nterviews/Interactions with Electronic Media Professionals

For my first interview. I actually interviewed my cousin, Bobby Fleming. I've known him since i was born and it wasn't until I started college that I knew his job was in the communication field. He works for Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His job title is an Audio Visual Technician. His job entails maintaining, operating and designing conference rooms. He contributes to the installation of video production work, contructing fiber optic networks and phone bridges. He first started out in a cooperative industrial education program. What sparked his interest at first was that he started as a stage lighting technician. We worked his way on to TV sets controlling switch boards and the lights. He went from a master control operator to an engineer. His job with Oak Ridge now he loves. All good things to say about his job and not a single complaint. He enjoys seeing first hand break throughs in the newest conversational sciences and nano material research. All of the technology that his company comes up with is designed to make the way we live more efficient. His advice to students is to start internships in television stations. They're always looking for new employees. The pay is a little low but the experience is well worth it. It's a great learning experience for anyone starting out in the communication field. As for when you get an internship, he advised to show good effort and initiative. For his job he suggest to look at AV Technology magazine. It is a good asset to his job and advertises new products for aiding him in his job.

This is the companies website. It includes produced videos by the company to show what they do. http://www.ornl.gov/ornlhome/video/video.shtml