So much going on!
Well, here I am. I have no idea how I'm online right now, but apparently I'm bumming off some network from somewhere. And quite honestly, that's fine by me!
So I'm settled finally. For the most part. Still lacking some odds and ends, but nothing crucial. I even went grocery shopping for the first time yesterday. Let's just say I shop like a 9 year old. My carriage was filled with reduced fat cheese nips, ice cream, fat free, sugar free pudding cups (chocolate of course), and lettuce and spinach. I'm crazy and quite liking it! I've finally unpacked all my shit...or at least moved it from the living room. Cable will be here on Saturday. Made a Christmas Tree Shop run for some home decor...so things are falling into place.
Work is going splendidly. I was afraid that training would consist of me trailing after people all day, watching and observing and burning brain cells out of boredom. It especially would've sucked after I got thrown into the job last Wednesday and did pretty well with it. Luckily, my news director seems to be the learning-through-doing type. Yesterday I came in at 9 as instructed. Sat through the morning meeting and was assigned to do a ride-along with FEMA as they inspected damaged homes from the nor'easter. It was ok. I did a look-live for the 5 and a longer one for the 6. But basically, the storm was last week and there wasn't much going on. Then the SOTS were too long, and both packages were too long, and I just wanted to get it right the first time and didn't. They didn't have me re-write anything, but getting to a minute 10 wasn't coming easily. Still, I turned them both on time, so that's what mattered.
Today went REALLY well. I was again expecting to actually be training today. I got to work early to find story ideas for the morning meeting (since I didn't think I had Internet at home).I found one about a proposed bill that would allow the state's colleges and universities to decide for themselves if students can have guns on campus. Seems like a no-brainer, but believe it or not, one college actually allows it. So I pitched that and the news director liked it! Then he and the EP sent me to cover it. So I really got to build it from the ground up. I made the calls, set everything up, reported, wrote it, and then it aired! Again, two look-lives - one for the 5 and one for the 6. I was rocking the new hair (which I finally got the hang of styling). I enjoyed today's story because it was actually a real story. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE storm stuff. It's awesome. But the storm stuff I did was after the main event, so it felt kind of trivial. So this was actually real news that had some kind of meaning to people. Although it did feel too easy to be on a college campus for my whole story. I interviewed the chief of campus police and then students. It just seemed too simple. But no need to reinvent the wheel I guess. They liked it, so that's all that matters. It was so funny though...I felt like those kids thought I was like 30 or something. I wanted to be like, wait! I'm still one of you guys!
It's still hard for me to believe that this is the real thing. I still feel like I'm an intern half the time...that this can't actually really be my job. It's hard for me to feel self-assured and not show how green I am...because in reality, I'm 6 years younger than all the other reporters. But they've all been insanely nice, and I absolutely love the place. My boss is a character, and it's been a supportive environment thus far. There's no telling when I'll start my job at the bureau. For now, I'm really digging the station environment. Plus...no homework, no thesis - pretty freakin' fabulous.
Anyway, it's 11:12...past my bedtime! Getting up at 7=still painful. Adios!
So I'm settled finally. For the most part. Still lacking some odds and ends, but nothing crucial. I even went grocery shopping for the first time yesterday. Let's just say I shop like a 9 year old. My carriage was filled with reduced fat cheese nips, ice cream, fat free, sugar free pudding cups (chocolate of course), and lettuce and spinach. I'm crazy and quite liking it! I've finally unpacked all my shit...or at least moved it from the living room. Cable will be here on Saturday. Made a Christmas Tree Shop run for some home decor...so things are falling into place.
Work is going splendidly. I was afraid that training would consist of me trailing after people all day, watching and observing and burning brain cells out of boredom. It especially would've sucked after I got thrown into the job last Wednesday and did pretty well with it. Luckily, my news director seems to be the learning-through-doing type. Yesterday I came in at 9 as instructed. Sat through the morning meeting and was assigned to do a ride-along with FEMA as they inspected damaged homes from the nor'easter. It was ok. I did a look-live for the 5 and a longer one for the 6. But basically, the storm was last week and there wasn't much going on. Then the SOTS were too long, and both packages were too long, and I just wanted to get it right the first time and didn't. They didn't have me re-write anything, but getting to a minute 10 wasn't coming easily. Still, I turned them both on time, so that's what mattered.
Today went REALLY well. I was again expecting to actually be training today. I got to work early to find story ideas for the morning meeting (since I didn't think I had Internet at home).I found one about a proposed bill that would allow the state's colleges and universities to decide for themselves if students can have guns on campus. Seems like a no-brainer, but believe it or not, one college actually allows it. So I pitched that and the news director liked it! Then he and the EP sent me to cover it. So I really got to build it from the ground up. I made the calls, set everything up, reported, wrote it, and then it aired! Again, two look-lives - one for the 5 and one for the 6. I was rocking the new hair (which I finally got the hang of styling). I enjoyed today's story because it was actually a real story. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE storm stuff. It's awesome. But the storm stuff I did was after the main event, so it felt kind of trivial. So this was actually real news that had some kind of meaning to people. Although it did feel too easy to be on a college campus for my whole story. I interviewed the chief of campus police and then students. It just seemed too simple. But no need to reinvent the wheel I guess. They liked it, so that's all that matters. It was so funny though...I felt like those kids thought I was like 30 or something. I wanted to be like, wait! I'm still one of you guys!
It's still hard for me to believe that this is the real thing. I still feel like I'm an intern half the time...that this can't actually really be my job. It's hard for me to feel self-assured and not show how green I am...because in reality, I'm 6 years younger than all the other reporters. But they've all been insanely nice, and I absolutely love the place. My boss is a character, and it's been a supportive environment thus far. There's no telling when I'll start my job at the bureau. For now, I'm really digging the station environment. Plus...no homework, no thesis - pretty freakin' fabulous.
Anyway, it's 11:12...past my bedtime! Getting up at 7=still painful. Adios!