The real work on this Next Generation Radio project began on day two. It turned out to be full of very helpful lessons. As I worked to find my source, the hours were passing and many of the phone calls were unsuccessful. No callbacks, tons of voicemails, leads falling through and being passed along to people who could not help.<\/p>\n
Just as I began to think I was never going to find someone to speak to me, it happened. I tracked someone down, ultimately via Facebook, who wanted to tell her story\u2014enter Jessica Lamar.<\/p>\n
She responded quickly, and that began the roller coaster ride of a story. Jessica lives with seven of her eight children in a 900 square foot house along with her pastor, her pastor\u2019s husband and their four dogs.<\/p>\n
Jessica\u2019s kids were a rambunctious group filled with curiosity. They marveled at the audio equipment and instantly struck poses when they saw my camera. They told me about their bikes and scooters and didn\u2019t care that their mother was being interviewed. They wanted her undivided attention, which meant chaos for me.<\/p>\n
I was grateful for Jessica\u2019s patience as I stumbled to manage the audio equipment, the photography component of my story and the children circling the two of us in excitement. She was calm and composed, I felt overwhelmed. Thankfully, I wasn\u2019t alone. My mentor, LaToya, helped me recognize my missteps as I was out in the field. There were times when Jessica didn\u2019t speak in complete sentences, which would have been detrimental if not caught and times when she urged me to move faster to keep up during the house tour. I was glad to have her support during one of the most chaotic interviews I\u2019ve ever conducted.<\/p>\n
Back at Next Gen Headquarters, there were lessons that popped up all week. However, one of the biggest ones emerged on that fateful second day. That\u2019s the day I learned to just keep searching, as LaToya made me do. In the future, I hope to remember that it\u2019s OK to not find my sources instantly, because the more I dig, the more I may discover.
\nWhile there were many obstacles throughout each day, conquering those obstacles was rewarding.
\nAfter each success, I was also able to enjoy a victory lap in CapRadio\u2019s garden –the Garden of Peace!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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