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days. That said, it wasn’t so very different from TV journalism in the States because television newscasts often don’t give viewers enough time with subjects either
One week in a location with a group is simply too short, but we had the best teams of faculty and professionals possible in each instance. I think about these experiences daily and will never forget how they shaped me professionally and personally. I am forever changed.
For Cuba, I needed to alter the way I worked. I learned how to write for broadcast television journalism months prior and more recently learned how to work in a live studio setting. Field reporting for television was as news to me as the country.
The most difficult aspects of the Cuba trip were caused by a tour group schedule, which limited our ability to conduct in-depth reporting. Our schedule was approved in advance by the Cuban government and we did not stray from the group the first few
Emily Pelland, Synclaire Cruel and Derrick Cheston interview journalist Betty Baye at Xanadu, the famous golf and beach resort and former DuPont family residence at Varadero Beach, about two hours north of Havana. (Photo by Jackie Jones)