My Capstone project is something that I will always hold near and dear to my heart! It gave me an opportunity to express my creativity and to show how my internship experience really helped me with the rest of my time here at Westminster. It also gave me a chance to work with my mentors again at the station! I don’t know what I would’ve done without their advice. Last spring when Mr. Weaver first told us that we would need to do a project at the end of the fall semester, and have a mentor who we could go to for advice I thought it was a crazy idea. At that point in my life I thought I knew all there was about putting a resume tape together, but boy oh boy was I wrong. They helped me to learn how to sequence everything, how to choose what has the most impact, and what looks good! I can never thank them enough! I just hope that if I am ever given the opportunity to have this much impact on a student’s career and future that I can be just as helpful!
After the conclusion of my project it taught me to always look at my work from a different light! What may not look good to me or impact me in my everyday life could really impact those who watch me on television. I never really understood the point of video-journalism or “VJing” until I decided that that is what I wanted to do and started doing it. In the end doing all of this on my own (shooting, editing, reporting) will help make me more qualified when it comes to my job search and it will make me stand out. I mean, how many other people do you know who actually like to carry their own gear, spend a great deal of time editing, or coming up with their own questions…..I do! In the end I will get to be creative, I will get to show my passion towards the story, and it will be exactly what I want! It may take a lot of time, but it will be what I want in the long run and that is all that really matters!
