Every day in Hawaii, the news goes on in the morning from roughly 4-8am, and also at 5 pm, 6 pm, and 10 pm. On days that I am not working with Oceanic sports, I am at 801 South King St, home of KITV 4 news (channel 6 on basic cable and 1006 on HDTV) and just like my career with Oceanic sports I love everyday that I am working at the news station. KITV is run by the Hearst Corporation which is in charge of 29 television stations across the U.S.
I have been working at KITV for 4 years now in the production dept. In those 4 years I have tried my best to learn as much as I can from the experts. I am a "Jack of all trades" guy at the station. I do everything from teleprompter all the way to directing a newscast. The great thing about being involved with a newscast is the fact that everyday is not the same. There is a new story everyday and things are changing constantly. Another time when things are changing by the second is when there is a natural disaster or breaking news that the public MUST know about.
The big scare for everyone in the news television business today is the fact that most people, who are ironically my age, are not getting their news from television. Most people nowadays get their news from websites and apps on their mobile devices. KITV and every other news organization out there has to try and figure out how to combat this sweeping phenomena. It is very interesting to see how this will all pan out.
I agree with you on the fact that TV News Stations need to find other ways to get news out to the younger generation. I think it's awesome that you work with KITV and OC16 because you're pretty much in the business I want to get into.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading more about your work.
-Leimaile Barrett