If there's one thing I learned from this month, it's that dogs are absolutely incredible creatures. I loved dogs so much, but now I can't help but love them more. Let me explain why.
I did a story on dog detectives, like detecting cancer or a missing person. They are just so interesting. I don't want to spoil much, but I will start by saying I interviewed Dina Zaphiris, a dog trainer out in California who has been training dogs to detect cancer. She previously trained police dogs to find missing people. Dogs can smell in parts per trillion - my video will define this a little more - but it means a dog's nose is hundreds of thousands of times stronger than a humans nose.
Besides how interesting my information is, it was a hard process to find shots of dogs and get interviews set up. I contacted a trainer, who wouldn't let me film, and another store manager didn't give me rights to film in their store. Then I contacted an oncologist who never responded and a news reporter who did a story on how a local St. Louisian recently got a dog trained to smell high blood sugar. No one allowed me permission or even responded, so I was left in the dark. This is definitely the cons of being a student reporter - people must not believe that a junior in high school is a credible source to talk to. But whatever, I guess they're missing out because Ladue View is eighth in the nation.
I loved talking to the people (who actually contacted me back, that is) about this. My mom was so interested in the dogs detecting cancer that she wants to look into having our dog trained to do so, and maybe even start a local chapter here in St. Louis.
Broadcast has given me so many opportunities to grow and learn as a person and I can't thank this class and the teachers enough because I love this class so much.
So as of now, I have nothing to show you, but you'll see how dogs are amazing in January. And you'll also see why I love this class.
I did a story on dog detectives, like detecting cancer or a missing person. They are just so interesting. I don't want to spoil much, but I will start by saying I interviewed Dina Zaphiris, a dog trainer out in California who has been training dogs to detect cancer. She previously trained police dogs to find missing people. Dogs can smell in parts per trillion - my video will define this a little more - but it means a dog's nose is hundreds of thousands of times stronger than a humans nose.
Besides how interesting my information is, it was a hard process to find shots of dogs and get interviews set up. I contacted a trainer, who wouldn't let me film, and another store manager didn't give me rights to film in their store. Then I contacted an oncologist who never responded and a news reporter who did a story on how a local St. Louisian recently got a dog trained to smell high blood sugar. No one allowed me permission or even responded, so I was left in the dark. This is definitely the cons of being a student reporter - people must not believe that a junior in high school is a credible source to talk to. But whatever, I guess they're missing out because Ladue View is eighth in the nation.
I loved talking to the people (who actually contacted me back, that is) about this. My mom was so interested in the dogs detecting cancer that she wants to look into having our dog trained to do so, and maybe even start a local chapter here in St. Louis.
Broadcast has given me so many opportunities to grow and learn as a person and I can't thank this class and the teachers enough because I love this class so much.
So as of now, I have nothing to show you, but you'll see how dogs are amazing in January. And you'll also see why I love this class.