Today was so slow. I started my day by shadowing the main meteorologist/weather guy Mike. Weather is complicated is what I learned. I did the weather for the Maine Channel and believe me, it was nothing like this. He never uses a script either.
Afterward I was asked to write three readers and a kicker. I had no idea what a kicker was but it is just a 'fun' story. Mine was about a national spelling bee. My three readers were heavily edited but the kicker was all my own words, 25 seconds worth. That is a lot of seconds for our station, most readers are 15-20 seconds.
I met with one of our affiliates: CNN. A reporter and a few crew members were at the station. I got to talk to the woman, Dana, she encouraged me to apply for an internship in Atlanta where CNN is based, she even gave me her email. I'm sure after this internship I will be able to get almost any internship I want, especially ABC or CNN since I've now worked for them.
I was really bored come 11pm so I left early. My 'boss' wasn't happy about it but she had nothing for me to do and neither did the producer.
Other than that: answering phones and filing papers... o and my favorite... making labels for the tapes and their shows.
The presidential debates that we and the paper I write for are hosting the primary presidential debates next week so hopefully things get insanely hectic and fun.
Robby the freshman intern is still sitting at his desk answering phones all day. Props to him, I couldn't sit still that long.
As for how this relates to school... I don't think any class could teach me the tricks of writing for TV. It is tough. You have to take thousand word stories and chop them into 15 seconds while still getting all the info in. I hope to get better at it but it is hard to discuss what I've done incorrectly with the producers because they are so busy. Hopefully they will give me more chances so I can improve.
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