{"id":963278,"date":"2021-03-12T16:20:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T21:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/meet-rheannah\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:48:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:48:20","slug":"meet-rheannah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wfsu.org\/education\/meet-rheannah\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction: WFSU’s New Intern Rheannah Wynter"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hi! My name is\u00a0<\/span>Rheannah<\/span>\u00a0Wynter<\/span>. I<\/span>\u2019m an intern in the digital and education departments here at WFSU<\/span>\u00a0Public Media<\/span>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As a\u00a0<\/span>ki<\/span>d<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>i<\/span>t\u00a0<\/span>never<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>quite<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>occurred to me<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>media was\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0product of other people<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>And not just a<\/span>\u00a0few,\u00a0<\/span>but teams of<\/span>\u00a0people<\/span>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/span>including<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>pro<\/span>ducers, directors, editors, distributors…<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Little-Rheannah

Little-Rheannah giving a mittened thumbs up.<\/sup><\/p><\/div>\n

That isn\u2019t to say I never sat through a credit<\/span>\u00a0scroll<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>I was exposed to plenty of children\u2019s television and films<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>saw<\/span>\u00a0a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>movie<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>almost every<\/span>-other<\/span>\u00a0weekend (<\/span>a<\/span>h, the days of seven-dollar movie tickets<\/span><\/i>)<\/span>, and\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>weekdays I was absorbed by PBS K<\/span>IDS<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0I liked<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Cyberchase<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>and\u00a0<\/span>Dragon<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>Tales<\/span><\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span>any program that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>w<\/span>ould\u00a0<\/span>transport me<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>sci-fi fantasy<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>adventure<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>especially\u00a0<\/span>loved\u00a0<\/span>Zoom<\/span><\/i>.<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>I<\/span>t was always engaging to watch<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>real-life\u00a0<\/span>kids\u00a0<\/span>present\u00a0<\/span>real-life\u00a0<\/span>subjects<\/span>\u00a0(<\/span>not to mention\u00a0<\/span>the endearing\u00a0<\/span>wackiness<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>of the\u00a0<\/span>Zoom<\/span><\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/i>set<\/span>)<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>For\u00a0<\/span>little-<\/span>Rheannah<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>PBS KIDS made learning accessible<\/span>. A<\/span>n<\/span>d<\/span> as a child<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>mean<\/span>t\u00a0<\/span>learning<\/span>\u00a0was<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>fun<\/span><\/i>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Children

“Come on and Zoom” really takes on a different meaning in 2021. Photo credit: Mark Ostow for WGBH, copyright 2004.<\/sup><\/p><\/div>\n

Still,\u00a0I\u00a0was\u00a0occupied\u00a0with\u00a0more practical\u00a0career\u00a0<\/span>choices<\/span>, like \u201chorse <\/span>rider\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0<\/span>\u201cOlympic<\/span>\u00a0runner\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>or<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u201cradio DJ\u201d (to be<\/span>\u00a0fair<\/span>, this one\u00a0<\/span>did come true<\/span>).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That is, until\u00a0<\/span>I was gifted\u00a0<\/span>my first<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>cell<\/span>phone.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not a smart phone, but a glorious plastic brick with a\u00a0<\/span>3\u201d screen and a slide-out keyboard. And most importantly, a camera\u00a0<\/span>that could record\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span><\/i>\u00a0pause, bestowing upon me the magic of\u00a0<\/span>cuts<\/span><\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/i>I didn\u2019t know it, but\u00a0<\/span>my malleable child-brain had downloaded more than just moral lessons from all the educational programming I had watched.\u00a0<\/span>Like most people (whether they know it or not), I\u2019d implicitly come to u<\/span>nderstand film language<\/span>, employing\u00a0<\/span>composition<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>cuts<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>sound design,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>continuity<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0I\u2019d never heard of a<\/span>\u00a0producer or\u00a0<\/span>editor, but\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>\u00a0liked to make my friends laugh. So, music video<\/span>s<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>stop motion, and\u00a0<\/span>not-so-good improv\u00a0<\/span>ensued.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To me<\/span>, t<\/span>his was just a<\/span>\u00a0childhood<\/span>\u00a0pastime<\/span>. It was<\/span>n\u2019t\u00a0<\/span>something I<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>considered significant<\/span>, nor something I would<\/span>\u00a0even<\/span>\u00a0remember until I entered my 20s<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u00a0<\/span>decided<\/span>\u00a0fairly late\u00a0that<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I had a certain facility with\u00a0<\/span>video\u00a0<\/span>editing (thank you<\/span>\u00a0high school<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>j<\/span>ournalism<\/span>\u00a0c<\/span>lass<\/span>)<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>So,\u00a0<\/span>perusing\u00a0<\/span>media production\u00a0<\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>50% whim<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>50%\u00a0<\/span>curiosity<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>I\u00a0<\/span>kept an o<\/span>pen mind<\/span>. I considered\u00a0<\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>the<\/span>\u00a0genres, positions, and\u00a0<\/span>avenues<\/span>\u00a0one can take<\/span>\u00a0in film and TV. But\u00a0<\/span>studying abroad would<\/span>\u00a0shape\u00a0<\/span>my future\u00a0<\/span>irreversibly<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0I spent a month in London developing a documentar<\/span>y<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>I found s<\/span>omething special\u00a0<\/span>about\u00a0<\/span>immersing myself in a s<\/span>ubject\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>community<\/span>\u00a0and arranging\u00a0<\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>findings\u00a0<\/span>as to\u00a0<\/span>engage\u00a0<\/span>viewers\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>\u00a0meaningful way.<\/span><\/p>\n

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My appreciation for non-fiction film and TV filled a\u00a0<\/span>Zoom<\/span><\/i>-sized hole in my heart.\u00a0<\/span>Educational programming\u00a0<\/span>and documentary\u00a0<\/span>film don’t\u00a0<\/span>live\u00a0<\/span>too far apart<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0They make learning fun (and\u00a0<\/span>accessible<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>engaging, cathartic<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>funny)<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>and I\u00a0<\/span>feel that contributing to th<\/span>ese types of media is a contribution to the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>minds of kids\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span><\/i>\u00a0adults<\/span>. Whether that\u2019s through marketing, producing, or editing<\/span>\u00a0non-fiction content, I\u00a0<\/span>find it fulfilling to make\u00a0<\/span>learning\u00a0<\/span>accessible<\/span>\u00a0and engaging<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve\u00a0<\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>interned at WFSU for\u00a0<\/span>half of a semester<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>But\u00a0<\/span>considering\u00a0<\/span>all<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0the\u00a0<\/span>educational-local-<\/span>historical-meaningful<\/span>\u00a0content I<\/span>\u2019ve had\u00a0<\/span>the opportunity to work with<\/span>, I intend to stay much longer<\/span>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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