Business Process

October 2011

There is job opening for a morning news anchor at WJLA, abc 7, in Washington D.C. I will first go to the organization that I am apart of, Howard University Association of Black Journalists (a collegiate branch of the National Association of Black Journalists). In this organization we are able to meet with many people in the industry of Journalism. My involvement HUABJ has been very beneficial to me. I even was able to obtain an internship through my previous networking endeavors through the organization. I would first ask if we have any contacts there that we could contact and then speak with two people that I know interned at that specific news station. A lot of times networking with interns can help you get in contact with people that they previously worked with or know. After that, I plan on contacting my mentor Peggy Lewis who has been in the media industry for over 25 years. Her credentials are pristine as well as the contacts she has, including the previous President of the United States of America Bill Clinton. She went from reporting to anchoring the news, which is what I hope to do one day. With that I will ask her how I should go about getting in touch with the news station in order to obtain an interview for the job opening. As a broadcast journalism student this would be an amazing opportunity for me, especially right out of college. I'm sure after I ask my mentor how I should go about getting in touch with the station, she will give me a list of names to research, as she normally does. Then I will hopefully be able to contact someone at the station in regards to the job opportunity.