{"id":187,"name":"Laiqa Hitt","url":"","description":"JAPAN - My passion for videography started when I was at my first duty station in Iwakuni, Japan. I became a radio DJ when initially got there, but didn\u2019t like it so I convinced my command to switch me into the news section where I would be creating videos instead. It was a painful process at first because my only formal training was taking photos and writing stories at that time. Slowly, but surely I was making a new story every week and found that I really enjoyed making videos. I ended up winning a few awards that first year and kept trying to become a better storyteller after that.\r\n\r\nTHE PENTAGON - My passion grew even more for video storytelling when I was sent to the Pentagon. I was able to travel all across the United States to support the Marine Corps\u2019 flagship social media platforms and create videos for top level Marine Corps initiatives and plans.\r\n\r\nSYRACUSE - I wanted to hone my skills even more which is when I applied to the Military Motion Media Program at Syracuse program at Newhouse, Syracuse University.\r\n\r\nFUTURE \u2013 I will be heading back to Japan to continue my career in the Marine Corps.","link":"https:\/\/newhousemilitary.syr.edu\/2020\/author\/lthitt\/","slug":"lthitt","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34980c7e47e6af55aa6a75c8f2b33b8c57900ff0b6b79dc43c6556f2216006d7?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34980c7e47e6af55aa6a75c8f2b33b8c57900ff0b6b79dc43c6556f2216006d7?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/34980c7e47e6af55aa6a75c8f2b33b8c57900ff0b6b79dc43c6556f2216006d7?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newhousemilitary.syr.edu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newhousemilitary.syr.edu\/2020\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}