Vic’s first 2 weeks at her internship with CBS 11…

Week One:

I was scared to death. 

I had no idea what I was getting into, but some said “it’s just an internship, you’ll be fine.” Yeah right! Geez, I did not know what to expect and how I should act once I parked in the parking lot and walk over the receptionist’s desk.

So I walked in and met with my supervisor, a nice lady named Denise. She brought me in and walked me through the station to see where and who goes there. It looked like everything meant business.

But then as I walked into the newsroom, somehow it was not as scary as I thought. People were nice, they were quite approachable. So I came up to a couple of producers and asked what they were doing.

I have been following producers while they’re producing a newscast and also followed a reporter, Joel Thomas, when he worked on a story. Man! He was quick.

While logging the tape, he wrote the script within 20 minutes! That usually takes me hours, and that shouldn’t be the case in a real newscast. I also learned that reporters don’t traditionally edit their own stories, they have editors for that. However, that all depends on the market too.

Also, I found out I’m a better writer for broadcast if I use half a brain. The segments I wrote that I thought were best were actually ones I needed to work on and the ones I just BS-ed were the best. Hmm…that is something for me to work on. It’s kinda hard for me not to overthink ANYTHING.

Week Two:

I have been working with the web team and to be quite honest, I felt I have more freedom writing for the web than writing for newspapers despite following the same style. I have more freedom to write a variation of the word “said” unlike when I worked for the Skiff, where I was forced to write “said” all the time.

Aside from feeling very productive, I published myself online my first day. I didn’t think it was for real until the web producer I’ve been hanging out with told me it was on the website. Here are their links:

Arlington Man Killed In A Slow-Speed Chase 

Southlake Carroll Fans Camp Out For Tickets

I have done some editing and writing during the week too, it was very nice. I truly appreciate Rebecca and Phil for working with me all this week, I have so much to work on. So much to learn.

Well, that would be all for the past couple of weeks! Till next time…toodles

Next Week:

Victoria hanging out with video editors and re-evaluating her special relationship with Avid, the diabolic editing software (oooh).

Interesting day: high school revisited (and then on to college!)

Hello again my fellow bloggers (or at least readers),

It’s been a busy day as I have been up since 6 a.m. It was a joy, I had to take care of some business in the morning. It didn’t sound too good until I was made aware that breakfast will be provided (yum!). 

I went to try the new strawberry stuffed french toast from iHop, it sounds very appetizing and it looked pretty in the advertisement. It does look pretty in real life, but it was hard as a rock. Sigh, I should’ve stuck with the crepes.

We decided to visit my high school to see the banner I gave them my first year in college. I was thoroughly flattered that out of all the banners, they decided to put mine in a glass case. I felt so honored and I read the small message I wrote at the back, well guess what, whoever typed up the message on paper misspelled “matter.” It’s one of my pet peeves and I’m sure as heck, I didn’t misspell that in my original message. But oh well, it’s high school. What do you expect nowadays? I hope they change it soon, otherwise, I would appear as a disgrace in the journalistic community.

It’s so strange walking those halls again, I mean, it felt so small. The people I knew already graduated and went on to pursue their dreams. I remember the time when I used to run down those halls not knowing what else is beyond them. Sure, my time in high school was not perfect, but there were memories that I will keep in my heart forever. I’ve made so many mistakes in that era, but if it wasn’t for them, I wouldn’t be the person I am now.

A little emotional, sure. But no matter how old you are or how far back your high school graduation was, your alma mater will stay with you forever. 

After a brief stroll around the school, revisiting the plaques ( a couple of them have my name engraved in them: one for the honor graduates and another for being salutatorian). I remembered, I guess I am a pretty amazing person after all.

It’s so funny how there are times when we feel like we’re not good enough for anything, that our talents and skills can only go so far. But somehow, looking back in the past reminds us that we’ve come so far from then, who knows what the future holds for us? We didn’t know what we were capable of back then and now we’re looking back from this higher place. 

The past may not be just of the wonderful times and the honors that we were given, but also of the stumbles and wounds that left us with scars that we behold to this day. All these serve as a reminder of the lessons we learned and how we choose to live our lives based on that lesson.

At the end of the day, whatever may happen is up to you.

Tell me what you think

 

P.S. I am found at 5:10 of the video.

Blogging finally!

I am crazy excited about starting a blog. It took me a while to figure it out, but here I am!

I will try the best that I can to write here as much as I can. It’s been a turbulent few weeks that I have been cooped up in two newsrooms, the library and of course, my apartment. No social life and struggling with my academic obligations.

But anywhoo, it will all work out well. 

Til then!

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