When I graduated college in 2001, I got my first on-air, television news reporter job at a tiny NBC bureau in southeast New Mexico. My bureau's parent station was the NBC affiliate in Albuquerque, four hours north, so my responsibility was to shoot, edit and produce content for them when needed while also anchoring/reporting for my local station based in Roswell. While my year there was extremely busy, I've always been grateful for the opportunity, because it taught me a lot and equipped me with skills I still use today. I served as a "One Man Band" reporter, which meant I didn't have a photographer helping me. I had to do it at all myself, which at times looked ridiculous when I'd show up in heels to cover an event and yet be carrying in heavy equipment that weighed nearly as much as I did! Yet, I got pretty fast at it, and learned a few tricks along the way. I learned how to shoot interviews by myself, how to shoot standups (me on camera), and how to edit quickly to make our news deadlines. However, once I was promoted to the Albuquerque market and eventually went on to report on the East coast, I didn't need to shoot/edit my own stories anymore. Yet, today as a Public Relations professional trying to take advantage of the new media trends where visual Content is "king", I am so grateful I have more than 10 years news writing and on-air experiene but also that time as a rookie reporter where I shot and edited.