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YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME!! Thank You So Much For This Awesome Class! Love You All Have A Great Weekend! This Class Is Blooming Like A Flower! Oh Yeah Ariana D. By The Way ~~~ <3

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Wow, so many questions and so many answers!!!!

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What year did you start your career? -Jedah Hammond

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OOOHHHHHHH nice    Taylor W.

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LITTLE: as a teenager I worked in a barbecue fast food restaurant, the Warner Bros. studio store in the mall, and an afterschool program for elementary school kids.

As a professional, I started my career as a news reporter and anchor in Hagerstown, Maryland. My second job was as a news and sports guy in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. Then I have worked at three stations here in San Diego.

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Both  Taylor W.

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Like where have i worked as a journalist or... like dumpy jobs I had in high school and college? Little

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What other jobs have you had?????   Taylor W.

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ok thank you!

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LITTLE

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That should be enough for now.

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https://youtu.be/gy0xCW1fUww

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thanks! I'll make sure to watch them

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https://youtu.be/FJZ5fDGmvBc

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https://youtu.be/plOEowagef8

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https://youtu.be/Ezf6t8O28sM

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Standby Ashley: LITTLE

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can you recommend made a story you did so I can watch? -Ashley Alvarez-Aponte

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hello!  I hope everybody is having a good day! -Ashley Alvarez-Aponte ♡

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Got it  Taylor W.

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Practice your craft, and you’ll get some. LITTLE

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I have 0 Emmy's    Taylor W.

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WWWWWOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!   Taylor W.

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Hahaha. Les Rose has 835 Emmys and 738 other awards. I am only at 17 Emmys and a few certificates of participation. LITTLE

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OOOOHHHHH an Emmy !!!!!!!   Taylor

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LITTLE: Yes, I actually went to Syracuse University with the hope of becoming a sports anchor. While I was there, I realized sports was not a great avenue for me. You don’t have a lot of job options compared to news.

That being said, two years into my career, I became a sports anchor for my station because everyone quit, left, or got fired. I did it for six months and hated it. I absolutely hated it.

Every now and then I do a sports story just to have a little fun. I even won an Emmy doing a sport story.

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Did you ever do any sports??   Taylor W.

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Awwwwwww that is really sad.    Taylor

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Taylor, i’m writing a story about a small children’s clothing business that has suffered great financial losses during this pandemic. They tried to stay open but they are finally giving up. The sad thing is, they have been open for 25 years with three generations of their family working in there. JOE LITTLE

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What story are you editing right now??      Taylor W.

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This is Joe again: I am literally sitting at the same desk you saw in the video. I will try to look down at my phone often as I write and edit my story for today.

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JOE LITTLE: Hahahahaha. All journalist have haters. It’s the name of the game. However, I like to think that I have more lovers, then haters. and I am fairly certain your teacher will tell you that I never doubt myself. I have a pretty big ego. hahahahhaa

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Do you have haters and do you ever doubt yourself at times??   Taylor W.

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Carolina asked uncle Joe: have I experienced any danger? Yes. I have been near violent protests. I have been near deadly wildfires. I have been near really bad people. We get through it all by being smarter than the environment. We keep our heads on a swivel and don’t do anything they could make the situation even more dangerous.

Someone else asked about how much sleep I get: depending on how stressful my day was today or what’s going on tomorrow, I could get anywhere between no sleep and 10 hours. I think once you get adjusted to this lifestyle, it’s pretty normal.

Another person asked what is my best story: that’s really hard to say. I know I have done some dog turds of a story in my career, so I have no problem eliminating them. However, I have done so many stories that I love. It’s hard to choose which one is my favorite.

Another person asked what was my biggest struggle: my biggest struggle was finding that work/life balance. journalism is not a job. Journalism is a career. It’s part of your life but you have to make it work with your life outside of the news room. I struggled with that early on. I’m much better at it now.

Another person asked if I regret choosing multimedia journalism: not one single day. I love the challenge. I love owning the story from beginning to end. I love the fact that if I do a good job, I don’t have to share the glory. It’s all mine. However, if I screw up, I have no one to blame but myself.

Someone asked how long I had to go to school: I got my masters degree, which means I went to four years of undergraduate school and one year of grad school. You don’t need to go to graduate school to be a journalist though.

Ashley asked how old I was when I realized I wanted to be a journalist: I was in college when I thought I wanted to be on SportsCenter as a sports anchor. It wasn’t until I was in graduate school around the age of 21 when I realized I needed to be a news reporter.

Another person asked where I have been as a journalist: the farthest I have traveled is Pakistan. That was an interesting trip.

Another question about my height: I’m 6 foot four.

I have never saved anyone while reporting. I have saved two dogs during my stories. I almost adopted one of them.

Ashley has lots of questions: she asked what would I say to someone who wants to be a journalist. I would tell them to learn every part of the job. Don’t just focus on one aspect. Learn how to take pictures, shoot video, write for broadcast, right for the web. Learn it all. Don’t be a one trick pony.

I love you guys and I love your teacher. Unfortunately, I need to go back to doing my story for today. I welcome you all to contact me via email and I will answer any more questions you have. Your teacher can give you my email address.

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Still uncle Joe: someone asked how long I work during the day and how long it took me to get good. I work, depending on the story, 8 to 12 hours a day. I have a unique way of shooting my stories that allows me to work pretty fast. It’s all about staying focused.

It took me a while to really feel confident with my shooting, writing, and my editing. But I am more than 20 years into my career and I’m still learning. I still challenged myself to get better at my craft. I try new things, I learn from other people, or I experiment with things that I’ve never been done before.

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Still Joe: i’ve had the honor of being one of the first reporters at the crash site of flight 93 in Pennsylvania on September 11.

However, some of my more memorable stories are the ones that make me laugh or make me cry. usually laugh, though. I don’t do the tears very well.

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Still Joe: don’t get me wrong, it’s still a tough gig every now and then when things go wrong.

Every day I shoot, right, and edit a story for broadcast and the web.

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Hey gang, this is Joe Little. I’m busy doing a bummer of a story today about another small businesses having to close down because of this pandemic.

I’m also driving right now, which is illegal to do with the phone in your hand. So, I can’t see all of your questions.

I saw some of them before I got going and I will try to answer them.

My job as a multimedia journalist is not hard anymore. There are still some days are harder than others, but because I have practiced my craft so much and I am old, it’s easy for me to do on a daily basis.

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What was your favorite subject in school   Taylor

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cool!

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WOW  Taylor

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I covered Michael Jackson in person many times, including the day he died!

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Thanks Taylor W for the offer of help!

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Did you know Michael Jackson  Taylor

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Advice to be a journalist: work harder than the rest and dig dig dig deep

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Ariana Miss Kennedy DOES rock!

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Funniest story....got a few months? There have been a bunch!

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Taylor W I have covered and met 5 presidents

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Ariana I am married and have two sons in college

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I have done stories on MANY animals Chiara

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Taylor have never been an anchor and really didnt want to be

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I still am in some journalism clubs...RTNDA, SPJ, PPAGLA and NPPA mostly (google them)

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oooohhhhh  Taylor W.

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Thanks Taylor W! My book would be called "It's the Greatest Job on Earth" (Can I talk you out of it?)

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have NOT written a novel, but got a book in a million notes everywhere

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Whole process of publishing a story...for years in local I shot edited and cowrote stories and did the live shots

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Have you ever wanted to do another job??? Taylor W.

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Kaitlyn I once crawled to the top of a circus high wire with my gear a cracked my back on the way down. I was out of work for two weeks when I shot on a small boat dealing with huge waves  Les

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I have never ever ever ever ever put false information on a story. None Zippo Nada

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The haters are the ones that either aren't very smart to know how important the free press is or criminals

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favorite part of the job is meeting so many great people....Les

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Do you need an assistance?? I am here if you need help!!    Taylor W. Future Journalist

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In Puerto  Rico I did a bust of DEA agents busting American banks for money laundering...went undercover searching for drug lords, the war zones I mentioned were pretty nuts

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I was 6 4 when I entered college and four years later I was 6 6!

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8th grade I was the tallest in my class...also true for K-11!

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There is a list of celebs I have interviewed (partial) on my website www.lesroseonline.com

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Hours are "set" but are NOT set in stone!

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Been hurt on the job a few times: broke my elbow, smoke inhalation from a fire, burning embers on my skin, and nearly fell asleep at the wheel a few times...often 20 hour days

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Not Jamaica but Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Hawaii 5 times

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BE CURIOUS to get STARTED! Care about people...be empathetic. Right the wrong things you see around you!

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Fantasy writers or fiction writers make enjoyable work. But truth is so hard to find these days and needed MORE THAN EVER

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Thanks Taylor for volunteering!

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I pretty much would not give it up...helping others is why we are here!

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What's the funniest story you've done?

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If I had one million dollars I would spend it on helping nonprofits make PSAs to get the word out about them. They cannot afford great production yet really need the help!

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Have you ever reported animals?

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What school did you go to?

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Why did you want to do journalism?

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What year did you start your career? -Jedah

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Whats the funniest story you've covered??????

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There are thrills on the job...every day you dont know who you are going to meet, where you are going to go or WHAT you are going to learn!

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I think you guys are AWESOME

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Also newsworthy: Democratic and Republican conventions, hurricanes and earthquakes, Malibu, San Diego, and Oakland fires that wiped out HUNDREDS of homes, shooting in prisons can get scary, helping endangered species like the California Condor getting released was terrific.

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~Ariana Derzsi

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Do you have any advice about being a journalist.     Taylor W.

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What's the funniest story you've covered?

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Most newsworthy? Man...covering the Contra wars in Nicaragua/Honduras/Salvador

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Change anything? Not much: my back, shoulders, and neck is pretty constantly in pain from how heavy the cameras were.

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Hardest thing on the job is when you have to deal with people who lost their families or friends or pets. SO sad. But your reporting helps get $$$s from people who saw it and thus helps them thru Red Cross and others

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UF would be a great choice! I have guest taught there for almost three years and Miss Kennedy went there! Go Gators!

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If you have ever had a question where do you go?

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UF FSU USF Miami all have journalism schools...so does U Missouri and my school Syracuse!

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What would you write about in todays age? ~Ariana Derzsi

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Working at CBS News was literally my dream and it came true!

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What other jobs did you want????   Taylor W.

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Do I love the job I currently have? Teaching journalism is the best thing I have ever done career wise, but if I didn't work in TV News for almost 4 decades  I wouldn't have gotten this job!

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What's the funniest story you've covered?

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Have you ever written about a president Taylor W.

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Have you ever wrote about animals? Chiara Miranda

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Are/Were you married? ~Ariana Derzsi