Keeping you informed

Wow, almost October. Where does the time go? Well I will tell you where my time has gone, school. I go to the Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth, the Waterfront campus. I am taking the Radio and Television arts program. I’ll fill you in on what the programs all about.

RTA, as we call it is a two year program. To get into it, I applied after my application was reviewed I was asked to come in for an interview. I applied for the program with no experience so I was very excited when I got to the second step. For the interview part, I got all dressed up and nervously went down to the brand new school. I went into a small room with one other girl and got hammered with questions from 2 out of 3 professors. I left that shaking in my shoes, only to find out I had to sit in front of a camera and read a news cast. Well at this point I’m scared out of my wits, but I got it done and actually felt pretty good about it. So now the waiting game, and finally I get a letter saying I was accepted!

I look back now on my whole journey all through school and I can’t believe I am where I am. All through my childhood I wanted to be a marine biologist, and in my last year of high school I changed my mind. I really had to sit and think about what I wanted to do with my life. Now that I am in RTA, I couldn’t see it any other way. I’m so thankful that the professors in the program saw something in me that I don’t even think I knew I had.

So first year, I had so much fun. The program is made up of three different parts, television production, radio (on air and production) and broadcast journalism. In TV we did interviews on camera and helped out with the second year’s news program. In radio we did 1 hour radio shows every day. The shows didn’t make it to air on the campus’ online station but we got to listen to each others. We also produced commercials and promos for all our shows. First year was a rollercoaster, ups and downs and all arounds. In a class that started with 32 we ended the year with 24. We lost a few on the way but we who got through, were all very close. I met some people in this course who I will be friends with my whole life.

So now, three weeks into second year, I am already running around with my head cut off. But in a good way. After a boring summer I am finally back to what I love to do. I feel that this year will be a real challenge for me, and I am really looking forward to it. In second year we choose our specialization, I chose broadcast journalism. I’m nervous because I’m doing all these new things but I know once we get into it more it’ll become easier. Our weekly news program airs on the local cable channel and I can’t wait to show my friends and family what I love to do.

Well now that you’re all filled in on what I do at school you can understand who I am a little more!
Until next time,
- kp