This week on Teaching in the Arts I have a great conversation with Tremaine Williams. Tremaine is a cameraman for WGN-TV in Chicago, and has also been an on-air reporter for KWQC-TV in Davenport, IA and a “one man band” in Rockford, IL. I first met Tremaine when I hired him to teach entry level broadcast classes at Tribeca Flashpoint College.
We have a great talk. Tremaine shares how he got into the business, how he worked hard, and in my opinion mastered the art of getting jobs, and the role mentors played on him. He also talks about learning from mistakes, and how being a professional makes him a better teacher.
Among other topics, we also discuss some of his favorite (and scariest) stories to cover as a newsman, hint: The Stanley Cup was not one of the scariest stories.
We also talk about being a drone pilot, and his freelance career as a filmmaker outside of WGN.
See some of that work here:
Drug Addiction Unit at Loretto Hospital from Tremaine Williams on Vimeo.
drone work 10-15 from Tremaine Williams on Vimeo.
And listen to the podcast here:
Teacher Man
