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Name: <\/span><\/b>Kristen Weaver<\/span>
\n<\/span>Majors: <\/span><\/b>Journalism and Spanish<\/span>
\n<\/span>Hometown: <\/span><\/b>Dallas, Texas<\/span>
\n<\/span>Current Location:<\/span><\/b> Tulsa, Oklahoma<\/span>
\n<\/span>Year Graduated:<\/span><\/b> 2017<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Kristen Weaver<\/span> \u201917<\/span> earned her degree in journalism and <\/span>S<\/span>panish from Texas Christian University. Since the start of her first year at TCU, she loved being a part of student media. \u201cI began working for TCU360, a student-run media outlet, as a line editor, and then took over managing The 109, the student-run local news website,<\/span>\u201d Weaver said. \u201cI was also <\/span>very involved with TCU News Now, the student-produced newscast<\/span>.<\/span>\u201d For her senior project, she started TCU\u2019s first talk show, \u201cThe Leap,\u201d which has since been very successful. When asked about her experience at TCU, Weaver said that what stood out to her the most was being able to lean on the insight from the professors <\/span>who<\/span> challenged her daily.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Getting involved in the Spanish major helped Weaver communicate with more people than most, being able to translate interviews or get information from Spanish-speakers.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Weaver loved <\/span>P<\/span>rofessor Jean Brown\u2019s reporting class because despite wanting to focus on the broadcast realm, Brown taught Weaver everything she needed to know about telling an accurate, compelling, grammatically correct and ethical story. TCU\u2019s Multimedia Reporting class gave Weaver insight into the life of a multimedia journalist, which is what she is now, and allowed her to shoot and edit just like she does every day. \u201cI have a former <\/span>professor\u2019s mantra in the back of my mind for every story I tell: don\u2019t assume, get it right, no clich\u00e9s,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Her first job after graduating was <\/span>the role of a multimedia journalist<\/span> at KXII-TV in Sherman, Texas. When asked to describe this experience in one word, Weaver said, \u201cWOW. . . it was a lot.\u201d Each day, she was responsible for pitching story ideas, getting one assigned, making calls, shooting video and interviews, logging and editing the content, fronting that story or going live, then writing a web script and posting to social media. \u201cI was challenged so much my first year,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Weaver knew she picked a demanding career<\/span> and many days were challenging because she got so much negative feedback from the anchors who would check her stories. She got through it, though. The biggest challenges for her were learning to take feedback and realizing she still had a lot to learn. \u201cI am glad I pushed through that first year and on to the second, because I learned so much and grew immensely,\u201d she said. \u201cWithout starting in a small market, I\u2019m not sure I would have continued reporting. I was able to make some pretty bad mistakes and learn from them without a large audience watching.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Weaver just started at KOTV – News On 6 in Tulsa, Oklahoma as a reporter\/multimedia journalist, and so far she is really happy with this decision. \u201cI love my job because I get to be out of the office most of the time, interview incredible people, see history be made right in front of me and explore the local area,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u201cA day in this life is always different!<\/span><\/b>\u00a0Which is why I love it!\u201d \u2013 Kristen Weaver, <\/span><\/b>\u2019<\/span><\/b>17<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a nightside reporter, so I report to work at the CBS affiliate in Tulsa at 2 p.m. Before I get to work, I have to put my story ideas online and then I\u2019ll pitch them at our afternoon meeting,\u201d she said. \u201cI find stories from neighborhood groups on Facebook, through <\/span>good contacts and people I trust, localizing big national stories and looking at community newspapers among other places.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Once Weaver is assigned a story, she will set up interviews and go out to shoot them. \u201cI\u2019m paired with a photographer 50% of the time. When they are shooting my stories, they also edit them. When I\u2019m alone, I will shoot, write <\/span>and edit myself. Sometimes, I edit out in the field, other times I\u2019ll edit back at our station,\u201d she said. \u201cEvery night I go live with a photographer fronting a package in our 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. shows and have to leave a shorter version of my story for the morning anchors but also write a web script.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As for down the road, Weaver sees TV news shifting a lot and she\u2019s not sure where broadcast will be in the future. She does believe that people will always need and desire local news, so she plans to continue this exciting reporting career for a long time.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for more information on the Journalism department.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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