Apparently I don’t suck

By Chardaé Davis
Monitor Staff

I’ve been nervous for the last two days. As a broadcast journalism student, I’m very concerned about my presentation on camera and am always looking for feedback.

Knowing NABJ would be able to assist me, I signed up for a voice coaching session at the career fair with the Radio-Television News Directors Association before coming to Las Vegas.

Walking over to the booth Friday morning, I was confident, yet terrified at the same time. I kept asking myself, “What if I’m horrible?” I played my first package for the coach and anxiously watched his facial expressions the entire time (by the way—no frowns).

In the end, I was happy with his recommendations. He didn’t tell me to consider another career. Practice, practice practice, he said. I’m a good writer, and I have a good presence on camera. Leaving the career fair with a big smile, I can finally relax.

Now I just have to get rid of my glasses.