![WRAL-TV logo](/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wral_tv.gif) |
Triangle Students Visit WRAL for Annual Job Shadow Day |
![Job Shadow Day](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/braswell_toura.jpg) WRAL-TV’s Charles Braswell (right) gives the Job Shadow Day students an inside look at the HD truck. |
Sir Walter Wally saw his shadow on Groundhog Day 2008, portending six more weeks of winter weather. The balmy 70-degree record temperatures might not be backing up Wally’s prediction, but shadows were afoot at WRAL-TV a day earlier. On Friday, February 1, 2008, about 18 students from Wake County Schools descended upon the station for the annual Job Shadow Day.
Students heard from employees from a number of WRAL-TV departments, including operations, promotions and the newsroom. Eighth graders through seniors learned about the coursework and education they would need to pursue a career in television broadcasting.
![Job Shadow Day](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/andy_christensena.jpg) WRAL-TV’s Andy Christensen talks to the students about the nuts & bolts of television operations. |
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![Jim Hefner](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/jim_hefnera.jpg) WRAL-TV’s Jim Hefner gives the students an overview of WRAL. |
The students came from Broughton, Clayton, East Chapel Hill, Fuquay-Varina and Sanderson High Schools and Davis Drive and Fuquay-Varina Middle Schools. The group spent the morning hearing from various WRAL personnel, including Vice President & General Manager Jim Hefner, and then took small group tours of the newsroom, weather center and the station in general.
![Job Shadow Day](/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/johnson_toura.jpg) WRAL-TV’s Nate Johnson (right) gives the students a tour of the Weather Center. |
Job Shadow Day concluded with a lunch. The students departed WRAL at 1pm, ready to head back and share their experiences with their classmates & teachers.