I parked my car on Broadway, put $2.00 worth of quarters in the meter and headed to 855 Battery Street in Downtown. I opened the door and walked up to the security desk and said, "I'm here to see Craig Franklin of CBS News." The security person at the desk said, "Your name is?" I replied with my name. She dialed Mr. Franklin's extension and said "Mr. Franklin, Leigh Walker is here to see you."
I took a seat in the lobby, waiting anxiously for Mr. Franklin to come down the elevator. After a 10 minute wait, Craig Franklin, senior television producer and cameraman of CBSsf News officially introduced himself to me and we proceeded up to the newsroom floor and began the tour of the news station.
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Prior to this meeting, Professor Jim Toland (here at SFSU) nominated me for a mentorship with a producer at CBS News. I e-mailed Craig Franklin and discussed a time when we could meet. We picked today at noon. Due to not wanting to be late, I left my house at 10:30 this morning and got to the news station 5 minutes after 11. I was early... What else is new?
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The tour consisted of learning how meteorologists deal make sure the weather is accurate and how the process of showing it on the green-screen works. I was introduced to the website team, including the main blogger for the site. Mr. Franklin then introduced me to the production team and how the production of a newscast actually works. There is so much detail that goes into a 30 minute newscast. Everything is scripted and planned down to a tee.
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At a little before noon, Mr. Franklin walked me up a flight of stairs and into the newsroom. It was bigger than I thought! It looks so much smaller on TV. I was even able to sit in the anchor's chair! The teleprompters and cameras move automatically and there are two teams of productions. In the backroom, there are a team of four people running the newscast and communicating with the two production assistants running the teleprompters out in the newsroom.
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Overall, it was an interesting experience and I can't wait to go back and continue this mentorship through the summer and fall.
Where am I?
The view from here
Doorway
Where is it? Is it in your neighborhood?
Gino
Corner of Haight and Octavia
Congrats on the mentorship. I hope you do get an internship there.
ReplyDeleteI love that we're all getting our feet in the door!
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