Here's a sampling of some of the various job shadows done by you all. Take a look and see what you can learn from everyone's visits. There's a lot of good stuff here to help you decide what you want to do with your lives; what you need to be doing to get there; and what to expect when you do get there.
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I had the pleasure of shadowing Joe Aulisio who is a sports
anchor and reporter for NBC affiliate, Wood TV8 in Grand Rapids. I made the
drive to Grand Rapids on October 30, 2017 and arrived at the station around 4
p.m. Aulisio was working on producing the 5 p.m. show when I walked in. He was
writing down the script for what he was going to say as well as what the anchors
were going to say about sports.
Aulisio also showed me how he edits the clips
he’s going to use when on air and explained to me how he gets those clips. He
or one of the other two sports anchors at the station go to the event they want
to cover and film what they want. Or if they can’t make the event then they
just record it on the station’s T.V. and edit together what they need. For
example, Aulisio wanted to talk about Game five of the World Series and he just
pulled the walk-off hit from the T.V. recording as well as a clip of pitcher
Clayton Kershaw so that the viewers know what he’s about to talk about next. I
got a chance to see how he prepares for his hit while also seeing him go on air
for the 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. shows and how he reads off the teleprompter that
shows the script he wrote.
For Aulisio he only had two minutes
to fill for his hit and with so much going on in sports he really had to pick
out what was important and going be the most interesting to the viewers, which
is something I learned to be very important in the journalism field.
Shadow Subject: Joe Aulisio, 1(440)346-0317, joseph.aulisio@woodtv.com
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Nick Green is a journalistic
jack-of-all-trades. He is both the editor for Michigan Out-of-Doors Magazine
and the Public Information Officer for the Michigan United Conservation Club.
As editor of a small magazine it falls to him to sort through submitted
stories, layout the magazine digitally, write stories and shoot his own
photographs for the magazine, edit submitted photos, communicate with
advertisers, and still complete his duties as editor.
The quarterly
publication can receive up to a few dozen freelance stories for each issue. As
Nick showed me, not all of them are good. Some are downright terrible, full of
grammar and spelling errors as well as being horribly formatted as some people
who submit articles have no journalistic experience and simply like the
outdoors. When Nick took the job as editor a few months ago he had to approach
some regular contributors to tell them their work wasn’t cutting it anymore. He
acts as the voice of the magazine to both readers of it and those who write for
it.
Nick
explained that he had worked at the Cadillac News while finishing his degree in
journalism from CMU. Through that job he met Bob Garner who hosted the Michigan
Out-of-Doors TV show for over 20 years. Bob gave Nick a recommendation to Nicks
now boss which got Nick an interview. What really got his future bosses
attention was in Nick’s resume he included a link to a video he had done about
Woodcock hunting for the Cadillac News. Nick knew through connections like Bob
that the man hiring him was an avid upland bird hunter whose father was the
president of the Ruffed Grouse Society. Nick essentially highlighted a specific
piece to appeal to his audience.
I
think a job like this would fit me. I consider myself a jack-of-all-trades and
I like to keep expanding my knowledge in as many areas as possible. Despite a
lot of time on the computer, I have a good eye for editing and finding mistakes
in writing and the creative portion of magazine layout is a fun challenge.
Working for a small publication would probably offer me chances to write my own
pieces which is one of the best parts of journalism for me. I don’t want to end
up in a position where I can no longer write my own stories. Additionally, the
amount of time that could be spent interacting with other outdoorsmen and women
as well as companies who cater to their demographic would be a great fit.
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