WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.577 --> 00:00:04.223 line:15% I try to at least steer kids in the direction 2 00:00:04.223 --> 00:00:07.055 line:15% of look, make connections. 3 00:00:07.055 --> 00:00:11.170 line:15% The country's a big place, but the TV business is not, 4 00:00:11.170 --> 00:00:14.739 line:15% and I've had so many people I've worked with that are now 5 00:00:14.739 --> 00:00:17.014 just scattered all over the country, 6 00:00:17.014 --> 00:00:20.072 and it's been beneficial when we have interns that come in, 7 00:00:20.072 --> 00:00:21.687 and they apply somewhere, because I'm like I know, 8 00:00:21.687 --> 00:00:23.539 I used to work with somebody that's at this station 9 00:00:23.539 --> 00:00:28.289 or this station, but what worked for me was I had a drive 10 00:00:29.309 --> 00:00:31.393 to work in media. 11 00:00:31.393 --> 00:00:34.188 line:15% I really had a love for radio when I was in High School, 12 00:00:34.188 --> 00:00:36.357 line:15% and I was very fortunate to job shadow 13 00:00:36.357 --> 00:00:38.639 line:15% when I was a senior in High School a local radio station 14 00:00:38.639 --> 00:00:42.345 line:15% in Muncie, and they hired me as a part timer, 15 00:00:42.345 --> 00:00:45.158 and I kept that job all through college at Ball State, 16 00:00:45.158 --> 00:00:49.604 and as I got more involved with the meteorology department 17 00:00:49.604 --> 00:00:53.266 at Ball State, the radio station in turn trusted me more 18 00:00:53.266 --> 00:00:55.204 to handle weather situations, 19 00:00:55.204 --> 00:00:58.749 specifically severe weather situations, 20 00:00:58.749 --> 00:01:02.443 and being able to get that kind of experience early on 21 00:01:02.443 --> 00:01:05.614 just in media, it doesn't necessarily have to be television, 22 00:01:05.614 --> 00:01:09.364 line:15% but being able to talk, communicate, was key. 23 00:01:12.576 --> 00:01:15.763 line:15% Everybody focuses in on school and their classes 24 00:01:15.763 --> 00:01:17.228 and their grades, and that's well and good, 25 00:01:17.228 --> 00:01:19.568 and you need to do well, but it's also a big part 26 00:01:19.568 --> 00:01:22.130 of what are you doing outside. 27 00:01:22.130 --> 00:01:23.572 I was involved with radio. 28 00:01:23.572 --> 00:01:25.807 I was involved with the television station 29 00:01:25.807 --> 00:01:29.088 here at Ball State, and getting reps, 30 00:01:29.088 --> 00:01:31.547 wanting to get more than anybody else at the school, 31 00:01:31.547 --> 00:01:33.791 because I knew that there was hundreds of other schools 32 00:01:33.791 --> 00:01:35.488 around the country where someone 33 00:01:35.488 --> 00:01:36.906 was probably doing the same thing, 34 00:01:36.906 --> 00:01:39.479 so what was going to give me an edge to, 35 00:01:39.479 --> 00:01:41.267 which again, as a small business, 36 00:01:41.267 --> 00:01:44.191 and a very competitive business for young kids comin' out 37 00:01:44.191 --> 00:01:46.360 of college, tryin' to get their first job, 38 00:01:46.360 --> 00:01:47.463 line:15% get their feet wet. 39 00:01:47.463 --> 00:01:49.337 line:15% It's a business that if you can get in, 40 00:01:49.337 --> 00:01:53.455 line:15% and you are doing well, you're in, and you can move on up, 41 00:01:53.455 --> 00:01:55.538 line:15% but the hard part's gettin' in, and a lot of that 42 00:01:55.538 --> 00:01:58.455 is what's gonna make you stand out, 43 00:02:00.067 --> 00:02:02.055 and it's not always just gonna be grades, 44 00:02:02.055 --> 00:02:05.336 it's gonna be what else have you done 45 00:02:05.336 --> 00:02:08.143 to get more experience than the other person 46 00:02:08.143 --> 00:02:10.643 that you're competing against.