What a great day at the Roanoke Times.
We really got some first-hand expirience today. We went to a actual Roanoke Times budget meeting in the morning which was pretty neat.
Then, we went down to Market Street and interviewed people for their opinions on the amphitheater being built at the Victory Stadium site. It was SO FREAKY at first, but then it just seemed like fun. I got to talk to some interesting people, and got to try out this really cool recording apparatus. I felt so professional. HAHA
Then, we got to meet our mentors. My mentor is Marquita Brown. She graduated from the University of Mississippi two years ago, and started her first job here at the Roanoke Times. We went out to lunch at Wildflour, which was amazingly good. Then, she introduced me to her friend Tamara, who went to Duke (which is where I want to go), and that was pretty fun too.
I would like to THANK HER for lunch and for buying me a brownie at Wildflour. =)
The Timesast session was pretty interesting. The man who did the Timescast today had a really great radio-voice. The man who runs the Timescast says that maybe we could all try it out on Friday, if we write a script to go with it. I'm really excited because that sounds like so much fun!
Before the end of the day, we learned a little about headers and how to write them effectively and properly. Playing with words seems like a fun job.
I'm excited for Tomorrow.
We are going to Virginia Tech and doing a report on the incident there.