week seven

Monday: I finished the paint story, went on rounds and went to court with Denise to see how sentencings work.
Tuesday: I made more Heelys calls, worked on the traffic story, talked to a guy from Wendy's for the traffic story, called the Wendy but never got to talk to her, and then went to the opening event for the summer reading program at the library. A children's book writer and song writer was the main attraction.
Wednesday: Made traffic phone calls and talked to McDonalds.
Thursday: I had a really good traffic interview, we had an entire staff meeting with pizza, and then I went kayaking for a story about the kayak program at the park. Then I came back to the newsroom with a soaked notebook and wrote my story.
Friday: I added the information from the previous day's traffic interview to my story. It was what I had needed and was really glad to have had that interview. Then I went out to Boardman Park to talk to average joe's about the traffic. I didn't have any problems talking to these people because they all hate the crazy traffic in the area. With those interviews, the traffic story is nearing completion. Finally.