My first day for reporting started out slowly. I went to a news meeting. *yawn* Many ideas were floating around and there were story ideas on the computer/tv monitor. Really, coming up with news is not so fun, especially on a "blah" Monday. Reporter, Les Smith was scheduled to report on the story that had little coverage about a tow truck driver and his wife allegedly being attacked by a person whose car they were repo'ing. The truck driver was in the hospital so we could not get in contact with him. I contributed by finding the address of the couple's home. He found the scene of the reported incident and we planned to visit. We sat around just researching for a while...
After about 3 hours at the station, we hoped in the Fox 13 Ford Escape truck and off to Hickory Hill we were to the crime scene. As we finally made it, Les received a phone call from another reporter that alleged Mo Money taxes threw away important information without shredding it in the dumpster. We rushed over to Whitehaven from Hickory Hill and were greeted by the other news stations.
However, lucky for me we got there in time to interview Markey Grandberry, Mo Money CEO/President. I was so excited! I tweeted from the scene and took pics until the police basically taped off the entire back parking lot of the dumpster. Fox 13 followed me back on Twitter! I felt honored. A journalist in the making...

This week has been amazing so far! I have written about 10 scripts for TV and 9 have made it on the air. If my work schedule consisted of writing scripts and organizing a show that would be wonderful. I learned today that I would maybe consider producing. My intention of doing this internship was to explore. I am not dead-set on becoming a reporter or producer.
However, these last few days of just writing helped me to find out what I would like to start doing. The guy next to me in the newsroom is 23 years old and he is an associate producer. He said he just assists the other producers with writing and occasionally produces a show if someone cannot. What a great start that would be? I bet it is an overwhelming job to be a producer but I'm sure by the time you get used to it it'll be a breeze...
I'm not going to brag like my scripts have been perfect because I am still learning and I need to develop a more conversational tone in my writing. The producers have edited majority of my work but one I edited from a package script to a VoSot was written to perfection. She did not bother to edit it at all. That was the best news all day for me.
The 1st day my grandma and I watched Darcy Thomas read both my scripts on live television. It made me feel proud to say that "hey I wrote that". Journalism is amazing! My point of view and writing style can be shared with many viewers. How cool is that? ...One of the reasons I fell in love with Journalism <3

Yesterday was by far, my biggest mistake on set. I had the opportunity to operate the camera during live news and one word I heard over the headset made me look bad on set. However, it made the person talking on the headphones look even worse. My cue was to pan to the left because graphics were to appear beside the anchor while he was talking. The male voice claimed he said "sooner" but everyone, including myself heard "center". I did the command I heard and centered the anchor's face/body underneath the graphic on LIVE TV. I was so embarrassed, but everyone made me feel better. I just didn't want to be recognized as the lousy intern that messed up the show.
My next move for the day, I was on teleprompter. I messed up a couple of times on that as well. Thankfully, the anchors were very patient with me and realized that I am learning...
I learned from my mistakes and realize that I am only human. This is why I am an intern and not a professional, for now. Tomorrow is my last day on set; hopefully things will go a lot smoother on my last day there. #optimistic