Week of 11/27
A. I only had two days of internship and school this week. Monday I posted a new entry on my News Herald blog talking about how Black Friday and Sears made up my weekend. I also finished writing for my next blog entry about the conference that I went to in early October. The newsroom has been quieter than usual having not seen a few of the newsroomies in the last couple of days. Tony seems busy, I guess maybe he is catching up from last week since he was out. I will not be at internship or at school because I will not be in town for the rest of the week. ComTech is taking a trip to Orlando to tour college campuses, a pirate dinner/show, and we will be going to a theme park. I am excited. I really need to get away so this would be good. I hope everybody had a nice Thanksgiving and got great deals the day after Thanksgiving.
Week of 11/24
A. We only have two days of school this weekend then we are off for Thanksgiving break. I still went to internship even though my mentor wasn't going to be in all week. I felt I would rather be at internship then in class working. I just spent the last couple of days trying to think of how I want to write the article on Myspace because I don't seem to be getting anywhere with it.
Week of 11/17
A. A slow Monday to start off an even slower week ahead. Everybody kind of just trickled in the news room. I waitied until Tony gave me another idea to write another article. I find myself always writing about something new. Once I've finished one I immediately jump onto another if I haven't started one yet. If I am writing an article that is not related to my new blog entry, then I end up working on two stories. I guess it's okay though, I have to be doing something while I am at my internship. I don't have to be here, but I prefer working here at the News Herald than being enslaved by my lovely ComTech teachers. My next article will be about Myspace, and so will a follow-up blog. A blog entry I am working on right now is going to be about the Innovations fair I attended and participated in down in Orlando.
Week of 11/06
A. I didn't get to go the first day of this week because I had a follow-up with the doctor. Hopefully I didn't miss much. I came in on the second and sat by myself for the most part. Everybody in the newsroom was not to come in until later that day because of election polls.Since they were going to be staying later than usual, they did not have to come in to work until about noon. It was okay here by myself because I already know what I was supposed to be working on and I know my own way around. So it wasn't bad at all. Brady took me to the Supervisor of Elections Office to watch the meeting about the close-call voting between the two school member candidates. It was quite interesting. I finished the article I was writing and posted another blog on The News Herald site. It's going pretty good at internship, now I just have to work on my school work.
Week of 10/30
A. I've finished two articles: one on the new dress code policy for Bay District Schools and another on classroom blogging. This week I posted my third entry on my News Herald blog about how hard it is financially to be a senior. The first one was about the dress code and my second entry was about the Rutherford Homecoming. I am also starting another project this week. I am writing an article about the on-going debate on the open-campus/closed-campus issue. I found a lot of stories in the News Herald archives and will also be talking to students and teachers about what they feel should be done about the lunch policy. The newsroom is light as always but they all are always working on something. Here they can take their lunch break whenever they want however long they want, as long as they can get their work accomplished. I also see that the news paper competes with the news stations. It's who gets there first that counts. A good way they catch stories is listening to a police scanner that sits in the newsroom with the reporters. Four weeks of internship down. So far, so groovy. =P4. Ask your mentor about the company's policy on drug/substance abuse. What happens if someone is suspected of violating the policy?B. coming soon
