ROSHINI'S BLOG

I’m pleased to have Jeanette Trompeter as May’s Guest Blogger.  Jeanette was a news anchor at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis.  In March 2009, she was laid off and had to do what a lot of people in this economy had to do—start over.  She landed back in her home area as main anchor at the first station she ever worked.  Jeanette is a great example of presenting your best when faced with the unexpected.

I moved back to the Central Coast of California around Christmas time and started my new (and “old” job) at KSBY-TV in January.  I anchor the evening newscasts with a guy I worked with when I left here.  I shoot stories with a photographer I worked with back then.  My boss is a former reporter from that time.  In so many ways, it’s comfortable, familiar, and wonderful—like I never left.

But there’s also the other side.  I fell in love with Minnesota during the four years I worked at WCCO-TV.  Primarily because of the people I worked with, I felt embraced and supported and lucky to have landed in such a great environment.  They were family.  That made the “divorce” emotionally tough on me.  In light of the economy, I’ve landed in a paradise in many ways. 

But my love affair with Minnesota doesn’t make this a clean break.  I felt connected to the Twin Cities and its people.  I come back for visits.  My house has not yet sold, so it sits as it did the day I left.  I feel like I could pick up where I left off.  You might say I’m “tweenin” between two lives.  I live in beautiful Shell Beach, California, and I’m reconnecting with dear friends.  I spent Easter with my parents for the first time in fifteen years.  But I also feel my loss.

I suppose that’s the way it is with transition times.  I do feel blessed, however, to have experienced life in Minnesota and to have the roots I have here in California.  There really is no place like home.  So thank you to any Twin Citian reading this for welcoming me into your home.  I will always feel a connection with you.

If you’d like to see Jeanette in her new role, you can watch evening newscasts live at www.ksby.com or follow her on her blog at www.jeanettetrompeter.com.  E-mail roshini@roshinimedia.com or message me on www.facebook.com/roshini.rajkumar with your thoughts for future Guest Blogs.