So we went on air this afternoon with me gasping for air whilst reading the news and the producer and the engineer having a complete breakdown of communication. The problem started with the producer not having all his material in the right order and then continued without communicating all the necessary information to the engineer who essentially puts the recorded material on air. Long story short, we the presenters were trailing one thing and the engineer was playing something else. Fortunately we were able to salvage the playback.
Which leads me to announce I have started to present the shows regularly and having a good time with it. Mind you I do get annoyed when people bring their introductions and news items too late for me to have time to read it or rewrite so I have to correct it whilst on air. What's more frustrating is that it can be prepared in advance but folks just love leaving things till last minute and rushing it at the very end. It feels like the place is filled with sheeple! (That was my rant for the week).
Staying on the presenting of shows, I have met with the lady of fairfax public access TV and Radio station where I get to have my own hour long radio show on Monday. She was ever so lovely and got me even more excited. I am very much looking forward to it, October cannot come soon enough!
This week has been another hectic one but glad the weekend is here. I'm toying with some ideas for projects to dig into. One of them is to set up workshops to inform and demonstrate to young journalist wannabes what the ethics of journalism are and examples of how to build a successful career in journalism. I have particular interest in grooming young African students/ upcoming journalists since there is not enough of them. Anyway I'll keep on brainstorming, for now I'm off to put my feet up and fall into a deep sleepathon.
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