week #7 At My Internship

      This week at my internship was, by far the best week.  Of course, I wrote a lot of VOSOTS, but I'm getting better at it.  As many VOSOTS as I write, (which isn't TOO MUCH) I still really enjoy writing them.  I like to write words for people to hear.  Even more than that, I would like to report news for people to hear.
      At the beginning of my internship, I was stuck on being a sports reporter.  I wanted to do that, and not much else.  But as I continue to work in this wonderful news room, I think I'm falling in love with news period.
      I went to check out the morning show twice this week.  I really like the morning show actually, I get to write teases instead of VOSOTS, which is cool to switch it up.  I also got to start on my demo tape (there's another name for it that somebody told me to call it but i can't remeber) again this week, which was good for me, because I got to hear what I sound like on tape.

Signing OUT KT

Week #6 At My Internship

       I will start by saying, that this week was probably one of the hardest weeks of my internship.  It was just really difficult.  There was a lot of stuff that I should be understanding, that I wasn't.  Stuff like that always stresses me out.  My friends tell me I think about stuff too much.  I seriously can't help that I think a lot though.  However, like I'm learning every week, you have to have thick skin in this business.  I have to try not to let everything rape my brain, to the point that I can't get over it.  Somebody actually told me at the internship that I was too nonchalant, which I was surprised to hear, but I took it in, and I'm trying to be more conscious of behaviors that could lead someone to think that I don't care.  So I'm working on it.
SIGNING OUT KT!

Week #5 At My Internship

WEEK 5 PEOPLE!!!!!

    It seems as if I just started my internship yesterday.  This past week was very interesting, I did not go out in the reporting field as much, which was by choice.  I have realized, that whenever I go out with a reporter, I usually am gone the whole day, and I don't do much writing.  As much as I love to write, I have by no means come close to perfecting the art.  So I know that I need a whole lot of practice.   This past week, I was writing a VO SOT (I don't remember if I ever told you guys, but a that stands for Voice Over and Sound On Tape) anywho, I was writing one in particular, and after I finished it, I turned it in to the producer that asked me to do it.  Well she asked me to change it up, and that it was way too long, and that I needed to shorten it, but still add some more info.  Well usually when I turn a VO SOT in, I need to make some changes to it.  Well this particular one, I seriously think I changed it like 10 times.  However I appreciated that producer sending me back to do it again, and being very patient with me.  Things like this, I know will help me in the long run.
    This week we also had a training group come in and show us how to use iphones, and laptops on the fields.  We learned how to stream video and how to post it on the web and stuff.  This is the direction that newsrooms are going in.  People want news as quick as possible, and that is our job as reporters and producers...

Signing Out, KT