Her Story
About tatum
Tatum Fry serves as an associate producer and editor at the Weather Channel, focusing on media content for their website and app. Her daily work involves monitoring current events such as storms and heat waves, pitching news stories and video ideas, and spending much of her time on video editing, which she finds most rewarding. A 2025 graduate, Tatum has nearly a year of experience in the film and television industry and remains deeply committed to creative storytelling that encompasses visual art, acting, music, and fashion. Her senior thesis film from college screened at multiple festivals and earned her a nomination for Best Emerging Filmmaker at an event in Atlanta, an achievement she considers her proudest. Tatum aspires to transition into narrative film and television, seeking opportunities on feature film sets in pre-production, post-production, and filming. She attributes her success to her family, particularly her mother, who instilled a strong work ethic, drive, and ambition, while emphasizing the importance of balancing professional projects with personally meaningful creative work. Her core values center on producing female-forward stories that foster community among women and reflect the kinds of narratives she wished to see as a young girl. Tatum advises aspiring women in the industry to maintain confidence in their skills and capabilities.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with tatum
01What do you attribute your success to?
I would say definitely my family especially my mother and the way that I was raised. Specifically how I was taught to have a work ethic and drive and ambition in my career but also I think that making sure that I always have time to create work that is meaningful to myself is something that allows me the capacity to work hard and be driven on all of my other projects and collaborations.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
My favorite and best piece of advice was something that a professor told me when I was really nervous before graduating and all he said was it'll happen for you. And I think that is like my favorite thing to kind of go back and think on when I'm thinking of my career and all the things I want to do with it.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
I would say something that really helped me breaking in to the industry is remaining confident in your capabilities and your skills and knowing that you can do the job once you get there.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
I would say I'm currently wanting to break into narrative film and TV and being on more feature film production sets whether it's pre-production or post-production or actually being there filming things I want to start getting on more of those projects because I'm very interested in that side of film and television and that's where my heart is calling me.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
I think my number one thing that I want to do with my work is to create stories and pieces of art that women can sort of feel a sense of community while participating in and viewing. And I also would hope to continue and make sure that all of the stories that I tell and focus on are female-forward and are what I wanted to see as a young girl.
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