“Mom, what should I dress up like for career day?” I asked in 5th grade. My mom and I must have gone through at least 50 different jobs that day after school and of course I said no to all of them. What about a hairstylist? Um, No. What about a grade school teacher? How about no. What about a nurse, an interior designer or a lawyer? Definitely not! What about a chef? “Mom, I’m so bad at cooking.” I said. “But, they will teach you!” None of these future jobs sounded up my alley at all. My mom asked finally, after so many choices, “Well, what about a TV Reporter?” You see my mom calls me “411” because I always like to know all the information in town, at school, at home and just about everywhere! I don’t remember the exact conversation, if I even said yes right away or if I was a bit stubborn about it but (you could bet on that). I soon found myself in a nice shirt, sweater and a black skirt standing in the classroom as a TV Reporter. The week before career day came around my dad and I made a microphone out of scrap paper and cardboard. We printed out a logo from the show, Entertainment Tonight and glued it to our DIY microphone and this all felt great to me. In class that day, we had to go around the classroom introducing ourselves and our dream jobs to the other students. I walked around the classroom, microphone in hand, and in that moment I finally knew this was my calling and what I wanted to do with my life! I was so excited!
I was then and still am now prepared to take any steps I need to get to achieve my goal. This job is perfect for me because I love talking to people some might say I will talk to anyone! When I got to college I found my dream major which is Media Communications. I started to meet professors and instructors in the Communication department and little by little my dream was starting to take hold even before my first day of college! On my orientation day, my mom and I got a tour of the UT 10 news studio. It was so cool to look around at the different sets, classrooms and computers that make it all happen. An interesting and neat thing I learned that day was that the Communication students can sign out video cameras to shoot their own projects for their classes. Also the communication students can come into the studio at any time of the day and work with the video editing software on the University’s computers. I am so looking forward to the day I am able to get in the studio and explore but most of all I can’t wait to get in front of the camera and tell everyone all the information I know. I really enjoy the classes at UT that I am required to take and the TV studio on campus is an amazing place to me. My major focuses in Broadcasting, working behind the camera and working online. I will also learn more about social media which I have a huge passion for. My parents think that my phone is just an extension of my actual hand.
People always ask me what my dream job would be after I graduate with a Media Communications degree from The University Of Toledo and I say anything in broadcasting especially in front of the camera! I would be happy with being a TV Reporter or working at a news station behind the camera at least to start. I would also love to run a company’s social media account or even get paid to blog for a company. I am open to any of these career options as long as I get a good paycheck and can live my dream of becoming famous! To start my job off I am very interested in working at 13 ABC Action News in Toledo, Ohio. It would be great to start there and work my way up in the industry. Eventually I would like to work in New York City or Los Angeles, California these are two places I have actually never been. I would like to work in either New York or Los Angeles because I believe there are more job opportunities at TV studios and media companies in the bigger cities. This has been a dream for me ever since I was in that 5th grade classroom. I am just a small town girl with big city dreams!
