The day I get to be in front of the camera

Hello,

this past weeks have been amazing at my internship at channel 9. I did some cool stuff. One of them is related to the case Baby Lisa. I supposed everyone knows that Baby Lisa Irwin is missing for 3 weeks. One of those days I went out with reporter Marcus Moore and photographer Taka to talk to a former FBI agent.

Convenient or no, the agent lives in Parkville. We went there and he had a polygraph test ready to go. We were going to talk about taking a polygraph test in stressful situations, like what happened to the mother of baby Lisa when the baby vanished.

I got the change to do the polygraph test. The agent put all the equipment on me and asked me some question. I'm from Brazil, he asked me if I was from Brazil and I lied saying no. The polygraph caught my lie and showed in the test. It was really cool and kind scary to know that I was caught.

While doing that, the photographer was recording to put on the 9 and 10 o'clock news on that night. I was excited and I told everyone.

So if you missed and want to take a look, here it is the link to watch it:

Missing baby Lisa Irwin

Also, today I went to do a undercover/investigative news that will air in November. More details when it's aired.This experience has been amazing.

New computer lab

Hello,

This week I have been working on my project for Media Skills class.

We were assigned to do a podcast about the new computer lab at Park University.

Bellow is the link to hear my podcast. Hope you enjoy it.

Link to audio

A day of learning at KMBC

Hello, welcome to my blog. I expect you have a good and entertain reading while surfing in my blog. Let's go for my first post.

I'm a senior broadcasting student at Park University. I'm from Brazil and I'm studying abroad since August 2008.

Some weeks ago I started a internship at channel KMBC channel 9. It has been a dream to work over there. When I first got in the US I barely could speak english, and now 3 years later I'm speaking fluent english and working with communication. I'm blessed.

Well let's talk about my past experience this past monday. I went out with reporter Martin Augustina and with photographer Taka. They both tought me a lot of things. I learned how to operate a professional camera, how to plug and do the balance and focus of the image. Also I recorded a stand-up pretending I was doing for a package.

We interview people and got some really got images. There story was about the federal found for Amtrak that might be cut off by the government. That could cause the end of some state routes like the KC-St. Louis one. I found a couple that share custody of their child and use the train to do so.

Martin got a really good sound bit of them. In the night we went back there to do the live shot for the live newcast. It was amazing to learn and see how a real reporter and photographer work, especially live. I also had the chance to go out with the photograper (Taka) to do a story. Yes, I did the interviews and when I came back I edit the VO to go on air. That was an amazing experience because they use the package that I edit in the air. Also the sound bit that I did. I was happy.

But if you wanna know a little bit more about the Amtrak story, bellow is the link to check out the story. Remember that I was right there, just behing the camera watching the reporter.


Amtrak train package - KMBC 9

I'm so excited for my next day at KMBC.