I took the broadcast journalism program at BCIT, co-oped out for my last semester because I got a radio gig here in the West Kootenay as a news/sports reporter.
In the year and a half I've been here I've gotten plenty of experience (covering murder trials, federal elections, hockey play-by-play, a sportswriting gig with the local paper) that I never would have had if I'd stayed in Vancouver, so I wholeheartedly agree that a small town is the place to start based on my own experience.
Feel free to shoot me a msg if you have any questions.
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