Thalia Assuras Closing Boot Camp

Thalia Assura addressing the students

Until recently Thalia Assuras was a co-anchor CBS Evening News Saturday. She is a very interesting person to listen to mainly because of all the experience she has in the field of journalism. It’s easy to tell by the way she talks, that this lady knows what she’s talking about.

Every journalist has to pitch their own story, write their own copy, do the research and understand how video works. It’s either sink or swim. A good journalists is always ready to go anywhere at anytime. Your life does not belong to you. Your life belongs to the network.

Anxiety and fear of failure are part of the job. Covering stories you might not be interested in are also part of the job. You just have to tell yourself: I’m a journalist, this is my job and this is what I have to do. The wise words Assuras shared with us are ones I wont soon forget.

Thalia Assuras was the last of the many amazing people we got the chance to meet during the three weeks of Boot Camp. Now that’s what I call ending with a big bang.

Pulitzer Prize winner Jan Schaffer on New Media

Pulitzer Prize winner Jan Schaffer, Executive Director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism graced us with her presence at Boot Camp today. She talked about the journalism reform movement and the direction journalism is heading. Rethink journalism so that it has historic impact. Be on top of the trends that are happening in the journalism industry. She talks about the connections and disconnects between Newspapers and new media in this next video.