Week four of Internship

My fourth week at the Bulletin was very quiet indeed. Not only did I have my little cubicle section to myself, but I didn't actually have to conduct any interview. Instead, I just had three short stories I had to construct from media releases.

One piece was 300 word blurb on the Cinema Sessions held at the Warrina Cinema complex, the next was a small blurb on a CD competition the Guide has put on and the last was 150 words on the Hilltop Hoods return to Townsville. The last piece was mostly about ticket information. I did contact the manager for information on ticket prices and where they were available from etc, and while he had an idea - he wanted to email me the information. Which I won't get until Monday, so I will have to forward to my mentor Isis anyway. With Isis sick and Ralph (my other co-cubicle journalist) away, I didn't have a great deal too do. The editor had given me these three story when I arrived and I had finished them by 12. I checked to see if there were any other stories or little snippets I could help her with but most of the stuff had been taken care of. So to help fill in the time I did three CD reviews, which was fine by me. :)

I have acquired a new goal however...I have noticed my last two published articles (longer pieces between 200-400 words) have been sufficiently edited. Most of the changes were structual with the order of paragraphs being re-arranged. However, in both instances my lead had been pulled from a later paragraph. So my goal for the duration of my internship is to stop BURYING the lead, and if possible have very few or...possibly even no changes to my published work. I am not disappointed by the changes, in fact I am glad I have something to work on. After all this is what this internship is about, learning and bettering yourself as a writer. While this week was comparatively quiet, I have a sneaking suspicion that next week will be much busier. Until next week folks....