videographer
Omaha's Children's Hospital
Meet Mitch, a videographer at Omaha's Children's Hospital who believes in the power of visual storytelling.
Ever since eighth grade, Mitch knew that he wanted to be involved with broadcasting. When visiting the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in high school, he realized that he didn't have to venture far from home to pursue that career. After exploring the various parts of a broadcasting, he realized his passion was in video production.
"What's great about the broadcasting program at Nebraska is that you don't have to know from day one exactly what you want to do for the rest of your life."
Mitch currently is the sole videographer at Children's Hospital & Medical Center in Omaha. Since he's a one-man staff, he works on a wide variety of video projects, taking them all the way from concept to post production. The best part of his job is being able to capture heart-warming interactions between children and special visitors, such as College World Series teams or Santa Claus. He's especially fond of his project about the hospital's facility dog, Sven. (We advise you to watch this video with a tissue in hand.)
"I'm lucky to work at an organization that believes in the power of video."
Before fully entering the world of broadcasting, Mitch had several internships to build his confidence, skills and portfolio. He learned about live video production during his time with Indiana minor league baseball teams, polished his writing skills with NET News in Lincoln and saw the advertising side of video production with an agency in Minneapolis. In the classroom, Mitch believes that his courses helped him in countless ways. He's thankful for the wide scope of classes available that cover different areas of broadcasting, such as radio, broadcast writing and video production. He encourages future students to take classes that put them outside of their comfort zone.
Mitch is very optimistic about the opportunities that exist in the future of broadcasting. He believes that we're in a time where anyone can broadcast a video to millions of people on social media, and this could be considered news.
"If anyone can be a broadcaster, that just means the skills of a trained, professional broadcaster are more important now than ever."