-: I try to at least steer kids in the direction
of look, make connections.
The country's a big place, but the TV business is not,
and I've had so many people I've worked with that are now
just scattered all over the country,
and it's been beneficial when we have interns that come in,
and they apply somewhere, because I'm like I know,
I used to work with somebody that's at this station
or this station, but what worked for me was I had a drive
to work in media.
I really had a love for radio when I was in High School,
and I was very fortunate to job shadow
when I was a senior in High School a local radio station
in Muncie, and they hired me as a part timer,
and I kept that job all through college at Ball State,
and as I got more involved with the meteorology department
at Ball State, the radio station in turn trusted me more
to handle weather situations,
specifically severe weather situations,
and being able to get that kind of experience early on
just in media, it doesn't necessarily have to be television,
but being able to talk, communicate, was key.
Everybody focuses in on school and their classes
and their grades, and that's well and good,
and you need to do well, but it's also a big part
of what are you doing outside.
I was involved with radio.
I was involved with the television station
here at Ball State, and getting reps,
wanting to get more than anybody else at the school,
because I knew that there was hundreds of other schools
around the country where someone
was probably doing the same thing,
so what was going to give me an edge to,
which again, as a small business,
and a very competitive business for young kids comin' out
of college, tryin' to get their first job,
get their feet wet.
It's a business that if you can get in,
and you are doing well, you're in, and you can move on up,
but the hard part's gettin' in, and a lot of that
is what's gonna make you stand out,
and it's not always just gonna be grades,
it's gonna be what else have you done
to get more experience than the other person
that you're competing against.