Okkkkaaaayyy. So I've called this news director everyday, at different times (but not times that he would be in a meeting) and no answer. And I shot up out of bed this morning thinking I was gonna call first thing, but then it clearly hit me that today is the 1st day of sweeps, therefore, I'm lucky if I hear anything at all this month, but most likely won't hear anything from anyone until the 2nd week of december. But, I'm still sending tapes to other places. One of the stations I interviewed at, he didn't hire me (of course), but he seemed really interested in me from the interview and the time I spent there. But now they have 2 openings coming up, one of which is an anchor/reporter so I sent a tape for that job, since he has my reporter tape, and he seemed to really like it. The only thing that I would like about this job is that since it doesn't pay much, I could live at home, if I really need to.
On to another subject, there's been some discussion about the recent approval of allowing high school students to be members of NABJ. I for one, was against it, only because there's not enough being done on the collegiate level, but I do agree that the professional chapters need to get more involved with the high school students. Now in the metroplex, the local professional chapter has a journalism workshop, and had I known about it back in high school, I would've definitely applied for it. But, for whatever reason, they didn't seem to reach out to the suburbian black students. Granted I was in a communications class at my high school, I know a lot of the students that did get to participate had the same opportunity. However, I didn't have any black mentors. My plea to anyone who might be reading this who is in a professional chapter of NABJ, reach out to all of the high schools in your area, b/c there might be a lot of bright students you're leaving out. And to any black high school students interested in journalism that are reading this, reach out. Go to www.nabj.org and see if there's a local chapter near you. Many people are anxious to have a mentee, to keep our faces in the newsroom.
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My ups and downs in the adventure of getting that first on-air job....and other things that affect my life.
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No one ever reaches out to suburban Black kids. Because they know we have opportunities. But like you said, we need love, too! And on a different level, maybe more so because we are so often around people who look nothing like us.
Yes, my point exactly. Like I said, granted I might have been doing Communications and had access to a tv studio (allbeit a little access cable studio), but I didn't know one single black professional in the business (other than my dad). I had no idea about the minority workshops and internships available, even for high school students, going on not 20 minutes from me, until it was too late.
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