Vance Harrison/Mark Norman

Media Revenues

Vance Harrison gave strong advice on how to make it in the media profession.  He told us to be enthusiastic in the interviews and interviewers love that.  One thing that stuck with me though is when he said to follow the money.  Newspaper revenues have gone down or 40 billion dollars since 2,000.  This makes me want to go more into television because at least it has stayed pretty much the same over the years.  He made it clear to go where the money goes because like in newspaper, people are more likely to be let go.  I feel as if there is a better chance of sticking in
television.

After Vance came we had Mark Norman Director of Technology for OETA stop by to visit.  He brought up some advantages to working in Public television compared to commercial television.  I like the fact in Public you have more time on a project.  In commercial you have to get stuff out more quickly.  In public you have more time to be creative with your projects which too me is good.  Also the educational programming is better for me.  Instead of just news which can be kind of depressing we can learn stuff.

“TV isn’t just about chasing ambulances or the disasters of the world.”

This quote stuck with me because it is true.  It seems all we see on television today is negative things about the world when, in reality, there are many positive educational things that are not being shown.

I thought that mark was a great guest and he put the thought of working in public television at least into the back of my mind.  I had never considered it before but it is now a possibility.