Tag: Public Television

Today was my last day at UNC-TV. We started off the day in the late morning (which was awesome) around 11 o’clock. I spent the majority of the morning working on a short clip about an art gallery in Jacksonville, NC called heART gallery. It was a story of two young men who wanted to open a place where creativity and acceptance was the norm. They opened the gallery and it was a huge success, so UNC-TV wanted to do a story on them. To create my mini masterpiece, I was able to choose my own music and pick parts of interviews to add to the clip. I used Adobe Premier to put together my 30 second film. After finishing up in the editing suite, I walked across the building with Ms. Holt to a conference room to sit in on a meeting. In the room, we watched an unfinished documentary that was brought to UNC-TV in hopes of finishing it. The film was about Shaw University. And honestly, it was quite boring and far from being finished. But it was interesting to see a documentary in its adolescent stages. The meeting was to give feedback and discuss some aspects of the film that could be improved. It was helpful to sit in on a conference in the professional world and witness firsthand how things go. Overall, I had a great time with Ms. Holt and the entire UNC-TV staff that made me feel so welcome. I learned a lot too!

I was back with Ms. Holt at UNC-TV again for the second day. I spent the majority of my morning with the kids program team or what they call themselves “Rootlers” because the kids program is called “Rootle.” I learned all about the different programs they are working on and how they are trying to get involved in the North Carolina community. Ms. Erica Starke-Knight showed me a project she had been working on called GirlPower. It is a collection of short video clips of different young girls all over North Carolina who display what makes them special and strong. The videos are online and they also air sporadically on “Rootle” in between the shows. I got to spend time in the kids section of the studio and walk down memory lane by looking at all the old shows that PBS used to air. Everything from “Teletubbies” to “Dragon Tales” to “Sesame Street.” The producers even recorded me singing the theme songs to each of these shows to put on their social media platforms. I had a great time in the kids lounge with the team. Later, I came back to Ms. Holt and helped put together spreadsheets of an upcoming conference she is hosting for her show “Black Issues Forum.” I was also able to edit my own short clip about an art gallery in eastern North Carolina. Then the day was over, but I will come back for my last day tomorrow!