But you can't take college out of the girl. I get several emails a week from my alma mater and more specifically, RJI (Reynolds Journalism Institute). The J-school is always on the edge of technology and moving forward before anyone else, but today is something really special. RJI is holding a Reality Symposium and streaming it live. Four graduates of Mizzou's world known Journalism School are speaking and discussing about the use of their journalism background that has so heavily impacted their career's now.
The panel includes:
- Jon Murray, a television producer and Co-Creator of MTV's The Real World, Road Rules, and the Oxygen Network's The Bad Girls Club.
- Linda Bell Blue, Executive Producer of Entertainment Tonight (currently in her 13th year).
- Lance Heflin, former Executive Producer of America's Most Wanted, and has since created his own production company, Heflin Filmworks.
- Jim Berger (pictured below from live stream), co-founder of High Noon Entertainment, has been and is the Executive Producer and/or Co-Creator to several television shows, including HGTV's HGTV'd and My First Place, TLC's Cake Boss, Next Great Baker, as well as Food Network's Unwrapped, Ultimate Recipe Showdown.
I have been watching/listening to the live stream of discussions, Q&A's from students, professors and professionals. Each panel member has brought up so many taxing points and realizations of today's news and social society. Just because we study one thing in school and want to do something so narrow, we must be able to adapt and make ourselves more versatile with our skills and goals in order to obtain success. Linda Bell Blue said you have to put yourself out there, adapt to new technologies and strategies to get where you want to go. "The competition is fierce and you have to push through to get what you want."
Great Friday and break from regular TV. Go to http://rjionline.org/live to watch and participate in this riveting panel of professionals. The symposium concludes today at 3:00p.m. central time.
*Panel info borrowed from Wikipedia, EntertainmentCareers.net, RJI online, and High Noon Entertainment
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