day three at the Camera

Today is Thursday, day number three of internship number two.

I worked on two projects today, and continued work on a personal story that I took on. First, I drove to Erie to interview a Erie High School graduate for a small student spotlight. Later, I drove to Louisville to write a story on the implementation of two community patios introduced to the downtown area in order to bring a sizzle and ambiance to the area. (Actually one of my editors is reading that story now....I hope he doesn't have too many issues with it....here the editors really tell you when they don't like your story, sentences, verbs, etc.)

The personal story I am working on is one I pitched yesterday and got the OK. It's a story about a guy who is starting a 9 acre farm, and turning to the community for support and volunteer time. I'll weave in statistics about other local community gardens, eating locally, organic food and seeds in general, and how the economy effects it all.

I'm excited about that story.

Hopefully this one that Ryan is reading now makes the cut. I think it may.

New internship

Well, I've slipped to the bottom of the totem pole.

As a fresh intern in a new newsroom I don't have any of the respect or trust I earned with the Coloradoan.

It will take a while to establish myself here, take a while for me to feel comfortable in this environment.

Yesterday I was assigned a petty story on University of Colorado classes available to the public on on weekends dubbed CU on the Weekend (real clever name, eh?). It didn't really have any news value, I didn't think. The classes are already underway, the summer session kicked off last Saturday so we missed the timeliness aspect....etc. Nevertheless I tried to produce something worthwhile, put in some good verbs and catchy sentences. In the end I don't feel too bad about it.

It will be interesting trying to get myself established. A hard road, but an important journey.

Jean