My name is Colt Kirkpatrick and I am an intern at ktvq. I actually go to high school in Lavina. I wouldn't be surprised if you didn't know where that was. It's a little town about 45 miles away from Billings. Most high school classes in Billings have more students in them then the town of Lavina has residents. Through a program my school offers I have the opportunity to intern here (unpaid) for 16 weeks every Monday. So I thought I would take the time to tell you what goes on behind the show and my internship.
I get to the station at 8:30 a.m. by then the morning show has already aired. When I arrive the Jennifer Rohrer and Rob Monaco are usually just getting back from their morning fix of coffee or pop at the Holiday. Jennifer checks her e-mail and depending on what Monday it is she either looks for a Jeniffer on the Job or edits one. Around 9:00 a.m. Nikki Laurenzo and Courtney Hanson usually come in and their search for stories begin. By this time Jon Stepanek has already written on the board when there are scheduled shoots and who will be doing them. Lately I have been trying to come up with my own idea on what to do a story on, sounds easy enough, but it isn't. You have to take into consideration if the public will find it interesting, if there is enough video to capture to keep it interesting, or who you can interview to...keep it interesting. I have an idea (with the help from Jennifer Rohrer and Jay Kohn) but I still have to get it approve by Jon. If it gets approved then I will have to start putting it together and schedule interviews and gather information, the photographers ( Rob, Paul, or Jesse) will worry about the footage to correlate to the topic being discussed. I get out of here around 2:30 to 3:00 pm.
What I've enjoyed most so far is watching how the photographers get the shots they need, and how the reporters put it together to tell a story. Anyone who knows a little about editing know that at time it can be a little tedious at times, but they do it everyday with no difficulty( for the most part). There are days when the news is slow, but the way I look at it is a bad day here beats a good day at school.
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Hey...MY name is Colt Kirkpatrick too!!! Don't you love being named Colt Kirkpatrick? It's kind of hard to say, I like to say it real fast! What is your middle name??
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