Kyra Williams was scrambling.

She only had one hour to prep to film an event at School District headquarters in late March featuring rapper Ice Cube and actor Deon Cole, who were donating $5,000 to the District’s early literacy campaign. Williams, a senior atMasterman High School, was an intern at the district’s Public School TV Channel (PSTV) and this was a last-minute assignment.

She quickly researched the pair’s latest movie and then wrote 10 questions to ask if there was time for an interview (there wasn’t, but she did get a photo with Ice Cube). For Williams, it wasn’t difficult since she had experience with a different camera, but nerve-wracking given the little notice she was given.

“That was like my first time actually filming something live,” she said, smiling as she recalled the memory.

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