It's day three of Professor Jill Falk's Advanced TV Talent and I am loving it. The first thing we did today, after turning in our homework of course, was learning how to use and install hyperlink. Then we moved on into the studio to begin work on the news. It took quite a while to get all the gear together and coordinated with Ed Voss's class. They had been learning about how to work with the studio's cameras and equipment. So naturally we teamed up with them. It actually took alot longer than I thought. They had to calibrate everything and frame the picture just right. This gave us time to practice what we were going to say on air. Once everything was set we did a couple run throughs in front of the camera. Both Ed and Jill helped us with the little quorks that needed improvement. That was a big help for me. I learned about bantaring and making transitions with your eyes when looking from prompter to prompter. Who knew that glancing down, at a paper maybe, momentarily looks alot more natural than simply switching your view from one camera to the next. It was very stressful to get all the different stories together in one huge broadcast. Wow, seeing our package that was filmed yesterday all edited and on screen was extremely cool. At this point the thing that I think I need the most improvement on is my comfortability with reading the prompter. I found that sometimes I mis-interpret what is written on the prompter. Well, today I mispoke and my mind corrected me out of habit, instead of just moving on with the script. I will train myself not to make the same mistake again. With practice I am sure that I can improve in many aspects of reporting.