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Newscast #5 - Hannah Goetz - Spring 2017

Let me start out by saying I am VERY appreciative and thankful not only for my WVU News family, but for a career path that allows me to work in a team setting with people who are always willing to help. But I’ll get back to that side of things later in the blog.

My story for show number 5 was a feature story on Robyn Bernard, a gymnast at WVU. Robyn’s mom was diagnosed with breast cancer when she was in high school and I got the chance to hear her story. 

I started out the week by attending the gymnastics meet, which was absolutely amazing! The meet was benefitting breast cancer awareness… so it tied right into Robyn’s story.

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It was my first time filming gymnastics on the floor and I had a blast. These girls are serious athletes. I have always enjoyed watching gymnastics, but that perspective made it 10x better. 

Later in the week I had a sit down interview with Robyn at the WVU gymnastics practice facility. It was one of those interviews that was so easy and enjoyable. It is always great interviewing a well-spoken genuine person. I then got to film practice and got to see a side not everyone does. 

The story was coming along, but when I went to play back my stand-up that I filmed at practice I realized my audio was blown out from the music they were blasting. No big deal, I would just re-shoot sometime over spring break 

Now I bring you back to why I am so appreciative of my WVU News family. On my way home for spring break I got in an accident right before the tunnels going into Pittsburgh…don’t worry I’m okay, but my car wasn’t. I totaled my poor car and now was stuck without a stand-up for my deadline. I had so much love and support pouring in from my peers and Professor Dahlia that it really put me at ease.  

The funny thing about all this is I ended up going to my sister’s gymnastics practice in my hometown and filming my stand-up with her there (she’s 15). But it was fun showing her what I do and turning a not-so-great situation into a fun experience for the both of us! 

I returned back to Morgantown after spring break and my WVU News team was there waiting to have my back if I needed it! You do a lot of work on your own in this industry, but it is good to have a team behind you if you need it.  

I finished the package, and even used the stand-up that I let my sister help me with! And as I try to think of an ending for this blog post, I just found out the story got picked up by ESPNU…can’t end on a better note than that! Until next time everyone

   hannah studio                   sister                                                                       

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