-: For me, the biggest impact that Ball State's had
on my career is I was a TCOM graduate,
and while I was there,
the professors that I had, they were amazing.
They let us day one jump in, touch the equipment,
make mistakes, which is the biggest thing.
You hate to make mistakes, but it's a huge part
of what you need to do in the early years
to learn how to do things correctly.
You're not just gonna get behind a camera
or in front of it and ace it.
You have to learn from your mistakes.
That was one of the biggest impacts for me
because I was able to touch equipment
so early when I got here.
I was a freshman, and even though I wasn't able
to get into some of the core classes yet,
by the time I got to those core classes,
I already knew so much more than anybody else
who didn't touch anything.
And with all of my production background,
when I graduated and moved out to LA,
when I was at NBC and CBS,
I knew that this is what a rundown is.
I knew that as a publicist,
I'm never gonna get to talk to the talent
before this break on a live show.
I need to go in at this break.
And then also, too, it helped me as a publicist
learn this is when they're gonna have this story.
Let me see if they can craft this story
with this message point, and then I can take that clip
and then send it to other outlets
for potential coverage for the show.
So at the time, you don't realize
that that's what actually happening,
but if you just kinda jump in, even as a freshman,
and you start to take advantage of everything
that is here for you, it'll pay off.