A couple weeks in

January 14, 2008

Wow! I thought this blog would be easy to maintain and it is not right now;) Everything is absolutely thrilling here. I know I keep writing that and maybe that’s why I haven’t really been writing a lot, because it hasn’t changed.
The segment I helped with on Bret Michaels and Rock of Love aired Tuesday and it was so nice to be able to see a project all the way through again. The producer I work with is just amazing in every way and I look up to her very, very, very much.
Today I was in the control room for a bit helping to plan out some segments and things going on over the rest of the week. I also was able to talk to a couple of really great Prodcution Managers. They took the time to sit with me and talk to me about the differences between what they do and what Producers do.
They told me that in its most basic form, producers create the project and production managers see to it that it comes to life…they make sure it happens. They have a more organizational role. There is so much more to it, but I am interested more in producing from these descriptions, but you never know.
One of the prod. Managers I was speaking with talked to me about helping with the concert series that comes through there once I told her what I would want to work on or what I was interested in. To me, I have the rest of my life to write about serious, hard news. Right now, I really enjoy soft news and connecting with viewers in that demographic.
I do love that now, as a journalist, you have to do it all. You plan, write, do lighting, sound, edit, EVERYTHING. While it takes more work , it is nice to have that kind of control over your vision.
Something else I love is that tomorrow is a new day…seriously. You can have a segment on this or that, but tomorrow is going to flip you over and fry you another way.
I love everything about what I do. This is just a breathless experience.
I miss my husband dearly, but he will be visiting in Feb. so that will refill my love tank and put the air in my lungs again. He is the most supportive person and my whole family just rocks.
I’m constantly wondering if Jen is going into labor. Missing my Mom and Dad’s company or wondering how Amanda is doing in school, what gma is up to…what My Aunt Lisa and Uncle Ladd are doing…
With such an amazing family and constant support from the Idaho Youth Ranch and my family there, it is hard to ever look up and feel like no one is thinking about you;)