I am just about dying inside: Andy, one of the reports at the station who I hold in high regard and respect greatly has said that he will write me a letter of recommendation for a future job as a writer or producer. He says I show great initiative.
Today I wrote a VOSOT which means the anchor reads then the reporter voices over and then then it wipes to video. I messed up a bit because I'm used to writing packages and havent completely mastered knowing the differences and applied them. I understand both much better today and I'm sure "Writing for Broadcast" with Sakowich will solidify those skills next semester. I meant to ask Kria, a reporter, for a letter of recommendation for a Bangor station which she used to work at but she left before I could talk to her so I left her a note on her desk instead.
Andy also said that next week I can use his video and that I can make a package. Me. On camera. Reading what I wrote. I think I'm leaving this internship at its climax.
I asked the 11pm producer if I could write a VO and she told me to write about a dead baby. Last week I wrote about contagious fat. I'm learning the skill of word choice. I wrote a few more stories today and voiced them all over onto my tape. I didn't know that part of my internship was putting a portfolio of my work together so I'm trying to do a bunch of stuff now since I didn't save my earlier writings.
I also talked to one of the anchors, Tom, he is an older guy who has one pretty much everything. He told me I am on the right track to doing what I want to do.
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