by Ruth Saman
Monday November 5, 2011 was the
first day of the Children’s Day of Broadcasting in Suriname–
an initiative of the STVS and the AlphaMax Academy. Surinamese students worked with the STVS crew
to launch this project; this project might be an ongoing project. Kristina Taylor, Reann Kersenhout, Justin Ho,
Emmanuel Landburg, Jason Jones, Yamil Baptista, Aaron Cheuk A Lam and Cherise
Playfair are some
of the students who participated
in this project.
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| Ruth on National TV |
Along with Cherise Playfair, I
presented part of the STVS evening news for 10 minutes. During the voice checks on Friday December 2,
2011 I was very nervous, and the recording room was very cold. Before me, other students went, and when I it
was my turn, I felt as if my nerves took over because I started my presentation
before the camera man gave me the cue. When
I finally got the cue, I presented the news and surprisingly, I was calm. I was very comfortable being in the
spotlight. As a result the STVS team
decided that my performance on my screen test was good enough for me to present
the evening news. So I got the chance to be seen on television nationwide.
On Monday December 5, the day of the news presentation,
Cherise and I had to be at the TV station by 12 noon. In the morning, we came to school and left at
11. We started taping the presentation
at approximately 1.30. I felt very calm
and confident while doing it.
That night, when I watched the news, I waited impatiently on
the part of the news that Cherise was doing to end. Then there I was…reading
the news on National TV. Seeing myself
on television was something new for me, but it lasted only for 10 minutes. So I had my ten minutes of fame, I told
myself.
After seeing this, I felt that I had revealed one of my many
hidden talents.
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| Ruth on STVS Evening News |
