This was my first published video. It took a lot of effort to get here. At the beginning of journalism, I overloaded on work, and started to fall behind on video. Not only that, but my first (unpublished) video had many technical difficulties surrounding it. After my schedule cleared up, however, I reattempted video, and I'm so glad I did! Learning to work the camera was great, and I was really excited to try a new medium of journalism. The experience taught me to be resilient and to persevere through hardships.

This video was difficult because of the lighting issues. The event took place during nighttime, so I had to adjust my camera to dark lighting, which often led to blurry or hard to decipher video. However, I got to experience interviewing strangers on the street without warning, like a professional broadcaster. I also had a lot of fun giving the video Christmas ambience by incorporating music and different types and angles of video. This also solidified my position on Scot Center because they needed more local newscasters.

This video had many technical difficulties because I used a faulty battery unknowingly. I had to pull interviews and b-roll footage last minute. This resulted in me questioning my producing skills once again. However, through my struggle, I got to experiment with new angles and a new environment with lots of background noise. I managed to pull the video together, proving to myself that video was a good path for me. It was a good mixture of novel, challenging, and fun. Plus, the edited end product was always exciting to see.