Okay, first, can I just say that it is WRONG to have weather this cold in late May?! It's like 60 degrees here and that = a cold Tara. Today has been pretty slow (knock on wood) but I've learned lots of stuff. When my "boss" got here she had me file future stories (events that are happening, that kind of thing), and then had me call a few beats (the 911 dispatchers who will tell you if anything big's going on). As far as going out for things - I got to go to the Federal Court building! It was pretty dull, went for a case against a guy who stole a ton of money from like, everyone he knew. It was short and whatever, but I got to see a courtroom, and watch an interview with a lawyer as he left the building...felt like I was on Law & Order, except we were the only media (and actually, the only people watching, his family didn't even come! Sad!) so it was like...woopee!
Things that entertained me today:
-Caller who was freaking out about a low-flying helicopter yesterday ("Why is everyone being so hush-hush about this?!") which we did a story on...YESTERDAY.
-telling our anchor that if anything big happened on the police scanners, I was going to jump up and down and scream at the assignment desk (which is on camera)
-the guy who was in court today was getting into his (crappy) car as we left the courthouse - he got a parking ticket. What a day - go to court for embezzlement and forgery, etc, and get a parking ticket :)
-I made a change for the news! Well, I didn't actually type out the change, but I got a call that a bill that we announced on the air was explained incorrectly...I did the research, saw that the guy who called was right, and told the producer, who then changed the newscast to reflect what I told her :) Not extremely fascinating, but I helped and it was cool, haha.
Until Friday,
Tara
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Yeah, the Federal Court building is pretty boring! I have to go there occasionally to file pleadings and orders and the like. The guys at the metal detectors always ask me, "Are you a runner?" When I say yes they always reply with, "Then go run!" They always get a kick out of this and I find myself wondering how many times a day to how many other legal "runners" like myself do they say this to? Anywho, that's about the most interesting thing that has happened to me there so I would have to agree, pretty boring! At least you got to go inside the court room. ;-)
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