This week toned down a bit after a busy, exciting game day weekend. Daisy, FATV's producer, left for an extended holiday this week, so I spent most of the week and nearly all 20 hours going over her typical duties and troubleshooting protocol for those "just-in-case" scenarios: If one of the boys (videographers) needs to book a flight somewhere, this is the company you contact and this is what you tell them... If a shipment comes in and they need to drop it off, this is what you tell them... etc. It was actually pretty enjoyable for me, figuring out the production schedule, organizing shoots, learning to be that go-to person.
By the end of the week, I tagged along to the World Cup team announcement for the England Seniors National Team at South Bank. We interviewed several players and the head coach specifically about the announcement, the anticipation, who they told first, how they reacted, etc. Overall, covering the Women's team and seeing how much coverage they were receiving, was uplifting to experience. They got a significant amount of media coverage for a female sport. All the people I spoke with made it clear that U.S. soccer has better opportunities for female athletes, but coming from the States, that doesn't resonate. It seems that women's soccer just has too many professional sports to compete against.
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