I will have the honor of speaking at my alma mater about graduate school and the importance of it down the road. I sent this bio to the Dean and it made me reflect on my journey. Take a listen.
My name is Tommy Hawkins. I'm 26 years old and from Dallas, Texas. I recently graduate from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism with my masters in journalism in May 2014. I graduate from Florida A&M University in Fall 2012 with my bachelors in broadcast Journalism.
When I graduated from high school I started at community college because I didn't know what I wanted to do. After receiving an opportunity to go to FAMU, I began to develop my journalism skills by becoming a staff writer for the FAMUAN covering the Women's Basketball beat. As I continued to develop my writing I became interested in video. I then interned with TCC and FAMU Athletic departments working as multimedia intern. As I began to take advanced video course at FAMU my skills and confidence grew. During my last semester at FAMU, I took Advanced TV News and SPecialized TV News (although it was recommended not to.) along with 5 other classes, I was interning at TCC's television station 15 hours a week, and I had a part-time job as an apartment leasing agent where I accounted for %30 of the %85 percent of move ins.
One professor planted the idea of grad school in my brain about a year before I graduated and considering everyone in my family had a master's, and salaries were not looking promising after graduation, I decided to apply to 3 grad schools. I was ecstatic when I found out I got into Columbia and embarked on a 10 month journey of some of the most incredible journalists in the world.
I minored in science at FAMU and despite my expertise in sports, I decided to focus on science video. I took advanced video seminars with the top professors at the University and also completed 2 science courses where I had the opportunity to work with Marguerite Holloway, a renowned science journalists.
After graduating, another student and I started a video production company called Hawk IV Productions, LLC. We started the company on July 1st. So far we have grossed $6,000 dollars in sales during our 4 brief months. I am the CFO and CEO, which means I handle the financials as well as the generation of new revenue and all other business matters. Its challenging its tough and I love it. I'm happy to be where I am and wouldn't change my journey for anything.
My name is Tommy Hawkins. I'm 26 years old and from Dallas, Texas. I recently graduate from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism with my masters in journalism in May 2014. I graduate from Florida A&M University in Fall 2012 with my bachelors in broadcast Journalism.
When I graduated from high school I started at community college because I didn't know what I wanted to do. After receiving an opportunity to go to FAMU, I began to develop my journalism skills by becoming a staff writer for the FAMUAN covering the Women's Basketball beat. As I continued to develop my writing I became interested in video. I then interned with TCC and FAMU Athletic departments working as multimedia intern. As I began to take advanced video course at FAMU my skills and confidence grew. During my last semester at FAMU, I took Advanced TV News and SPecialized TV News (although it was recommended not to.) along with 5 other classes, I was interning at TCC's television station 15 hours a week, and I had a part-time job as an apartment leasing agent where I accounted for %30 of the %85 percent of move ins.
One professor planted the idea of grad school in my brain about a year before I graduated and considering everyone in my family had a master's, and salaries were not looking promising after graduation, I decided to apply to 3 grad schools. I was ecstatic when I found out I got into Columbia and embarked on a 10 month journey of some of the most incredible journalists in the world.
I minored in science at FAMU and despite my expertise in sports, I decided to focus on science video. I took advanced video seminars with the top professors at the University and also completed 2 science courses where I had the opportunity to work with Marguerite Holloway, a renowned science journalists.
After graduating, another student and I started a video production company called Hawk IV Productions, LLC. We started the company on July 1st. So far we have grossed $6,000 dollars in sales during our 4 brief months. I am the CFO and CEO, which means I handle the financials as well as the generation of new revenue and all other business matters. Its challenging its tough and I love it. I'm happy to be where I am and wouldn't change my journey for anything.
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