"Welcome South, Brother" : Work, Work, Work, Work, Work, Work

This week was fun and interesting. On Tuesday and Thursday, I had the opportunity to work with Clark Howard's, nationally syndicated radio host, team in the investigative unit. On Tuesday, I logged a few of Howard's television specials that will air soon and one that will air sometime in November. In addition, I accompanied the investigative team on two shoots that will air in a month or so. I have begun to see how investigative specials come together. Investigative reporters and their team will get a story, do tons of research on the topic and make tons of phone calls, shoot the interview, do tons of more research and make tons of more phone calls until there is nothing else to gather and put all of the pieces together to be shown on television. It was not hard to notice that the investigative team works extremely hard to put well done and informative specials together.

On Wednesday and Friday, I had the opportunity to shadow reporter Tyisha Fernandes. On Wednesday, Fernandes covered a story about a well-known Black Lives Matter activist in the Greater Atlanta area who was arrested at the Donald Trump rally. The activist was one of five who were arrested that day, and witnesses said that he was treated unfairly compared to the other people who were arrested. Fernandes got an interview with the activist's attorney to get more information on his client and his arrest history. On Friday, Fernandes covered a story about a grandmother who lost her granddaughter and her granddaughter's mother in a tragic car accident.

One of the highlights of this week was having dinner with Fernandes and her Friday photographer, Arnold. They gave me a lot of advice about the business and about life. It has been amazing have REAL moments with the reporters and photographers. Every moment like this reassures me of what I want to do with my life and the impact that I will make in the broadcast journalism field.