How would describe that transition from radio into TV, was that daunting? Could you offer any advice on getting into TV?
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That’s where I started, so I guess at that point I thought “okay, well we’ll just see how things go” so after that I got a job in radio in Sydney, then I went to WIN TV in Wollongong and then to Ten in Melbourne, and I was there for almost four years before coming to Ten Late in Sydney last year. It’s such good experience when you go to regional areas because you’re having to generate news and your own contacts and tell stories really quickly- it’s not just handed to you as in big metro stations. I did a radio cadetship in Lismore at a little country radio station and started by pulling in regular news up there.
You have lots of different deviations on the way, so when I finished I daresay I knew what I wanted to do but it’s so hard to get there. When I did the news subjects I knew that that was the path I wanted to go down, but it’s not a linear pathway by any means. I did Media and Communications at Sydney University and that course kind of gives you an overview of the industry within lots of different subjects – so advertising and journalism and what not. Well, you’re kind of impressionable when you finish school and I wanted to get into something to do with writing and journalism, specifically TV. How did you imagine your career might turn out when you embarked on your degree? You studied Media and Communications at university, a degree that doesn’t necessarily guarantee one particular typeof job at the end of it. That’s happening in our time slot we try and go down different avenues Is running – we try to do something different. Play with how we use our graphics and what we can do visually in how we approach the different issues we cover for the day so it won’t just be whatever the news agenda at 5 o’clock Because it is so dynamic we can do newsĭifferently and we can present it in a different way. Well as getting the job done every night… we’re Genuinely have a good time because Hamish and Brad have become some of I feel really lucky that every night we’re on the air we The Olympics, the election and the Queensland floods are some to name. Moving while we’re on air makes for a really exciting 25 minutes. Think some of the breaking news moments where a story is constantly What are perhaps your favourite moments from the program to date? PEDESTRIAN: It will be the first birthday of Ten’s Late Night News tonight. If you are or know of a similarly impressive single women, nominate them or enter yourself in the 2013 Pedestrian.TV Bachelorette of the year brought to you by the really, really ridiculously looking MINI Ray. We caught up with Ms Kitson to talk about her career-defining experience covering the Victorian bush fires, the collaborative process behind the scenes of her gig and her advice for anyone hoping to join the industry. Girl’s worked her butt off to be in the enviable position of having a job she loves, really loves (“Sometimes when I’m talking about it I think: okay I need to calm down“). The lovely Hermione Kitson might have caught your attention for her news reporting prowess on Ten’s Late Night News, a career peak after getting her start with a cadetship at a little country radio station in Lismore.
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