tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2815019375767622352023-11-15T07:44:24.072-08:00Tim's Internship BlogTimothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-89213948533953944532008-08-30T12:03:00.000-07:002008-08-30T12:12:06.379-07:00Bookended by HurricanesThree years ago, when I first set foot into a classroom at Mississippi State University, Hurricane Katrina was taking aim on the Mississippi gulf coast.<br /><br />This weekend, Hurricane Gustav again threatens the gulf coast, though likely further west than the track Katrina took...but with the possibility of another major hurricane, in Hanna (currently located southeast of the Bahamas), affecting the gulf coast soon.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-35272915858696693162008-08-09T11:48:00.000-07:002008-08-09T12:02:09.486-07:00Back In Town, Making My Own WayBack in Starkville as of last Monday and back to work at the restaurant.<br /><br />I'm very much keeping an eye out for any opportunities that may present themselves between now and graduation, especially local (or semi-local) opportunities. But I've also decided to try to <em>make</em> opportunities for myself.<br /><br />Surfing around the web the other day, I noticed a semi-local affiliate, about 2 hours away, does not have a weekend meteorologist and may be using one of their reporters to for that and fill-in work during the week. I'm going to speak with my professor (hopefully this week) and put together a resume tape to send over to the station, just to see if I get any nibbles.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-71647099752233132812008-07-27T16:44:00.000-07:002008-07-27T16:49:15.936-07:00Final WeekGoing into my final week, here in Nashville.<br /><br />I'll probably have more to write, later on, after some reflection. But at first blush, this has been the best summer I have had in many many years - I could not have asked for a better internship experience. The folks I have worked with this summer are truly some of the most professional and down-to-earth, folks I have ever encountered.<br /><br />Like I say, more later after some reflection.<br /><br />Other news: got a new laptop, to replace my old desktop. Yay me! So, I was able to get some new videos posted under my youtube profile. They are about two weeks old, but I don't think I'll be able to get anything more recent before the week is out. Maybe later on in the fall, but we'll see about that.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-2236903062664851012008-07-22T09:29:00.001-07:002008-07-22T09:40:39.609-07:00My Most Embarrassing MomentIt was bound to happen, and today it did.<br /><br />I overslept.<br /><br />I remember my phone, which I use as a back-up alarm, going off about 10pm and me turning the ringer down in case it went off again. My primary alarm, which has an actual bell instead of a electronic chirp, has never failed to wake me up. Apparently it did its job this time, but I flicked the switch, turning it off (instead of hitting the snooze). I don't even recall hearing it ring.<br /><br />I woke up and looked at the clock and thought "Crap, it's twenty after one and I need to get in the shower." Then in horror grabbed the clock again and realized "Oh, s***, it's five after four!"<br /><br />I had not overslept by a meer 90-minutes, no, I had overslept by four hours!<br /><br />So embarrassing.<br /><br />I called the station and talked to Jeff, but despite his reassurance It will be hard getting over my embarrassment.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-27682037916117530692008-07-18T20:45:00.000-07:002008-07-18T21:23:58.731-07:00My Computer Died, but the Week Finished on a High NoteThursday morning, 8:00am, my computer was working just fine. By 9:30am, it had breathed its last breath...or, maybe, processed its last gigabyte, is a more apt description.<br /><br />To be honest, I don't quite know what happened. My friend suggested it may be a corrupted windows <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">XP </span>file. Geek Squad seemed to think my motherboard was fried. I'm leaning more toward the fried motherboard...the computer (not my fault!) was quite dusty on the inside. The last person who owned it was a *heavy* smoker and a dusty housekeeper. So, who knows. I'm going to have another friend take a look at it tomorrow <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">afternoon</span>, we'll see.<br /><br />Aside from that, my week finished on a high note. I went to Murray, Ken. yesterday to pick up a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">syllabus</span> for a newswriting class I took 12-years ago at Murray State that Mississippi State does not apply toward my degree. I'd really rather not take it again - mostly because I've heard that both instructors for the course are not very good. But seriously, how many different ways are there to teach newswriting? Has the craft changed suddenly in the last 12 years (well, aside from some television newswriters dropping verbs)?<br /><br />While there, I had lunch with a good friend. He had been my boss, and the news director, at the public radio station the university owns, while I was a student. He had been an immense help during a rough patch in my life and I've always respected him for being there as a friend. He now teaches ESL at Murray State and it was nice to reconnect with him for the afternoon.<br /><br />This morning, in addition to my usual recordings, one of the news interns wanted to record a couple newscasts segments and they asked me to help out. It was set up like one of the morning newscasts - she did her intro, tossed to me for a quick weather tease, then back to her for the stories. Later I got to record another full weather segment.<br /><br />It was something I was hoping I would be able to do this summer and will be helpful in showing personality and interaction between myself and an anchor. We are going to do another couple of these recordings on Monday and Tuesday.<br /><br />I do have some copies of my most recent weathershows, but don't know when I'll be able to post them. I'm using my dad's computer and don't have a program to convert them for uploading to youtube. If/when I do I'll let yall know here.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-11185022688367873612008-07-11T11:43:00.000-07:002008-07-11T11:55:41.972-07:00Siberia: A Journey into the Heart of the Frozen TundraOkay, well, maybe I'm exaggerating. But that's what the hallway feels like: Siberia. It's freaking cold out there, much colder than the studio (which makes sense considering all the lights and equipment). I miss being in the studio terribly, but someone needs to be out running the computer...just glad I was here to help. We've had a few minor miscues but they haven't been bad overall.<br /><br />The engineers just moved the main weather graphics computers out to the hall and left the radar computer in, apparently the station is not getting the radar suite, that comes as part of the new system, quite yet. I've been watching some tutorials online this week and seeing what kinds of things can be done with the new system. The department at Mississippi State has this same system, but I've only just played with it briefly and don't really know my way around it very well...but over the next three weeks (the station is scheduled to go live with the new system on July 24) I should be able to learn quite a bit about it from working with XXX.<br /><br />XXX is also going to have me work on some projects on the radar system. That system can also be used to create weather graphics, but the company is mostly known for its superior radar program and not the graphics. Nonetheless, XXX said any experience I have on it will be helpful in the future. By the end of my internship, I'll have experience (albeit it minor) on three weather computer systems. Talk about a head start!Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-38998544597570185842008-07-02T11:32:00.001-07:002008-07-02T11:53:31.981-07:00Out To The HallwayThe station is in the beginning stages of transitioning from one weather graphics system to another, and is expected to go live with the new box on July 24th. <br /><br />Tomorrow the installation begins...but that means the <span style="font-style: italic;">Storm Center</span> will be temporarily displaced to the adjacent studio and/or hallway/loading dock area (actually I'm not quite sure of the exact set-up...I just know we will not be working out of the newsroom until the new system goes live and also we'll be short some of the additional components we usually have).<br /><br />Which means no more fun for me - I love being in the newsroom during the newscast! As I've said before, I literally sit less than 10-feet away from the anchor desk and most times less than a foot from XXX's stand-up mark. So while XXX will be in the studio during the morning newscast, it's going to be a stretch for us to pass information back and forth.<br /><br />He may end up just doing nothing but the weather (chroma key) wall for his hits, since (A) the Doppler computer will also be displaced (it is a separate system from the weather graphics computer) and (B) he can be closer to the temporary weather office. Who knows, though, but I bet tomorrow's show is a bit rougher around the edges than normal.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-47412748456071419672008-06-29T15:54:00.000-07:002008-06-29T16:09:22.721-07:00Received a Great ComplimentFriday, after I had taped my 2-minute weather matrix, I was talking with XXX about what I could and should do to polish my on-air performance. The usual things, slow down and learn the gift of gab to get through any of the "boring" weather days, were brought up. He also pointed me, again, to a former co-worker of his (from when he was Chief Met. in Kansas City) who is now the Chief Met. at the CBS station in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.<br /><br />XXX had told me the other day "we all start as mimics" meaning we find someone whose style is similar to our own and mimic it until our own style comes out naturally. This guy in RGV, he said, is someone I should study and mimic because our presentation styles are very similar and very natural.<br /><br />XXX then gave me what is probably the greatest compliment of my life: "T<span style="font-style: italic;">here are some folks I have worried about having trouble finding their first job. But you are not one of them</span>." I was floored. This man, who is probably the most underappreciated meteorologist currently working, had just told me that I have a bright future ahead. I couldn't have been happier when I left Friday morning.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-14905581643805000162008-06-24T11:03:00.000-07:002008-06-24T11:06:32.368-07:00Video's PostedAfter much crying and gnashing of teeth trying to figure out how to get the videos into a format that would work with Windows Moviemaker, I have posted two of my (better) weather shows on Youtube.<br /><br />I'm posting into Facebook, rather than here, though.<br /><br />If you are not on facebook and would like to see my shows, email me and I'll give you the links.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-36002139741375654652008-06-23T06:26:00.000-07:002008-06-23T06:32:38.207-07:00BlehAnother quiet morning at the station. I did a couple more recordings this morning, but they were kinda blah. I don't know why I am so uneven day-to-day, but I am and it really bothers me. Even when I look at the graphics and put my "story" together beforehand, I get on-camera and just sorta lose it. I <span style="font-style: italic;">absolutely</span> have to improve on that since the nature of the business is "live" television. I have to be consistent day-to-day or I won't make it.<br /><br />I did receive a nice gift this morning, though, a copy of the shows I did last week. I'll see if I can get one edited and put up on Youtube sometime today.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-46019760498527698502008-06-17T12:37:00.000-07:002008-06-17T12:49:55.966-07:00Recorded TodayDid my first recording today with the graphics. Result: not so great - at least in my mind. The director in the booth and the floor director both said I did fine, as did the morning reporter.<br /><br />I should have taken a little longer to look through the graphics before I went, in order to build my story. Event though I physically built all but two of the slides (the graphical forecast "models" are built automatically) this morning, I had been working on some research during the show and didn't really pay much attention other than to update the graphics as needed. Need to work on that for tomorrow.<br /><br />It's also been almost two months since I was on-camera, so I guess I was also a bit nervous. I ran about 15-seconds short at the end (I did a timed, two-minute weather "matrix") because I misread the floor cues. It's very easy to get tunnel vision in front of the camera and not see anything but the feedback prompter on the camera and the monitors on each side.<br /><br />Ah well, practice is practice and I'm told I will get to record every morning after the 7:25 cut-in. I'm very excited. I know i"ll get better every day.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-7125268712422645072008-06-16T11:27:00.000-07:002008-06-16T11:45:27.494-07:00Back to WorkMonday morning and back to work since XXX has returned from vacation.<br /><br />We didn't do a whole lot this morning other than prep for the show and I entered the research data that I kept up with into his spreadsheet. Quiet morning, overall. Tomorrow I think I may start doing some recording on the wall...XXX hinted as much, anyway.<br /><br />I'm proud to report that I've gotten into a exercise routine (or at least started one). This is a big deal for me, because exercise has been one of the hardest things for me to do. For many years, when I tried exercising off-and-on, I haven't felt any benefit from doing the exercise. I didn't feel energized, I didn't feel better about myself. Slowly, I think, that is starting to change.<br /><br />Last week I walked on the treadmill 20-30 mins 4 of the 7 days. I actually felt better for having done so. I also lifted weights a bit (my dad's apartment complex has a fitness center); I over-worked my left bicep on Friday, though, and it was sore all weekend. Sad thing is, I wasn't really lifting that heavy of a weight...I just have no upper-body strength. I'm working on it though. As for the treadmill...I am going to try to add 10-minutes per week to that baseline 20 minutes and try to go at least 4 days per week for the rest of the summer.<br /><br />Part of the reason I started making myself go to the fitness center is that, since I am essentially doing a desk job for the summer, I'm not moving as much as I would be were I waiting tables like I do in Starkville. I gained a bit of weight in the first couple weeks I was up here...boredom leads me to snacking. So I decided I better start exercising instead of just sitting around and being bored and eating.<br /><br />Wish me luck!Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-42290836297055225142008-06-11T04:21:00.000-07:002008-06-11T04:30:03.287-07:00On The BeachNot literally, unfortunately.<br /><br />A bit of mis-communication and the daytime intern volunteered (or was asked) to come in to help the weekend evening meteorologist (filling in for XXX) the rest of the week. Since I'm doing the mornings for the rest of the summer, I volunteered to take the remainder of the week off. There's really no need for three of us to be tripping over each other in the morning to get things ready. I will try to wrangle a Saturday or Sunday to come in and work with the weekend evening meteorologist sometime later in the summer.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-6328020326773316372008-06-09T09:57:00.000-07:002008-06-09T10:14:19.187-07:00Going to be a Quiet WeekXXX is on vacation this week, so likely to be fairly quiet. The weekend morning meteorologist/reporter is filling today and tomorrow. He's a nice guy, just a different personality. Doesn't rub me the wrong way or anything, but XXX and I have meshed so well in the last two weeks that the differences in personality are noticeable.<br /><br />A difference I noted even from the morning anchors, who have a really good rapport with XXX but not so much with the weekend. Likely because they do not work with him much to really develop an easy-going on-air relationship.<br /><br />Wednesday to Friday I'll be working with the weekend evening guy. I haven't had a chance to meet him yet (I haven't met the Chief, yet, either), but XXX speaks well of him. It will be nice to be exposed to, at least, three of the four meteorologists at the station and see each one's style and forecasting techniques. Maybe I can wrangle towards the end of the summer to work a shift with the Chief...we'll see.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-43548685099829495802008-06-05T06:57:00.001-07:002008-06-05T07:06:15.254-07:00Early Morning Live ShotCMA MusicFest/Fan Fair started yesterday here in Nashville so for the morning show, I treked downtown with XXX to do the weather live from Broadway and First Avenue right in the middle of all the goings on. We went live from 5:00 - 7:00 (the weekend guy pulled the 4:00am hour) as the sun was coming up over the Cumberland River. Beautiful morning to be out and about.<br /><br />It was a good show, too. Along with XXX, the station's entertainment reporter was there doing drop-ins on the Fan Fair. Though I didn't really do much, it was a lot of fun to be on scene with the crew for the morning.<br /><br />I could kill myself for not having taken my camera along with me this morning, but I thought I would be hanging around in the studio instead of going downtown. On top of that, I left my cellphone (which also has a camera) behind at the house. Ahh well.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-77039369582938842852008-05-30T10:30:00.001-07:002008-05-30T10:39:45.362-07:00Finishing up the WeekWell, week 1 is complete and I must say I am incredibly pleased so far. The meteorologist I'm working with does such an amazing job and I am very lucky to be able to work with him this summer. I know I will learn so much in the next 7 weeks that I will have an entirely different perspective going into my last year.<br /><br />Yeah, the hours are not the greatest but if I could come out of my last year, with this experience, and land a full-time forecasting job it will have been worth it. If my forecasting skills improve it will have been worth it.<br /><br />I really cannot get over how much fun it is in the mornings. Going into this, one never really knows what to expect from the talent and reporters that one will encounter in a place where egos and ambitions (usually) run neck and neck. But everyone at the station where I'm working has been so nice and welcoming and that has been, so far, a great source of strength and energy in the early morning hours. The networking contacts will prove invaluable in the future.<br /><br />On to next week!Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-87808099099106614842008-05-28T11:07:00.000-07:002008-05-28T11:19:09.168-07:00Days 2 & 3Getting up and about at midnight, which means going to bed around 6pm, is a bit easier than I thought it might be. I think in a couple weeks I will be more used to it...but right now, by 8:00 or 8:30 am I'm hitting the wall and struggling to make it until 9:30.<br /><br />At 2:00am, I would imagine the newsroom to be quiet - basically shut down - but the overnight producers have the police scanners turned up listening for stories to drop into the newscasts. It's actually pretty easy to ignore once the forecasting begins, though. As is the sound of the anchors at the desk, about 5 feet away, during the newscasts.<br /><br />Today built most of the graphics myself, aside from the computer modeling - which XXX set up. We update the local temperatures as the Weather Service puts them up, which is usually about every 30-minutes. From there, it is just selecting which ones to put into his segments and making sure they are in "play" mode.<br /><br />I've got to buckle down and learn a bit more on MS Excel so that he and I can start creating charts based on his research into the forecasting technique he has been studying. As might be expected, it's going to be a struggle. Tech manuals are not exactly light reading. Oh well, I've got most of the summer to do it, I think.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-40871414410083084242008-05-26T07:49:00.001-07:002008-05-26T08:18:31.538-07:00Day 1Couldn't sleep last night because of jitters (well, *I* wouldn't call about 2 hours "sleep"), so just stayed up until I had to be at the station. Extremely nervous pulling into the lot - in fact, I drove past the studios and had to make a u-ey and backtrack about a block.<br /><br />Took a couple of deep breaths, walked to the lobby phone and called the desk "Hi, this is Tim Lankford...I'm XXX's summer intern." And what do ya know, I beat the boss in to boot!<br /><br />Didn't do to much other than observe today...but here's a weird nugget: Time actually speeds up at a television station. It's true. We got started, I would say, no later than 2:10am on getting the information together for XXX's forecast and literally 10 minutes go past and we're having to rush to put graphics together because it's suddenly 3:05am.<br /><br />And, seemingly, 10 minutes after that, the floor guy is giving the countdown for the show to start and we're off and running. Three hours of local news goes by in an instant and it's time for the network morning show.<br /><br />But it was probably the most interesting three hours I've ever witnessed. Of course, it was a relatively slow news day, being a holiday, but an incredible amount of fun. The male morning co-anchor (a very nice guy who introduced himself to right away) was flying solo today, so it was just me, XXX, the anchor, the producer, floor director and overnight assignment editor (I think that is her job, but which apparently also includes running the teleprompter, apparently). When XXX or the anchor weren't on the air, they were chatting back and forth and cracking jokes. Those jitters I mentioned earlier quickly evaporated and I don't think you could have paid me to wipe the silly grin off my face.<br /><br />And we actually had *weather* to talk about this morning. For a minute or two, I thought I might be pressed into service, to run the radar behind-the-scenes, as a thunderstorm cell looked like it might go severe at a point or two. Never happened, though, but I felt like I learned a lot watching XXX interpret the data to me.<br /><br />Later as the dayside reporters started to arrive, the newsroom (which doubles as the background to their anchor desk) became very lively and I met two or three of the reporters and the News Director and sat in briefly on the morning editorial meeting.<br /><br />Back tomorrow for day 2, but it looks like I will be working Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and coming in for an hour or two on Saturday and Sunday to help the weekend morning guy out (the station canceled the weekend morning news a few months ago, but he still does the Network weekend show cut-ins and then reports for the evening shows) and make sure that XXX's trend data is complete (which also goes towards the paper he is researching and wants to complete this summer) for Monday morning.<br /><br />It really is more than I ever expected and I think it will aid me in so many ways down the road that I know I made the right choice by taking the internship.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-66169639590938299502008-05-20T21:53:00.000-07:002008-05-20T22:05:02.968-07:00New Sleep PatternsA final few days before the internship begins, 2:00am Monday morning (Memorial Day). I decided to use this week to change my sleep patterns in anticipation.<br /><br />It's not an easy thing.<br /><br />I'm a night owl by nature, but staying up all night and trying to sleep during the day is not easy. My bedroom has a very nice set of thick "black-out" curtains but my natural rhythm is to not sleep past about 10:30 or 11:00am.<br /><br />Last night, I stayed up until about 4:15 am, then went to bed. Unfortunately, like clockwork I was awake at just before 10:00am. I did get up, but only for a couple hours before going back to lay down for about 90mins during the afternoon. I felt sorta...sick...all day, at times like my body was running on nervous energy and I kinda staggered around the house and at times, I think, somewhat incoherant when talking to my dad. It was as if my body knew things were out of whack (I should be awake and doing something!) and didn't know how to respond (I will use all available energy resources to ensure that the work is done!). Even when I did lay down, I could feel the blood and adrenaline coursing through my body. It was not a pleasant feeling. I lay down this evening about 8:30 and had the same feeling coursing through my body.<br /><br />I'm writing this at about midnight and my plan is stay up until about 7:00 am, take a sleeping pill (over the counter variety) and try to sleep as much on Wednesday as I can. Hopefully by Sunday, my body will recognize the new pattern and things will be ok. I know on Monday I will be running on adrenaline anyway, because I'll actually be there at the station starting the internship and the pattern of sleeping during daytime and being awake all night will quickly become apparent to my body's internal clock.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-15744780194275016342008-05-05T21:02:00.001-07:002008-05-05T21:10:10.530-07:00Pre-internship jittersI have to admit I have a bit of apprehension about this internship. It has nothing really do around the work I'll be doing or the person I'm working with...<br /><br />...and everything to do with my *very* loud voice. I am a loud person, even when I don't intend to be. Over the years, I've come to accept that fact.<br /><br />And the set-up where I'll be working will have me literally within two or three feet of a live newscast. The station has a newsroom studio, meaning the anchor desk sits in front of their working newsroom. The Weather Center is off to one side, but it is still visible on certain camera shots <span style="font-style:italic;">and</span> they use it as a stand-up area for short weather drop-ins.<br /><br />I knew this going in, but the idea still has me a bit intimidated. I'm sure after the first week things will be okay, but I'm also pretty sure the first couple of days will be pretty rough as I acclimate to the set-up and learn how loud I can or cannot be while still contributing and working.Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-281501937576762235.post-9642592421593534542008-04-13T08:30:00.000-07:002008-04-13T08:40:32.590-07:00Countdown to the internshipFor those of you who don't know, I am interning at a network affiliate in Nashville* for the summer, working with the morning meteorologist to produce the weather segments on the early morning newscast.<br /><br />I'm chomping at the bit to get started...as it really is a dream come true, working and seeing what goes on when the camera is on but more importantly when the camera is off.<br /><br />It'll be an early start, I have to be there at 2:00am but I know I will gain invaluable experience this summer.<br /><br />(* - I probably need to run the idea past the powers-that-be at the station before revealing where I'm working...stay tuned!)Timothy Lankfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415189897812036802noreply@blogger.com1