Jeremiah Chapman and Kiara Brown
Recorded
November 1, 2023
Archived
November 1, 2023
37:02 minutes
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Id:
mby023254
Description
Kiara Brown (28) talks her colleague to Jeremiah Chapmin (44) about her upbringing in Gloster, Mississippi, her journey to working in media and communications, and the many obstacles she overcame along the way.Subject Log / Time Code
Kiara (K) shares her earliest memories of watching television.
K talks about her upbringing in a rural Mississippi town. K describes what it was like when she moved to Mobile, Alabama.
K says TV was her escape and allowed her to see things she didn't see in her hometown.
K shares the good things and the bad things she remembers about Gloster, Mississippi. K says she faced some rejection in her hometown because she dreamt of bigger things.
K explains what her parents did for work.
K talks about her relatives who pursued higher education and would take her out on trips. K recalls visiting University of Souther Mississippi in the sixth grade and knowing that's where she wanted to attend college.
K reflects on her tendencies to overachieve and the roots it has in having faced rejection.
K shares that she has a Master's in mass communications and journalism. K adds that she minored in english and black studies.
K says that even she earned her degree, she felt like a failure because she did not have a job lined up after graduating and had to go back to her hometown and live with her mother.
K describes her job hunt for a job in journalism and the challenges she faced.
K details getting engaged and moving to Mobile, Alabama.
K talks about what it was like she was hired to be a producer at a Mobile affiliate.
K explains how she grew from getting thrown into the television world.
K shares what was like working in live television during the COVID-19 pandemic, a presidential election, and the killing of George Floyd.
K says she and her husband went through a divorce and explains how difficult that period was.
K describes how she undertook major life changes during the period of her divorce. She say she leaned on her faith during that time.
K talks about her current job in public relations and shares her goals for the future.
Participants
- Jeremiah Chapman
- Kiara Brown