For the past two weeks I have been in
training to become a news anchor for Sunday mornings and as a fill in for
others who are out for various reasons. Now when I say two weeks, immediately
people think, 80 hours of training, why
wouldn’t they, as that is typically the norm when a person steps into a new
job. I call it the probationary period. It gives the boss and the trainer’s
time to reconsider if you’re the right person for the job.
Well for me, things were different. I didn't
have to undergo hours of tedious training while a trainer would update me on all
the negatives of the company. There was no gossip, no stress, no pressure, and
they also had no doubt that I would be able to do this job. I have done a total of 14 hours and today I
was put behind the wheels for my first live news broadcast. I have provided the audio below. To know
they felt that confident that I could do the job and to be put on the air so
quickly and then I was out in the field to do an on scene report to call into
the station to add to the news, I have two words to describe it - LOVED IT! But what was hard for me to accept...that it was my voice on the radio. Do I really sound like that? I was stunned while at the same time
I can’t even to being to describe how great this feeling was that I was live, on the air, reporting the news. I have
no broadcasting experience, but when I love what I am doing, people know it and
I will give it my full gusto.
Now if I
could only find that magic feeling when I’m cleaning the cat box or cleaning
the cereal bowl of milk that didn’t make it to the kitchen sick for about a week.
I think I need to be fitted for a
respirator, don’t you? So to sum up today and thoughts of the future in this field of work -
I love what I have learned and have done so far. The people there are so
personable. and I already feel like I am part of a team. But with all this, I couldn't have done any of it without that special person to guide my days from being fearful of the microphone to embrasing it. Thank you so much Barbara! You’re awesome and I couldn't have learned all this so fast if not for you! Also I must send a shout out to a dear friend - JD, who briefly exposed me to this industry 20 years ago, on a tiny island in Bering Sea during my days as a Seabee.
To my friend who sent me a nasty gram that I
haven’t been providing her my semi-daily blog lately - relax sweetie, it’s going to be
ok. Smile. To all my newest and dedicated readers, don't
worry, now that my training days are behind me, I will be back to blogging and
will conquer my clutter cleaning quest once and for all with more photo updates.
As much as I would love to write more, I hear the dishwasher calling and the
rugs are screaming for a vacuuming. So until next time – ya’ll have a GRRREAT
day and I'll blog ya later.
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| From the WNAV newsroom....I'm Stacey Bolin |
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