*whew*
Even though it's still pretty early in the semester I just got through an interesting flurry of activity. See, I've joined the school paper this semester (following in the steps of my favorite Canadian? :o ) and have been having a pretty fun time getting used to things. Getting to hold story meetings, contacting people on my beats for news tips and having to learn APA format from scratch (oh wait, I didn't like that part so much...) has been pretty cool. Our teacher/paper adviser Stephanie is also really nice and helpful, plus she tells me my stuff doesn't suck, which is always a plus. I even got to conduct my first interview - which has always been something I've been kinda nervous of doing for a long time. It went really well though, it also turned out to be the professor's first time being interviewed by a student so we were actually a pretty good match. :)
Anyway today was the story deadline for the first issue and my revised stories were okayed without a hitch, thereby ending the last minute time-crunch (well, except for the designers, now they have to put all the words in). Not missing a beat we've already assigned stories for the next issue and I might get to do my first collaboration, though I'm not sure how it'll go.
Oh, and an interesting side note: Even though I came in as a journalism noob I ended up getting the position of News Editor because of my experience working at Destructoid. I guess even gaming blogs count for something in terms of experience. ;)
Speaking of Destructoid, the site's two year anniversary is coming up this March, and to celebrate the staff is going down to Cancun for a weekend (it'll actually take place on the first weekend of April due to scheduling conflicts)! Plus, our awesome boss-man is going to be covering the hotel/food/activity costs and half the plane ticket. WOOT indeed. Needless to say I got my act in gear and turned in the paperwork for my passport ASAP. Should be an awesome time.
Anyway today was the story deadline for the first issue and my revised stories were okayed without a hitch, thereby ending the last minute time-crunch (well, except for the designers, now they have to put all the words in). Not missing a beat we've already assigned stories for the next issue and I might get to do my first collaboration, though I'm not sure how it'll go.
Oh, and an interesting side note: Even though I came in as a journalism noob I ended up getting the position of News Editor because of my experience working at Destructoid. I guess even gaming blogs count for something in terms of experience. ;)
Speaking of Destructoid, the site's two year anniversary is coming up this March, and to celebrate the staff is going down to Cancun for a weekend (it'll actually take place on the first weekend of April due to scheduling conflicts)! Plus, our awesome boss-man is going to be covering the hotel/food/activity costs and half the plane ticket. WOOT indeed. Needless to say I got my act in gear and turned in the paperwork for my passport ASAP. Should be an awesome time.