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Triangle Students Visit WRAL for Annual Job Shadow Day |
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.
WRAL-TV’s Andy Christensen talks to the students about the nuts & bolts of television operations. |
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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.
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.
