Caleb 11: Job Shadow

Leading up to the infamous job shadow that had been talked about all of the junior year, I was nervous to find a job to shadow. Finally, with two weeks to find a job to shadow I did the one thing that I could do- ask my mom. Luckily, my mom, who works in the marketing department at St. Lukes, found an opportunity for me from her boss. Her boss is the director of marketing at St. Lukes and also serves as the producer for a 69 News segment called Talk with your Doctor.
I was amazed to see behind the scenes of this local news channel. There, I saw the studio room, the editing process, the scriptwriting process. It was absolutely amazing.
The people there were mainly doctors because of the segment topic, but nonetheless, I learned a lot about the news process. I was genuinely surprised about how small the total operation was. There were only about fifteen people total in the facility that I could see, but the process seemed to move quite smoothly.

It was interesting to learn how popular this segment was for the news show; this particular segment of 69 News actually was beating most other news programs that aired at the same time in our area. That included programs such as the Nightly News and the Evening News, which both are nationally televised programs.
But above all, what I appreciated the most about the experience was the respect and kindness that everyone showed to me during my entire time there, for every single person there was open to answering any question that I may have, and they all went out of their way to make sure that I was seeing the entirety of the television broadcasting process.

Where did you guys all decide to job shadow?