After a three day extension (thank you Jen, for being so totally awesome), I re-did my entire news package...well I shot new b-roll and conducted a new interview and put everything together with only asking for help three or twelve times.
I really enjoyed writing this package. It is something that my generation thinks about constantly. "What do we do now?" It's funny, I watched Reality Bites yesterday, and the premise of the movie, and the documentary being made within the film is all about post-grad life. What happens next? How do we save the world one person at a time without succumbing to the concrete jungles of shopping plaza's and blue tooths? Answer: we have to sell our souls in order to get ahead.
My interviewee. Chris Cortis told me after the interview that he will probably work in the restaurant for the rest of his life because he has seen too many people struggle with finding employment within their majors. "Unless you want to be a teacher or work in healthcare, would you like fries with that pretty much applies to you". As negative and cynical as this sounds, the kid has a point, employment is scarce and paychecks are virtually non existent.
On the other hand, if you are dedicated and passionate about your work, that amount of drive should fuel the fire within you to keep going regardless. I sound like a Nike ad.
Anyway, thankfully, with an extension, I have completed my final news package!
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