SWINE FLU!!!

Not to scare anyone, because I feel like a lot of the national media is hyping the swine flu thing up way too much BUT: KOMU 8 reported today the first case of swine in MO.

Its not in mid-Missouri, but instead near Kansas City.

Nixon is working to get vaccines to Platte county, where the virus was detected.

Officials aren't saying much about the case itself. Hopefully we will hear more soon.

I was watching nightly news tonight and the reporter said the masks don't do much help, which totally makes sense. The particles of the virus are small enough to seep through the masks. Interesting.

Stay tuned.

Vegas

woahh...What a week that just passed. I went to the RTNDA@NAB conference in Las Vegas for a week of broadcast journalism! It was a great experience and I learned a lot.

The industry is going through a lot of changes right now and the name journalist is going through a transition to multimedia journalist. We, as journalists, have to be able to submit content to different platforms, be able to edit and what not in the field and use other elements of the internet to capture the attention of our viewers.

I didn't know this, but some stations are already using Skype to do live shots from distant places. I talked to a news director in Indiana and he said some of his reporters are doing that now. I think that's awesome. I'd love to be able to just travel to a story, gather my elements for a pack or VO/SOT and edit it on my laptop send it to the station then do a Skype live shot from the scene. I can see this being really useful in the future and I'm sure the quality will get better.

This industry is changing, but there's only one way to live through it right now--adapt! I am totally all about the technology that is allowing journalists to report more efficiently and I hope this isn't the end. I'm sure it isn't.

There was a job fair at the convention, there were a few television corporations...it was sort of interesting how many students were there, but not as many corporations. I passed out tapes and resumes to a few corporations...made good contacts as well.

It was a great learning experience and I hope to attend again in the future years. Now---OFF TO THE JOB SEARCH 2.0.

Job Search

Woah...Its been quite hectic lately....getting everything together for the beginning stages of my job search.

First, I had a meeting with a Dallas News Director about two weeks ago. It was interesting, he had some good advice of which I took into account and changed my resume tape up a bit. I also met with Kent Collins, he is a professor at the J-school. We met about cover letters, resumes, resume DVD and the state of the biz and what not. It was really informative.

My website (www.NickGuillory.com) is pretty much done and ready to be presented, I am still adding things to it here and there whenever I get new samples.

Last week, I anchored the morning show on Friday...I love anchoring the morning show---it's so fun and Lauren is a trip. She had me laughing and having a lot of fun doing it. If I ever got the chance to anchor a permanent show, I would definitely pick mornings over evenings. But, right now I just want to focus on reporting---telling people's stories.

I also had the time to go to Jos A. Bank and pick out some new suits for the search and just for the career. They had a pretty good deal and they are really friendly there..I'll definitely keep them in mind in times to come.

That's all for today...this week upcoming I am preparing myself for Las Vegas and RTNDA conference. I still have a few things to finish up before that...like this never-ending HFR. :-)