Thank you Jesse for the WONDERFUL VIDEO which I have been able to share with my high school DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION CLASS as we learn about ENG/EFP CAMERAS. I have been teaching communications media for the past 28 years to high schoolers and it is wonderful to have videos such as yours to give "first-hand experience accounts" to the students! THANK YOU!!!
In seven years I have done a little bit of everything - I started as a Production Assistant running studio cameras - then I was a fill-in newscast director - I also was trained to photog during this and helped the news department - after a sudden opening I became a morning show producer for a year - then I jumped ship to the number one station in the market as Morning Editor / Photog - and Now I am the Senior Drone Pilot and Photojournalist --- Got some nice awards at the Iowa Broadcast News Association Awards now hoping I win an Emmy (7 times nominated and still haven't won :( ) - I'm also acting as the Chief Photographer while our Chief is our Sports Director because our Sports Director is out for several months due to medical issues - so it's been a whirlwind to say the least.
Did you get the Emmy? I am 17 hoping to get in the industry. So far I have worked events as a photographer and videographer, worked at two different camps as an editor, and a drone pilot.
Nobody listen to the lying main stream media anymore. Free to air stations are going broke in Australia. Who wants to be lied to 24/7. No credibility in the media anymore, it is just a Freemason propaganda machine now days.
I'm in college right now and found i have an interest in working at a tv station too after getting involved my senior year of high school in our newscasts. My teacher was a Chief Photographer at my local station for 13 years and worked as an editor, photographer for 6 years before getting his promotions. He's really helped me improve my storytelling and editing skills and he says I've got a very strong foundation so far. I too am wanting to get into the film industry and make movies but I realized that news is still storytelling at the end of the day and it would allow me to pursue my passion for storytelling. Your video was very inspiring and I too have saved everything I've shot since high school, still a freshman in college but look forward to hopefully getting a job at a TV station after college too. I've done some job shadows but they've been at some pretty decently ranked stations so I'd like to look into some smaller stations as a start.
Been a news photographer for 5 years right out of college. Had a somewhat similar experience where I interned at Time Warner Cable (Spectrum News) and I really wanted to work in film or TV production but those were hard to fill but they had me shadow photographers and for a long time I swore off I wouldn't do it because I don't know if I would enjoy it or understand it. But after 7 months of no job offers I decided to put myself out as a news photographer and got my first job in Johnstown PA at WJAC and since then I've been in the career and am currently in my 3rd station in my hometown again. It has its highs and definite lows. I love the work I do but sometimes the stress and with a lot of recent current events that I'd say we're traumatic it became tough for me to be optimistic. But I'm watching this and I see a lot of myself in this and I hope it keeps me motivated to want to do better and stick with it. I wish you the best in your future and us news photogs gotta stick together and support each other.
Today i decided to look into quitiing my job as a mechanic and getting into a videographer position. I started to make videos and learn video editing nust over a year ago but quickly began to enjoy it. Now i think i want to try to take the next step and begin working on a resume and applying at local positions. I didnt go to school for this but i have been learning a lot from different teachers and online. This video has motivated me further, thank you.
Jesse, may I ask you about MMJ work? I have newsroom experience. On-air and producing. Also, sports and weather. How do I get into MMJ today? What is the entry level pay? How about high-end earners? How are they getting to that point? What about international? Working outside of USA. Is that good and payed well? Is there freelance or are MMJ usually working for one station?
Hello Jesse! I really enjoyed watching your video! It really helped me a lot. My major is Communications and Journalism for my Bachelor of Arts degree. I am looking forward for internship about journalism soon. I am 26. Again, you are very successful of what you do. No matter what you do. I am very proud of you! That is great you were a great film student. Back in my local community college as my Associate of Arts degree, I took a couple acting and journalism courses. I always did well on those courses. Also, I took photography course as well! I am interested in working at entertainment industry. That is part of who I am. You have great skills in journalism, film, and photography. That is great! You have great content in the video. I am looking forward to work as a journalist and actor on tv. I am going to school for becoming an actor and journalist. I have become an author this past November, and I do not have to go to school for that. I did it on my own as building the content of the book. My book title is called “My Life Journey with Autism as a Military Child”. It is available in Amazon. I am also looking forward to have interviews as an author! I am working on my second book for right now. My book title is called “As a Military Child with Autism while Adjusted to New Places”. It might have the same content as the first book, but different chapters and introduction in my second book. I just completed with my Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts on May 2023. It took me 6 years to complete with my Associate of Arts degree as a part time student from community college. I have been attended to community college for 7 years because I was a part time student from a community college, including from a university. After I completed with my Associate of Arts degree, I just started working on my Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Journalism. Hope you enjoy reading a little introduction of myself. Good luck with everything you do, Jesse! I love the materials you do. You did a great job as a photographer. That is great! God bless you and your family.
We hire editors with zero TV experience, and I'm in a top 40 market. Seems video production experience in college is "enough". You would already have a leg up. Your first job might be part time, but you should move up quickly. Good advice!
This is my second time watching this and I'll keep coming back when I need the motivation to take some initiative for trying to get into the TV industry. As my course is nearing it's end, I'm scared/nervous, but super eager to find my first foot the industry. Great video, I love the advice.
That’s great! I’m happy my video has been so helpful to you. Good luck on the job hunt! Let me know where you get hired at. I’m excited to see your journey!
@@JesseWaldenHey man, I’ve come back to reply to this comment you sent me 2 years ago. The news of what happened to you reached our biggest news station in Australia and I was shocked as I watched your videos. I watched you when I was trying to become a news camera operator and you told me to let you know where I get hired at and my career journey. I’m now working at that same biggest news station in Australia as a camera operator! (Seven News) It’s funny looking back on my above comment as I genuinely did have a lot of fear about not making it in the industry. Your videos really did help so I really hope you have a good recovery.
My station just got back into camera work for events and local news. It was a huge wake up call when I did some event coverage yesterday LOL. I am not in camera shape and focusing on the subject felt. It was once muscle memory for me but it just felt so weird.
@@JesseWalden Yeah looking forward to getting back to normal. There haven't been that many opportunities because of it. Stay safe and healthy out there :)
What would you recommend be in a reel? A collage of some good shots you have taken or a collage of good (1 minute) short stories you have edited for news?
Good question! I’d go with the collage of stories. You want to showcase your ability to tell a narrative, as well as getting good shots! If you want an idea of how I do it, my current reel is at Vimeo.com/jessewalden
OMG this is a such an awesome video very nice job. I actually learned a lot in this video thank you for sharing your experience I'm going to a technical school high school and I'm in a TVM shop and I'm doing a intro to broadcast right now! I really want to be a news photographer/editor or one of those sport camera ops that would be cool too! I actually just finished up filming a basketball season I was live streaming on a chrome book with the Sony fdr-ax100 yes some of them games where shot on a webcam 😂 so yeahhhhhhh I'm really rough on my editing skills so yeah in my shop we do have a editing unit so that's going to come in useful 😂 anyway thank you for making this video! -Damon (and just maybe I'll make a real)
Man, I feel so discouraged I’ve been applying for a couple news stations local to me and it just seems like I can’t get anywhere. I don’t have a college diploma or formal training but I do a lot of hands-on training and I have a lot of software expertise for close to five years now all I need is an opportunity and it just seems like they want someone out of college
@@JesseWalden Thanks, this video actually inspired me to apply. I used to always apply for these positions but never got an interview. So I gave up applying.
I am trying to get into the broadcast industry and photojournalism is exactly what I am aiming for. I have been pretty unmotivated as of recently but really want to try and get back out there and advance my self. Would you mind checking out one or two of my videos on my channel and tell me what you think? Any advice in making them into a reel? It is all freelance media that has been mostly sold to local stations or papers but I uploaded for record. I would really appreciate anything you might have to say on it as I really don't know where I am headed.
I checked your videos out, and I think you should definitely make a reel. You got some nice natural sound you captured at those scenes. That's exactly what most news stations are looking for when they assign a photographer to get a VOSOT. Do you have any interview work you could add? It would be great to demonstrate you know how to frame, mic, and light a subject while filming them. I highly encourage you to edit this down into a 2-3 min reel. I think that plus your experience freelancing will help you land a Photojournalist job in no time.
@@JesseWalden Really appreciate you taking the time to give me that feedback, Jesse. I actually do have a few interviews in that Poughkeepsie building collapse video I could put in. I am definitely motivated to get a reel together now and will take every bit of your advice into it. I may want to get some more current interviews as your other video actually reminded me a lot of proper technique for getting natural light in an outside daylight interview!
I have to say that my degree is in Broadcast Journalism but I focused on radio and newspaper! Just wondering how I can go about learning how to shoot edit and also produce since I'm pretty sure that it is different from being a producer in radio.
1:00 - It seems because of the lady on the right they hung all these signs. 🤔 But she still didn't understand anything and pokes her finger at the screens... 🤣
There’s a few different shifts you could have, we have people who work what’s called in the morning and they usually start around 4 AM and get off around noon or 1 PM, then we have day side which their shifts begin around 9:30 AM and get off around 630 or 7 PM, and then we have night side and their shifts begin around 1:30 PM and get off around 10 PM.
Thank you for your constructive criticism Brian Pshyk. I’m sorry you didn’t seem to consider my firsthand knowledge of working in over 4 different news stations as a photojournalist as “knowledge” about how news works. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@@JesseWalden It came with a inexpensive laptop I bought some years ago. I got it for my new computer a few years ago and like that I’m pretty familiar. I really haven’t used other software for editing but they seem similar. I like that you don’t have to pay every year but pay if you want to upgrade or purchase new plugins. Also it does render videos pretty fast! I use Reaper for my audio software. I just don’t understand why jobs don’t let you use what you know? I get that’s what they have. I think it’s pretty good!
Hey man I really appreciate you sharing your story, it really helped me feel inspired, I’m getting close to finishing my schooling and trying to get my foot in the door, my professor had us make a demo reel a year or two ago, if you ever see this I would love to get the opinion of a professional, granted most of the footage was from different short films I made over the years, I’m really happy everything worked out so well for you, keep doing what you’re doing.
Thank you Jesse for the WONDERFUL VIDEO which I have been able to share with my high school DIGITAL MEDIA PRODUCTION CLASS as we learn about ENG/EFP CAMERAS.
I have been teaching communications media for the past 28 years to high schoolers and it is wonderful to have videos such as yours to give "first-hand experience accounts" to the students!
THANK YOU!!!
In seven years I have done a little bit of everything - I started as a Production Assistant running studio cameras - then I was a fill-in newscast director - I also was trained to photog during this and helped the news department - after a sudden opening I became a morning show producer for a year - then I jumped ship to the number one station in the market as Morning Editor / Photog - and Now I am the Senior Drone Pilot and Photojournalist --- Got some nice awards at the Iowa Broadcast News Association Awards now hoping I win an Emmy (7 times nominated and still haven't won :( ) - I'm also acting as the Chief Photographer while our Chief is our Sports Director because our Sports Director is out for several months due to medical issues - so it's been a whirlwind to say the least.
Did you get the Emmy?
I am 17 hoping to get in the industry. So far I have worked events as a photographer and videographer, worked at two different camps as an editor, and a drone pilot.
Nobody listen to the lying main stream media anymore. Free to air stations are going broke in Australia. Who wants to be lied to 24/7. No credibility in the media anymore, it is just a Freemason propaganda machine now days.
I'm in college right now and found i have an interest in working at a tv station too after getting involved my senior year of high school in our newscasts. My teacher was a Chief Photographer at my local station for 13 years and worked as an editor, photographer for 6 years before getting his promotions. He's really helped me improve my storytelling and editing skills and he says I've got a very strong foundation so far. I too am wanting to get into the film industry and make movies but I realized that news is still storytelling at the end of the day and it would allow me to pursue my passion for storytelling. Your video was very inspiring and I too have saved everything I've shot since high school, still a freshman in college but look forward to hopefully getting a job at a TV station after college too. I've done some job shadows but they've been at some pretty decently ranked stations so I'd like to look into some smaller stations as a start.
Been a news photographer for 5 years right out of college. Had a somewhat similar experience where I interned at Time Warner Cable (Spectrum News) and I really wanted to work in film or TV production but those were hard to fill but they had me shadow photographers and for a long time I swore off I wouldn't do it because I don't know if I would enjoy it or understand it. But after 7 months of no job offers I decided to put myself out as a news photographer and got my first job in Johnstown PA at WJAC and since then I've been in the career and am currently in my 3rd station in my hometown again. It has its highs and definite lows. I love the work I do but sometimes the stress and with a lot of recent current events that I'd say we're traumatic it became tough for me to be optimistic. But I'm watching this and I see a lot of myself in this and I hope it keeps me motivated to want to do better and stick with it. I wish you the best in your future and us news photogs gotta stick together and support each other.
Today i decided to look into quitiing my job as a mechanic and getting into a videographer position. I started to make videos and learn video editing nust over a year ago but quickly began to enjoy it. Now i think i want to try to take the next step and begin working on a resume and applying at local positions. I didnt go to school for this but i have been learning a lot from different teachers and online. This video has motivated me further, thank you.
That’s great! I’m wishing you good luck! Hopefully I’ll see you in the field one day.
Jesse, may I ask you about MMJ work? I have newsroom experience. On-air and producing. Also, sports and weather. How do I get into MMJ today? What is the entry level pay? How about high-end earners? How are they getting to that point? What about international? Working outside of USA. Is that good and payed well? Is there freelance or are MMJ usually working for one station?
I’ve been taking pictures since I was thirteen. My first camera was an old 110mm camera. I now take photos and video with an iPhone 13 Pro.
Hello Jesse! I really enjoyed watching your video! It really helped me a lot. My major is Communications and Journalism for my Bachelor of Arts degree. I am looking forward for internship about journalism soon. I am 26. Again, you are very successful of what you do. No matter what you do. I am very proud of you! That is great you were a great film student. Back in my local community college as my Associate of Arts degree, I took a couple acting and journalism courses. I always did well on those courses. Also, I took photography course as well! I am interested in working at entertainment industry. That is part of who I am. You have great skills in journalism, film, and photography. That is great! You have great content in the video. I am looking forward to work as a journalist and actor on tv. I am going to school for becoming an actor and journalist. I have become an author this past November, and I do not have to go to school for that. I did it on my own as building the content of the book. My book title is called “My Life Journey with Autism as a Military Child”. It is available in Amazon. I am also looking forward to have interviews as an author! I am working on my second book for right now. My book title is called “As a Military Child with Autism while Adjusted to New Places”. It might have the same content as the first book, but different chapters and introduction in my second book. I just completed with my Associate of Arts degree in Liberal Arts on May 2023. It took me 6 years to complete with my Associate of Arts degree as a part time student from community college. I have been attended to community college for 7 years because I was a part time student from a community college, including from a university. After I completed with my Associate of Arts degree, I just started working on my Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications and Journalism. Hope you enjoy reading a little introduction of myself. Good luck with everything you do, Jesse! I love the materials you do. You did a great job as a photographer. That is great! God bless you and your family.
Big ups to a fellow former part timer who'se climbing the ladder! Took me about two years to get full time. Good luck man.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
We hire editors with zero TV experience, and I'm in a top 40 market. Seems video production experience in college is "enough". You would already have a leg up. Your first job might be part time, but you should move up quickly. Good advice!
Amen!
What company do you work for?
Ameen
Assalam alaikum السلام عليكم
thank you for this! I guess I need to work on my reel now lol
No sweat! You can do it!
This is my second time watching this and I'll keep coming back when I need the motivation to take some initiative for trying to get into the TV industry. As my course is nearing it's end, I'm scared/nervous, but super eager to find my first foot the industry. Great video, I love the advice.
That’s great! I’m happy my video has been so helpful to you. Good luck on the job hunt! Let me know where you get hired at. I’m excited to see your journey!
@@JesseWaldenHey man, I’ve come back to reply to this comment you sent me 2 years ago. The news of what happened to you reached our biggest news station in Australia and I was shocked as I watched your videos. I watched you when I was trying to become a news camera operator and you told me to let you know where I get hired at and my career journey. I’m now working at that same biggest news station in Australia as a camera operator! (Seven News)
It’s funny looking back on my above comment as I genuinely did have a lot of fear about not making it in the industry. Your videos really did help so I really hope you have a good recovery.
Amazing you’re really lucky, my school have no idea what are there student doing.
My station just got back into camera work for events and local news. It was a huge wake up call when I did some event coverage yesterday LOL. I am not in camera shape and focusing on the subject felt. It was once muscle memory for me but it just felt so weird.
Awesome video 👍🏻
As someone interested in this field it was great to hear your perspective and how you got where you are.
Keep up the great work 🙂
Thank you very much! I hope when Corona is all over, you'll be able to join in the fun! It's a fun career field!
@@JesseWalden Yeah looking forward to getting back to normal. There haven't been that many opportunities because of it.
Stay safe and healthy out there :)
You too!
What an awesome story!! Thanks for the advice!! Can't wait to see the rest of your journey!!
Thank you very much! I’m happy to share it!
I hope you pull through man! Your video got me excited to be in this field
I wish you would make more videos! I want to become a news photographer in the future & I can't really find content like this anywhere.
That made my day! Thank you! I’ll be sure to release a few more videos soon.
this was such a comforting watch
Truely an inspirational story , Upwards and Beyond . 💛💛
Thank you very much!
i really enjoy this video , thank you so much for sharing your story.
I’m glad you liked it, thank you!
Excellent advice, thank you for sharing your journey.
My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
I thought all news companies had vans
What would you recommend be in a reel? A collage of some good shots you have taken or a collage of good (1 minute) short stories you have edited for news?
Good question! I’d go with the collage of stories. You want to showcase your ability to tell a narrative, as well as getting good shots! If you want an idea of how I do it, my current reel is at Vimeo.com/jessewalden
OMG this is a such an awesome video very nice job. I actually learned a lot in this video thank you for sharing your experience I'm going to a technical school high school and I'm in a TVM shop and I'm doing a intro to broadcast right now! I really want to be a news photographer/editor or one of those sport camera ops that would be cool too! I actually just finished up filming a basketball season I was live streaming on a chrome book with the Sony fdr-ax100 yes some of them games where shot on a webcam 😂 so yeahhhhhhh I'm really rough on my editing skills so yeah in my shop we do have a editing unit so that's going to come in useful 😂 anyway thank you for making this video! -Damon (and just maybe I'll make a real)
That’s great! You should totally make a Reel! Send me a link if you do, I’d love to check it out.
Man, I feel so discouraged I’ve been applying for a couple news stations local to me and it just seems like I can’t get anywhere. I don’t have a college diploma or formal training but I do a lot of hands-on training and I have a lot of software expertise for close to five years now all I need is an opportunity and it just seems like they want someone out of college
I got about 20 years of experience, Mass Comm bachelors degree, new media production masters degree, but never worked at a news station
Is that something you’d like to do?
@@JesseWalden sure, just got a call yesterday to shadow at a news station
@@512ent that’s great! Congratulations!
@@JesseWalden Thanks, this video actually inspired me to apply. I used to always apply for these positions but never got an interview. So I gave up applying.
@@512ent that’s great! Now is a great time to apply, lots of stations need help right now.
Im good video editor i want to get a job online , can you help me ?
What were you studying in film. Should I go into film and media production or film and TV? Were you doing film and TV
I am trying to get into the broadcast industry and photojournalism is exactly what I am aiming for. I have been pretty unmotivated as of recently but really want to try and get back out there and advance my self. Would you mind checking out one or two of my videos on my channel and tell me what you think? Any advice in making them into a reel? It is all freelance media that has been mostly sold to local stations or papers but I uploaded for record. I would really appreciate anything you might have to say on it as I really don't know where I am headed.
I checked your videos out, and I think you should definitely make a reel. You got some nice natural sound you captured at those scenes. That's exactly what most news stations are looking for when they assign a photographer to get a VOSOT. Do you have any interview work you could add? It would be great to demonstrate you know how to frame, mic, and light a subject while filming them. I highly encourage you to edit this down into a 2-3 min reel. I think that plus your experience freelancing will help you land a Photojournalist job in no time.
@@JesseWalden Really appreciate you taking the time to give me that feedback, Jesse. I actually do have a few interviews in that Poughkeepsie building collapse video I could put in. I am definitely motivated to get a reel together now and will take every bit of your advice into it. I may want to get some more current interviews as your other video actually reminded me a lot of proper technique for getting natural light in an outside daylight interview!
@@jasonbrodbeck That's great! I'm glad it was helpful. I'm wishing you good luck!
I have to say that my degree is in Broadcast Journalism but I focused on radio and newspaper! Just wondering how I can go about learning how to shoot edit and also produce since I'm pretty sure that it is different from being a producer in radio.
is there a specific height requirement ??
I started in News on the floor crew too. lol
The origin of all true heros.
01:00 did she really just touch the iMAC screen? "DO NOT TOUCH COMPUTER SCREENS"
1:00 - It seems because of the lady on the right they hung all these signs. 🤔
But she still didn't understand anything and pokes her finger at the screens... 🤣
ok question what are ur hr.s of working. Im looking into this right now for a job. I love being behind the cam and would love to make this into a job.
There’s a few different shifts you could have, we have people who work what’s called in the morning and they usually start around 4 AM and get off around noon or 1 PM, then we have day side which their shifts begin around 9:30 AM and get off around 630 or 7 PM, and then we have night side and their shifts begin around 1:30 PM and get off around 10 PM.
@@JesseWalden oh wow thank u so so much. That just made this sound better than whats in my head. Thank u so much
That's nice. Will like to be a friend though. Daniel from Ghana Thanks.
Thanks Daniel! Of course!
I wouldn't be friends with him trust me
cool
sir any video editor name news editing
Do you still have that shirt? ;-)
Haha, my Hawaiian shirt? Yessir!
@@JesseWalden it don't look good on u hun lose it🤢
wow, no training, journalistic principles or knowledge of how news works... Awesome!
Thank you for your constructive criticism Brian Pshyk. I’m sorry you didn’t seem to consider my firsthand knowledge of working in over 4 different news stations as a photojournalist as “knowledge” about how news works. Thank you for watching and commenting!
This what try do
I use Power Director for editing. Has anyone else used this software?
I think I used it a few years ago. It came bundled with a JVC Everio camera that I purchased in 2008. How are you liking it?
@@JesseWalden It came with a inexpensive laptop I bought some years ago. I got it for my new computer a few years ago and like that I’m pretty familiar. I really haven’t used other software for editing but they seem similar. I like that you don’t have to pay every year but pay if you want to upgrade or purchase new plugins. Also it does render videos pretty fast! I use Reaper for my audio software. I just don’t understand why jobs don’t let you use what you know? I get that’s what they have. I think it’s pretty good!
Hey man I really appreciate you sharing your story, it really helped me feel inspired, I’m getting close to finishing my schooling and trying to get my foot in the door, my professor had us make a demo reel a year or two ago, if you ever see this I would love to get the opinion of a professional, granted most of the footage was from different short films I made over the years, I’m really happy everything worked out so well for you, keep doing what you’re doing.
This what try do