-: My name is Samantha Erkkila and I am
the multimedia producer at the Duluth news tribune
it's our daily newspaper here in Duluth.
But my role is essentially the same as a reporter
I'm going out on news stories, news events,
breaking news and I'm capturing video
I'm interviewing people getting the story
and coming back and editing it in a way that is
easy for people to digest and watch.
Social media is also a part of my job so
getting the news out to people in a way that
they understand on multitude of platforms.
A typical day for me is, I get in the office
and I look at our website and make sure everything
looks well all our stories are up there.
I schedule our things for social media accounts so
when breaking news does happen I'm able to just
run out the door grab my camera tripod
and just get out of there.
I have everything packed up and ready to go
when I need to go and then you're out there for
as long as you need to.
You talk to as many people as you can
you get as much footage as you can
and you come back and you edit it as quickly
as you can so you can get it up
fast and accurate before your competitors.
Sometimes I will call the people there and kind of
get a better idea of what the space is like
what the event all entails so that I know
if I need to bring a GoPro or a drone
or different types of equipment.
So that's a main thing and then I also try and
do a little pre-interview so I know
again as much information as I can going into it.
Figure out who I need to talk to right when I get there
I do my interviews first for the most part if I can
if it's not breaking news, and then
I get the footage that I need.