The Media Studies scholarship students were thrilled to have a visit from TVNZ’s Carol Hirschfeld and John Campbell to speak about the New Zealand television industry recently.
John and Carol are among New Zealand’s most respected and well-known journalists and TV industry professionals, and they generously took time out of their busy schedules for a second year in a row to speak to the students about their careers, the television industry, what it’s like working as journalists, and what the future may hold for journalism and broadcast television in our country.
The students listened intently, took plenty of notes, and asked some insightful questions to the pair, and they came away feeling inspired and hopeful about pursuing careers in journalism or television. The main takeaways from the talk, however, were that the students’ generation will be the ones to bring in real change to the television and journalism landscape, and that they will find that the people they remember the most in their careers won’t necessarily be the celebrities, but the regular people who are brave and kind enough to open up to them in times of crisis or extraordinary events.
It was a privilege to welcome back such seasoned professionals as John and Carol to Westlake Girls.