Projectme

This almost got me fired.  I was hired as a TV News Reporter for NBC before I even officially had my college diploma.  My tenacity, determination, and a false sense of confidence allowed me to beat out thousands of others for the job.  I thought my education and four TV internships prepared me for this job…but doing it in real life for real pay was a completely different level of pressure.  The deadlines were insane! I had to find interview subjects, do the on-camera interview, verify sources, write the script, edit the piece, and record promos for the story in a matter of a couple of hours…there was no time for perfection.  While I was barely putting together one story by the hard deadline, the other more experienced reporters had THREE stories done! After 6 weeks My News Director (Boss) pulled me aside and said,” Carter, you’ve gotta start pulling your weight around here…you need to work faster.” I was shell-shocked. The only way I could do that was by not caring if it was perfect, and just trusting my init