"Hurry up and wait!"

As I continue on interning at WYCC, new opportunities come my way. Last week I was able to go out with senior producer Mario Tharpe, to conduct man on the street interviews for the show in the loop. It was pretty cool, not including the fact that a lot of people are try to get just walked past me. Last week show dealt with child sex trafficking, and our panel was spot on with the responses. On Monday I went out with the crew to the Auditorium Theatre that is located in the Roosevelt University. We were shooting footage for the upcoming clarets that WYCC has to do. To be around the camera and the and the lighting in the equipment was very fascinating for me because those are things I want to do. Felix and Rossmoe help me to understand was needed to actually put together a production, and I realize that it's of the longer to set up than actually shoot the production. Everything had to be precise, and the lighting was the most important thing. We were in old building that had special lighting installed in the lighting actually didn't help us so they had to bring their own equipment. It took probably an hour along to get the lighting together. Actually just finished up transcribing for that shoot, and associate producer Meghan Etlinger, asked me to think like a producer for this. To come to take down notes of anything that I thought was interesting, how they reacted to one another in the body language things of that sort.

Breaking into Freelancing

Once again recorded another week at WYCC. I have to say each week that goes by brings reasoning to why I'm actually doing this. Like every week so far, I started off with my research on Monday. The sites that I am to look at are the Chicago Tribune, TimeOut Chicago, and HuffingtonPost Chicago. I try to find articles that will help with upcoming " In The Loop" topics, or just something that might be used sooner or later. After that I went into the production meeting with the crew; we had a conference call with the hosts' of the show, Chris Bury and Barbara Pinto. The guest for this week's show were Christian Farr (Reporter at NBC5), Lissa Druss Christman (STRATEGIC PARTNER

SERAFIN AND ASSOCIATE), and Johnathan Eig (Author). After the meeting concluded I started on some transcribing for a series that is starting in October on the station entitled Buddy Guy's Legends, and for a interview that one of the producers did for new week's show.

I think the most exciting event from this past week happened on Friday when I had time to sit and talk with Ms. Toni Reed. Once I found out that her, as well as Senior Producer Mario Tharpe had lengthy experience on the Documentary side of media, I just had to pick her brain. What I got from that conversation is way more than what I was expecting. She was explaining information to me that is still being processed in my brain today. I haven't been able to do anything else but, think about the things she was telling me. She even gave me Chicago's Production Bible; to say the least I've read it five times already since that day. I have a spark for media again. I mean the spark that I had when I was first given a tour of the media department when I was 18 entering Kennedy-King College.

The Tough First Entry

This is the tough first entry. Why is it tough you say? Well starting this blog about my time as a intern for WYCC brings a few challenges, like getting viewers attention long enough to read the blog. If you've gotten this far I applaud you. I've been interning with WYCC for two weeks now. It's located in the Englewood area of Chicago,Il. The reason why I chose wycc for my internship is because, I've shadowed at the station numerous times. Each time that I've been at the station, I've been welcomed and learned new things. I felt like the network that I had with the station was good enough to make the transition into my internship smooth, and it worked. These two weeks have been something to remember. I started with a tour of the station as well as a brief overview of the assignments that I will be doing. Each Thursday there is a program called In The Loop, what I've done with this show is prepared the guest changing room, or what we call it the greenroom, I've also assisted the floor director by making sure that the guest got onto the set. Once the show started I waited for the stage directed to let me know if she needs anything else. After the show I assisted guest back to the greenroom to get the thing so that they can leave. Through this process, I networking with some of the producers, directors, are videographers, that might help me with my transition into my actual career. I've also been working on logging and transcribing. Blogging is when you actually take a a clip and change the name to give it a description that helps the editors find it at later times. Transcribing is when you look over a show or program and type out word for word what each person says. The transcribing that I've done so far is of a Anita Alvarez interview on child prostitution, as well as performances for the station's Buddy Guy legends program that they are starting in October. In the upcoming weeks feel like I will learn three times as much as I've already had. I've become more comfortable multitasking and getting things done before the due date. The staff here has been very welcoming and has helped me with everything that I needed. Hopefully I will gain some insight on where to next with my career.