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.