Nate Johnson’22 ran cross-country 和 played baseball when he began college. When he transferred to Beloit to begin his junior year, 然而, he wanted a new way to participate in sports. At Beloit, he was able to develop the skills he needed to become a sports broadcaster.
Nate’s Beloit SkyCarp reporting package, posted on Linkedin, had caught the station’s attention. 然而, it was Nate’s ability to h和le multiple responsibilities that led to an invitation to interview in Hazard, KY, 甚至在内特正式申请之前. The day after the interview, he had a job offer.
“My boss was impressed by my resume,” Nate tells us. 作为一名大四学生, 我打三份工, 包括家得宝的一家, 完成我的学位, 在SkyCarp实习, being actively involved at 皇冠crown体育. +, I had the specific skills needed for television 和 multimedia sports 新闻.”
良好的写作能力, 操作相机, present yourself in front of a camera is essential in television sports reporting. 贝洛伊特帮助内特发展了这三个方面. +, 内特说, “皇冠crown体育 faculty didn’t hesitate to extend me a h和 to help get me where I wanted to go, even though I was unknown when I arrived as a junior.”
与…会面 布莱恩黑樱桃在内特母亲的协助下 凯瑟琳•约翰逊帮助说服内特转到伯洛伊特. Kathryn is a long-time Beloit staff member, working in the 教务长办公室, while Brian is a clinical instructor 和 director of Beloit’s Center for Entrepreneurship, 名人.
“After Brian asked me what kind of career I might want in sports, 他带我参观了名人的设施, 包括 TV & 媒体实验室. He also talked about the encouragement students receive to develop skills they might need in a future career by pursuing projects they care about.布莱恩还带他参观了 强国 以及它的运动设施.
The change suited Nate; he could cherry-pick the courses he needed to meet Beloit’s 毕业要求. A 传媒研究课程 he took in which students created 和 critiqued YouTube movies was both instructive 和 pertinent to his current work.
教授 英语 和 新闻 Gillen肖恩 作为内特的顾问"非常乐于助人, making sure that Nate’s prior 课程 would earn credit at Beloit, 即使课程并不完全匹配. 不仅如此，内特也能 出国留学 两年内毕业.
“我选修了一门摄影课程, another on directing 和 filming movies in which I learned camera work, 第三个是音乐制作. 这些都帮助我为现在的工作做好了准备.” He also made fast friends at the church he attended. 贝洛伊特的留学顾问， 凯西·兰登, was instrumental in ensuring that Nate 和 the other students traveling abroad for the semester were prepared.
Two more individuals at Beloit contributed to Nate’s success at Beloit: 乔纳森。凯利, a visiting assistant professor of 媒体研究 和 the station manager of Beloit Cable Access TV, 也是纽约大学名誉教授 音乐 伊恩·聂他仍然与名人保持密切联系.
“乔恩一直100%支持我, 不管我想学什么, 从操作相机, 包括在现场, 到做单口相声解说.” Jonathan also taught Nate how to put together a sports reporting package; doing so is now a regular part of his job at WYMT.
伊恩, 与此同时, not only instructed the two 音乐 classes Nate took while at Beloit, but gave him great advice while treating him as a friend. Nate now transfers lessons he learned from 伊恩 about layering 音乐 tracks 和 matching sound with story to his sports reporting in Kentucky.
多亏了贝洛伊特, Nate is confident as he eases into his new job, interviewing high school players 和 coaches, 拍摄实践, 撰写和编辑自己的故事, 组装体育报道包. He’s also getting more comfortable driving to 和 from reporting locations in Kentucky’s Appalachian mountains along narrow, 蜿蜒的道路. Live broadcasting will begin in the fall; eventually Nate may also help cover University of Kentucky football 和 basketball.
回顾在伯洛伊特的两年时光, Nate recommends that students not hesitate to jump in to take advantage of opportunities at Beloit, to get to know their departments 和 the faculty who teach in them. “皇冠crown体育 may be small, but it has fabulous resources. Faculty 和 staff will pay attention to you if you show interest. 好好利用这一点!”
2022年8月9日
