I’m back at Buckeye TV this quarter…I wasn’t going to come back, I really wasn’t…the way it was run last year was so frustrating, I just couldn’t take it anymore. But I went to the Open House, just because my friend didn’t want to go alone, and I ended up joining again. See, the new student News Director gave this really convincing speech about how he was going to turn BTV around, make it quality, actually teach us some skills. Trust me, it was really persuasive. So I decided to give it a shot and join the news team. After all, I think a student news channel has a lot of potential.
But now it’s crazy! Trying to turn around 6 years of a mess of a station is definitely not easy, and definitely not a one person job. Plus, our Director has had some internships, so he’s treating this like “the real world� of news…that means no help, strict rules, strict deadlines, demanding perfection. This is nearly impossible for us beginners. I find it especially difficult because everyone there wants to be news reporters and is doing this for their resume tapes, but I’m really just doing this for fun. Since I rather go into print media, what I really need is writing samples.
So between classes and the RA job, putting together news packages is impossible. Just today I got an e-mail from the Director of Libraries saying he could do an interview that I had been trying to get all week about the Main Library construction. This meant dropping everything, getting all dressed up, buying tapes, getting a camera and crew, and conducting an interview in an hour’s time. Insanity. Yet, it’s the business. And what a business it is. I believe in the news for sure…but it can be especially disheartening when I know no one’s watching Buckeye 19 News. That’s why I accepted the position as Promotions Director to start getting the word out there. Like I said, it’s not a one person job. It’s a big mess to clean up. Maybe too big.