March 22 Post

The video I watched on conquering the fear of public speaking listed three short steps to allow you to give a successful oral presentation: prepare, watch your posture and physicality, and and pander to your audience. It is imperative to prepare extensively- know your material and what points you want to get across backwards and forwards so that you are prepared no matter what. Next, your posture and physicality is important to make your audience think that you are in control and that you're calm. Maintaining a natural, not too stiff but not too loose posture along with breathing from your diaphragm will accompplish that. Lastly, pander to your audience... make them like you! Make a few jokes and stay calm and be excited, make the audience want to hear what you say!

Now, how will I incorporate this? Well to begin, I will prepare. I will practice extensively to ensure that I know exactly what points about photojournalism I want to get across to my audience- and in what order. I will hook them with a personal anecdote and go through my presentation in the desired order. I will maintain a calm demeanor, a natural posture and calm breathing. Lastly, I will make sure that I am having a good time, genuinely trying to show my audience something I really care about and am passionate about. I will maybe throw out a joke or two or in the very least remain lighthearted and just have a good time with it.

March 8 Blog Post

Career Path:  If you wanted to follow in the career path of someone at your internship site, what would you need to do to make this happen?  (Tip – If possible, ask that person at your mentorship for advice and use this in your response.)

Tasks:  What types of tasks are you discovering that you enjoy or excel at completing?  Which ones are less attractive or fulfilling?

1. If I wanted to follow the career path of someone at my internship, there would be several steps to get there. I spoke to a few of my mentors and newsroom workers about this, and a lot of them said I was on the right path. They said a degree from UGA in journalism/media communications would be the PERFECT first step. The fact that I've been an intern and already have experience in the field is even better! After graduation from UGA, I could join the ranks of the many applicants to AccessWDUN and wait for my turn! 

2. I really love tasks of covering events for pictures and seeing my photography on a news website. I love working with the webmaster and seeing that we had 52.1 million page views last year alone. I love writing HTS, RVS, RWS, and HRS. I don't like tasks of calling Ed Jones to get the daily stocks, but hey, it does teach me valuable personal and calling skills. I don't like any time I'm asked to voice something (so far only once), and I don't particularly love the rare occasion I am asked to do intern stuff like filing but hey! That's the job of the intern sometimes-you gotta start somewhere!