Well, another week is in the books. It’s hard to believe that I am already five weeks done with my internship. This week I want to talk about perspective. Both for what my bosses do on a daily basis and how my college education prepared me for the real world.
First, I want to talk about what my bosses do. My main advisor, Helen, has one of busiest jobs in the company. She is basically the main person that is in charge in making sure all of the advertising, promos, and underwriting credits is put into every show every day of the week. She also has to organize how often or how many times they air and where they air. I don’t envy her job because she look at spreadsheets on a program called Marketron every day and use a lot calculating to make sure every thing fits. I now not appreciate what she personally does but it also makes me appreciate more all of the other behind-the-scenes production that goes into all forms of broadcasting.
Now, I want to talk about how my college education has prepared me for this internship. A lot of what I do with making promos has to do if they match a certain level requirement. My training with TV reporting and radio production has helped me with controlling levels. Also, when Bob and the main person in charge of the internship program, Kevin Gavin, talked about shares and ratings, I was able to understand what they were talking about because of my education in Intro to Broadcasting. Overall, this is another example of what Point Park means when they say they offer a real-world education.