Before I talk about my night at my internship, let me first say that I really enjoyed our classes final video conference session on Thursday. We had the privilege of speaking with Sen. Tom Dachelle. He spoke about everything from multimedia to the upcoming elections, as well as his views on hot topics such as gun control, abortion and the war in Iraq. He certainly is a great speaker.
Tonight at WUSA9 sports (my internship), all hell broke loose. It was a chaotic, tense and best of all great experience. 20 minutes before we were supposed to go on the air, a major component to our sports segment was almost cut.
We had booked a satellite window with a company to receive a signal of our second sports anchor live from the Wizards vs. Cavaliers playoff game. Just 20 minutes before show time, the company called and told us they cancelled our reservation. Everyone worked as hard and as fast as possible to resolve the issue. There was a lot of pressure on me to assist in piecing together the rest of the show while everyone else remained on the phone lines trying to fix the problem. Everyone pulled together and the show aired on-time and went great.
Of course the main anchor being the person that he is, carried on with his negative attitude and left for the night without giving anyone their due credit. As an intern, you get called "hey you" a lot because most people do not bother to learn your name. If you realize that it is just part of the experience though, you'll get through just fine. As I said tonight was chaotic, frustrating and tense. It was, well, news.
Tomorrow is the first day of our classes website presentations. I'm sure they will be great. If you want to check them out, you can find them here: http://mason.gmu.edu/%7Esklein1/comm361/spring07websites.htm
See ya next post!
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