Coming to CMU I only had a rough idea of what I wanted to do when I graduated. However, I knew that whatever it was, it had to involve using a camera, editing, and writing.

Originally I signed a major in Integrative Public Relations. After realizing I didn’t want to be stuck in an office building for the rest of my professional career, I signed a Journalism major.

I later discovered that I wanted to focus more on video production than writing only. Because of this, I finally signed a Broadcast and Cinematic Arts major with a minor in Journalism.

Over the summer of my junior year, I did a multimedia internship at an automotive journalism company located in Farmington Hills, Michigan called Autoline. 

While I was at Autoline, they sent me on two out of state events and I went to multiple in-state events that were hosted by big automotive companies. The crazy part is, they sent me, an intern, to all of these events ALONE.

While I was at these events, I was in charge of interviewing with lead designers, company presidents, and engineers of the vehicles the event was for.

This was the definition of “on-the-job training.” I had limited knowledge of how to produce video content and conduct interviews from my classes at CMU. However, the real learning happened at this internship.

My internship at Autoline is the reason I want my career to be in the video production and media industry. 

This blog is for my Journalism 340 class. I will be posting the projects I create in this class here. I will use the skills and techniques that I acquired at Autoline, as well as my CMU classes to create high-quality projects for Journalism 340.