First Three days of the Internship!!!

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Internship:
Started June 1: 1:30-10:30 pm. A Blast. Nervous to say the least. I walked in around 1:15 and thought, "Oh, hell. Am I late already to my first day?" But no, the meeting didn't start until 1:30. I brought cookies and brownines since my I figure that is the only way to peoples hearts. I pitched an idea at the meeting about this stupid text I got asking me to call about a $100 voucher, free! Our FOX took it on and called the company on live TV! It was awesome. Reporter C let me watch her film her promo and then we went to the city council meeting....for about 2 hours. Interesting, but glad it's not an everyday beat. Learned what a stinger is...the big graphic and music breaking up each piece of the news segments. I really like staff here. Each person is so welcoming and I as an intern really appreciate that. Neelie talked OU/OSU bedlam with me...she graduated from OU J school and is from Tulsa. SOOO nice to have an Okie in the newsroom with me!

June 2 9:30-5:30 Morning meeting was cool with Aniseh. Two other interns came in and I'm not gonna lie I felt a little small! One of 'em took the reporter I wanted to go out on the field with! I even said in the meeting, "Hey, I'll go with you and show you where I think these people to interview would be." Guess you gotta be bold in this business. I learned what a pacer is....it's where there is no anchor or reporter showing and video is on screen. I watched Liz Hogan edit and then put together her VOSOT then PKG. They use AVID here to edit. In our 1:30 meeting we talked about how UA students are NOT the demographic we are looking to target. Wal Mart shareholders are in town. Lord, the parking is insane. Jay, the FOX producer introduced himself to me about four times. He says he's confused because I keep changing clothes, which I would hope I do after a days work.

June 3 1:30-10:30 Today has been the BEST day. I made hamburger helper this morning so Kat could have it for lunch and I could eat it for dinner here at the station. I'm learning that eating out is actually eating at my wallet and my waistline. Went out on a marijuana bust! Well, clarification. The bust already occurred but we went out to get neighbors reactions and to see the weed. What we got was a five-year-old telling us his stepdad was mean. This little boy was the step son of the marijuana man. Since no one in the neighborhood spoke english, we opted to get back in the truck and head for some more sound bites. But, just as we are pulling out the man arrested on marijuana charges PULLS UP! Along with his quite classy wife. He 1st. Yelled at us and said he already had said what he needed to say. 2nd. Realized we were the good guys and said he wanted to show us his side of the story. His garden was beautiful! He had watermelon, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, squash, pumpkins. It was awesome (aside from the fact that this guys defense was he thought the marijuana plants were actually tomatoe plants, I believed he was innocence for a while). I found out what channels do Fort Smith news and what channels actually stick to JUST Northwest Arkansas. I found out what an actual "budded SOT" is. A SOT is SOUND ON TAPE, and budded is just two or more sots together. Kind of like getting certain peoples reactions on things and slamming 'em all together. Talked with Shouers today about what I actually want to do in this business. That was scary.

About to edit a package for my reel...wish me good luck! To say the least...I AM PUMPED ABOUT LIFE :)