trip was a hit!

Easter Shift

Happy Easter to all!  I expected the newsroom to be really slow tonight but to my surprise, it was pretty busy.  This week there was even more than one story for me to post, so that was really exciting!  I tried working on my e-portfolio and ran into some issues but made plans to work on it all night tomorrow here at the station.  I can't wait to have it up and running for RTNDA in Vegas!  I was able to use photoshop tonight to create my business card and I'm quite relieved that at least the card is ready to be printed!

I can't wait to be in Las Vegas with my peers.  I am so excited to learn job-finding strategies and network with news directors.  I'm hoping the convention is full of prospective jobs, as I am sure it will be!  Only 5 days and counting... Woo!!!

Week of 4/5

I wasn't able to come in to KOMU for my dot com shift on Sunday because unfortunately, my car broke down.  I went to Kentucky for the weekend to visit my little sister and drove all the way there, then all the way back and it started giving me problems in St. Louis... so close to Columbia!!  I was so lucky though because I pulled off the road right as it died and my friend's house was only five minutes away... We eventually got to her house to wait for the tow truck and then we were on our way in another friend's extra car.  Thank goodness because I don't know what I would have done with having to get to KOMU all week!

I was hoping to work on my e-portfolio/montage for it at my shift on Sunday but I was set back due to the car issues I had... Therefore, I'm working on it this week and weekend when I'm at home for Easter.  I hope to have it done by mid-week next week so I can allow Jen to "pimp

me out" in Vegas, as she calls it!  So excited to leave for that RTNDA trip!!!