Week #2 At My Internship

     So I finished week two of my internship, and it went a whole lot better than I expected.  I assumed as the week began, that I would be doing nothing more than listening to police radio, entering in stories on ENPS, or casually going out with reporters every now and then.  However, little did I know, that this week would be the beginning of many opportunities.  On monday in our morning meeting where we give news ideas, I suggested that we do a story on the City of Jackson lifeguards.  I was surprised and elated when my supervisor loved my story suggestion.  From that point on he has expected me to have a story idea every meeting, which is to be expected.  I am learning how competitive this business is.  I knew that it was competitive, but I am realizing that one has to have a lot of drive and ambition if they are to be successful.
     Also this past week I got an opportunity to go out and do a story on the drilling at the reservoir, and was able to interview people.  I also was able to go to a JPS elementary school and interview the principal, and a summer feeding program that they had for the children.  Picture Man and I did the story together.  He suggested that I start doing some work in front of the camera.  I was a little hesitant, but my hesitation quickly went away when he turned the camera on and told me to speak.  Of course I didn't get it right on the first take, or the second, third, or fourth, but I did catch on.  It became just as fun as I imagined it would be.
      Some of my personal reservations about reporting that I have had have been about my voice.  I have heard a lot of pros, and quite a few cons about how my voice will come across as a reporter.  I remember the first time I heard a recording of myself, and I actually cringed.  I couldn't believe that I sounded like that person.  But I did, and I have learned that my voice is a part of me.  Nobody else sounds like me.  I have learned that all I can do is perfect my diction, and allow my voice and my personality to show through my reporting.  Confidence is the key to any venture that one does.  If you are confident people will know...
Signing OUT KT