Peyton recently did his end of semester interview with assistant professor for digital media design, Jared Thompson. Peyton, of course being interested in video production asked him multiple questions about video editing and anything video production related. A big topic they spoke about was Jared’s work at his own video production company Thompson Video, something that Jared has been taking a step back on to focus on teaching media design. Jared is a West Liberty alumni and after some outside video production work, came back to teach media design here at West Liberty. Jared and Peyton discuss what it means to be a good video editor, what skills you need, what it’s like working with others, how to get better in any step in video production, and the struggles they face in this field. They also discuss what it is like to run a small business, what it means to run a small business in Appalachia, what it’s like in this economy, and ideas of what a video editor small business around this area would look like.