Friday, 12 March, 2010
Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air.
-Henry Anatole Grunwald
Society can not function without the hourly, nightly and daily news bulletins. Journalists play a vital role in the world of media and the importance of translating not only local but also national and international news to everyday people. Since it's early beginnings news has evolved to become a much faster paced way for people to receive their news. The significance of up to date news is especially of interest to society. No one wants to read yesterday's news.
I began my day at The Bulletin with a tour of what seemed like endless rooms and hallways full of different departments and people.
It was time to begin my first day as an intern- writing stories of course.
Linda Souter put me to work straight away, two career profiles. As I started writing my first profile, I realised that is was not going to be easy. I had not interviewed the subjects only received answers from ten questions they had answered from previous e-mails. So I took it upon myself to try and find the lighter side to the two medical professions I was writing about. I also knew I had to secure more time with the subjects, so I contacted the person in charge of setting up the interviews.
I had quickly forgotten something important Linda had reminded me about. Booking the photographer. I then made it my mission to secure a photo shoot with the subjects. But to my dissappointment I realised this was not going to be easy. I was going to have to wait to be called back to arrange a time.
After roughly writing one article, I sat down with Linda as we went through it and I made notes as we talked about how to improve the article and what the overall theme should be. I knew I had more to learn, while at the same time I felt I was on the right track.
As 5 pm rolled around it was time for the features department to head home. It was the end of day one as a Bulletin intern. I loved being in the news and journalism environment. It was a great feeling to be in the workplace and experience a day in the life of a journalist.
