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THIS STORY IS IN PROGRESS
THIS STORY IS IN PROGRESS
THIS STORY IS IN PROGRESS
THIS STORY IS IN PROGRESS
Andrea Roane
PART I
PART I
ANDREA PART 1
Copa: Where are you from:
Andrea: My hometown is New Orleans, Louisiana.
Copa: What were your interests when you were attending High School?
Andrea: When I was in High School I wash involved in Public Speaking, just the run of the mill things that girls do in High School. Nothing specific that was career oriented, I did work on the school newspaper at one point…I did one article that was published. Even working on the newspaper I never imagined that one day I would have a career in Journalism. When I graduated years later the High School Yearbook it said what I hoped to be, and stated Clinical Phycology. Once I started college statistics said maybe not, therefore I turned to Secondary Education.
Copa: Which college did you attend?
Andrea: At the time it was called Louisiana State University in New Orleans, now it’s the University of New Orleans.
Copa: What was your major there?
Andrea: My major undergraduate was Secondary Education, my Master’s Degree was in Drama & Communications with an emphasis on Theater History.
Copa: Let’s speak about what encouraged the trip to Washington, DC.
Andrea: As I stated before, Journalism was sort of a happy accident. I was in education teaching for the New Orleans Public School system in the classroom. An opportunity came up in Administration and my title was Coordinator of Cultural Services of New Orleans Parish School System. Under that working for a brilliant woman who was very keen on the Arts, Shirley Trusty Cory. I had the responsibility of getting the new Preforming Arts High School off of the ground under her direction. We were looking for a space, the space was at my campus of LSUNO. We hired teachers and recruiting students unlike the Duke Ellington School, in the beginning the New Orleans School of the Creative Arts was part-time. You would go to your High School for academics and to us in the afternoon for your artistic endeavors. In trying to sell that on Public Television, me and my faculty wanted to speak about this special program. My role in the program was federally funded, when those funds ran out I returned to the classroom to teaching which was fine for me, I enjoyed teaching. Shortly after this I received a phone call after being on the Public television show promoting the program. It was from the Associate Producer, asking me to come in to apply for a job as as an Education Reporter for a new show they were preparing to place on the air on WYESTV, that was our public station in New Orleans…and I got the job!
Next: The Journey to Washington, DC
Copa: Where are you from:
Andrea: My hometown is New Orleans, Louisiana.
Copa: What were your interests when you were attending High School?
Andrea: When I was in High School I wash involved in Public Speaking, just the run of the mill things that girls do in High School. Nothing specific that was career oriented, I did work on the school newspaper at one point…I did one article that was published. Even working on the newspaper I never imagined that one day I would have a career in Journalism. When I graduated years later the High School Yearbook it said what I hoped to be, and stated Clinical Phycology. Once I started college statistics said maybe not, therefore I turned to Secondary Education.
Copa: Which college did you attend?
Andrea: At the time it was called Louisiana State University in New Orleans, now it’s the University of New Orleans.
Copa: What was your major there?
Andrea: My major undergraduate was Secondary Education, my Master’s Degree was in Drama & Communications with an emphasis on Theater History.
Copa: Let’s speak about what encouraged the trip to Washington, DC.
Andrea: As I stated before, Journalism was sort of a happy accident. I was in education teaching for the New Orleans Public School system in the classroom. An opportunity came up in Administration and my title was Coordinator of Cultural Services of New Orleans Parish School System. Under that working for a brilliant woman who was very keen on the Arts, Shirley Trusty Cory. I had the responsibility of getting the new Preforming Arts High School off of the ground under her direction. We were looking for a space, the space was at my campus of LSUNO. We hired teachers and recruiting students unlike the Duke Ellington School, in the beginning the New Orleans School of the Creative Arts was part-time. You would go to your High School for academics and to us in the afternoon for your artistic endeavors. In trying to sell that on Public Television, me and my faculty wanted to speak about this special program. My role in the program was federally funded, when those funds ran out I returned to the classroom to teaching which was fine for me, I enjoyed teaching. Shortly after this I received a phone call after being on the Public television show promoting the program. It was from the Associate Producer, asking me to come in to apply for a job as as an Education Reporter for a new show they were preparing to place on the air on WYESTV, that was our public station in New Orleans…and I got the job!
Next: The Journey to Washington, DC