Today’s guest is the incredibly hard working and tenacious on-air talent personality, Camryn Irwin. Irwin has worked with multiple networks including Pac-12 Networks, Amazon Prime, and ESPN. Camryn is a former professional volleyball player who now tours with AVP Beach Volleyball as one of their broadcast hosts for their professional events.  From volleyball to basketball to robotics, she has become an expert in every event that she covers. In our conversation today, we looked at what goes into preparing for all the different events and types of productions she works on.  I also picked her brain about what crews can do to help talent such as herself excel in their roles.  For anyone aspiring to be on-camera one day, this episode lays out example after example for how to succeed in the field, and if you’re like me and are more likely to be in the production truck, I was sure to pull some helpful tips out of her for us as well. Enjoy my conversation, with the talented, Camryn Irwin.

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• Camryn’s backstory and where her enthusiasm for sports came from (2:40)
• Sports that Camryn participated in while she was younger (5:15)
• Camryn explains what she takes away from playing both team sports and solo sports (6:37)
• How Camryn became a sports on-air media personality (8:54)
• Where Camryn’s drive comes from (13:50)
• Different positions Camryn has done in the sports industry (17:18)
• Camryn’s most meaningful story she’s covered (21:26)
• Camryn’s memorable story with Steve Nash (27:31)
• How Camryn approaches events that she does not have a lot of background (9:20)
• Camryn talks about robotic competitions (34:00)
• Working with different members and what are some things that directors can do to make her job easier (39:48)
• How she conveys to camera operators and what she wants from them when working (47:40)
• Good traits to have as a camera operator  (50:38)
• What makes an editor good to work with (53:20)
• Ways that Camryn gets better and progresses her career (55:57)
• Resources that help her progress (58:00)
• How Camryn’s position could potentially change in the next ten years (1:05:20)
• Camryn’s current struggle (1:07:10)
• How she deals with the media and how it perceives her (1:09:00)
• Camryn shouts out to people she’s thankful for (1:13:56)

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