I knew in eighth grade that I wanted to pursue journalism. Back then, I wanted to write for a newspaper, and I did, for four years in high school. When I started at the University of Kansas, I began dabbling in multimedia. After talking with a member of a local television station at a journalism school career fair, I looked into news producing for the first time. And I never looked back.

 

My mission as a journalist is to help the public by reporting what they need to know and how that's relevant to their lives and to find the significance in ordinary life by sharing stories of people who deserve way more than 15 minutes of fame. I'm a television news producer because I want to ensure newscasts give communities news that will inform them (facts and what those facts mean), interest them (tight, smart writing and intriguing video) and inspire them (human element in every story).

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That's what I aim to do every day, as I produce the 10 p.m. newscast at FOX 59 in Indianapolis. The journalists in my newsroom don't just report what happens in Central Indiana; we dig deeper into how what happens affect our viewers' lives. We take their questions to the people who make policy and decisions and explain issues in terms that make sense.

 

One of the biggest complaints people have about news is that it's too negative. That's why we work to highlight the good things happening in Central Indiana, too, that make it a wonderful place for our viewers to call home.