Last Updated 2 years ago by Devontae Jackson.
On Tuesday, December 18, 2018 I got to sit down with a few degreed broadcast meteorologist. I was there to do an interview with the Chief Meteorologist for WHIO-TV and one of my best friends, McCall Vrydaghs.
The interview was about the lack of blacks in the field of meteorology. I thought no better person to interview about this other than someone who works in the field right?
I first sat down with McCall and got her thoughts on why there is a lack of blacks in the meteorology field. I won’t give her answer here since it’s a radio interview and it’s not ready. She even talked about how women is a minority in the field of meteorology. She also gave insight on how rare it is to have a women chief meteorologist in a field dominated by white males.
I then got to sit down with Dontae Jones, a newly hired black meteorologist for WHIO. Everyone agreed and thought that it would be a good idea to get a sound bite from an African American meteorologist. He gave insight on why he thought a lot of African Americans are not in the field. I won’t give away his answer either because again it’s a radio interview and it’s not ready. He gave advice to inspiring blacks who wants to become a meteorologist and gave me some personal advice for when I go to college.
I must say it was really fun and interesting to sit down and to chat with them!
Hey Devonte, can you provide me with a link to listen to your radio interview. Sounds interesting. My son is a graduating senior who wants to become a meteorologist and I’d like to hear the answer to the questions as to why there aren’t many blacks in the field of meteorology.
Hello, Angela! Sorry I didn’t reply to you earlier. I left school like 30 minutes ago. The radio interview is not quite ready yet. There are some things that still needs to be tweaked. I will be happy to give you the link to the interview when it’s ready! I will more than likely publish a post about it with the interview included in it. It should hopefully be ready by next month!