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.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
week six
I'm late posting, like always. This, though, is the most behind I've been.
Sunday: I covered Boardman High School's commencement ceremony. I attended the event, wrote the article and then wrote cutlines for all the photos tha appeared on B1 and B2.
Monday: I went on rounds, worked on my cemetery story and wrote a brief about the damages at Mill Creek Park from Friday's storm.
Tuesday: I went to an event in the afternoon called Underwater Undercovered at one of the libraries. The Mahoning County's Dive Team did the presentation. Then Leslie and I headed out to the craziest cemetery we've ever seen. It is more or less situated in a Wendy's parking lot. It was old, but not as old as Oak Hill.
Wednesday: I went out to YSU to interview the guy who gave us the tip about the 90-year-old paint store owner. I also worked on the traffic story and a story about Heelys, which will probably die because I haven't been able to find doctors who have had patients with injuries from the shoes.
Thursday: I interviewed the paint guy and then spent the rest of the day writing the piece. He told so many stories it took a really long time to sort through everything.
and I was off Friday since I worked Sunday.
Sunday: I covered Boardman High School's commencement ceremony. I attended the event, wrote the article and then wrote cutlines for all the photos tha appeared on B1 and B2.
Monday: I went on rounds, worked on my cemetery story and wrote a brief about the damages at Mill Creek Park from Friday's storm.
Tuesday: I went to an event in the afternoon called Underwater Undercovered at one of the libraries. The Mahoning County's Dive Team did the presentation. Then Leslie and I headed out to the craziest cemetery we've ever seen. It is more or less situated in a Wendy's parking lot. It was old, but not as old as Oak Hill.
Wednesday: I went out to YSU to interview the guy who gave us the tip about the 90-year-old paint store owner. I also worked on the traffic story and a story about Heelys, which will probably die because I haven't been able to find doctors who have had patients with injuries from the shoes.
Thursday: I interviewed the paint guy and then spent the rest of the day writing the piece. He told so many stories it took a really long time to sort through everything.
and I was off Friday since I worked Sunday.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
week five
Monday: I went to the Boardman YMCA for a tour and to pick up their summer schedule of events for story fodder. Then I headed out to Poland for a tour through the forest following the wildflower spotter list created by a local woman. I wrote up the wildflower story afterward.
Tuesday: I worked on the wildflower story some more. I think this was a really slow day.
Wednesday: I did a story about the library's Baby Brilliant program, which promotes early literacy skills in children ages 0-3. I went to a program at the Boardman library. Then I went on rounds for Denise. While at the Boardman police station, my car window decided to break, which led to my driver side door not being openable. Fun crawling over the console. I wrote the literacy story after rounds.
Thursday: I went on rounds. Made lots of cemetery phone calls and traffic phone calls. Began viewing traffic maps of Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Friday: Composed the list of the top ten busiest sections of roads in Trumbull and Mahoning counties and then cleared the list with the company who makes the counts for a traffic story. Then I began work on a cemetery story about interesting people and headstones and stories. I went to Oak Hill where all the people with old money are buried. Then I headed out to Calvary, which is predominately Catholic and houses some local mob families and other personalities. Then I continued on to the Mahoning County Historical Society for some cemetery information. While there, the huge storm hit, the tornado siren went off and I spent a half hour or so in the basement of the building.
Tuesday: I worked on the wildflower story some more. I think this was a really slow day.
Wednesday: I did a story about the library's Baby Brilliant program, which promotes early literacy skills in children ages 0-3. I went to a program at the Boardman library. Then I went on rounds for Denise. While at the Boardman police station, my car window decided to break, which led to my driver side door not being openable. Fun crawling over the console. I wrote the literacy story after rounds.
Thursday: I went on rounds. Made lots of cemetery phone calls and traffic phone calls. Began viewing traffic maps of Mahoning and Trumbull counties.
Friday: Composed the list of the top ten busiest sections of roads in Trumbull and Mahoning counties and then cleared the list with the company who makes the counts for a traffic story. Then I began work on a cemetery story about interesting people and headstones and stories. I went to Oak Hill where all the people with old money are buried. Then I headed out to Calvary, which is predominately Catholic and houses some local mob families and other personalities. Then I continued on to the Mahoning County Historical Society for some cemetery information. While there, the huge storm hit, the tornado siren went off and I spent a half hour or so in the basement of the building.
Thursday, June 7, 2007
week four. one-third of the way done
Monday: a holiday. yay!
Tuesday: I went to Austintown Fitch to do a story about art students there who painted a mural as part of a project for their student teacher. I also called Poland's Streetscapes to hear about their summer plans.
Wednesday: Got the art story written and worked on a brief about a charity football event.
Thursday: I went to a yoga class at Mill Creek Park, which was amazing. I spent the rest of the day working on the story. My factboxes were as long as the story, but they turned out really sweet.
Friday: off because of Ted Scripps Leadership Institute in Indianapolis.
Tuesday: I went to Austintown Fitch to do a story about art students there who painted a mural as part of a project for their student teacher. I also called Poland's Streetscapes to hear about their summer plans.
Wednesday: Got the art story written and worked on a brief about a charity football event.
Thursday: I went to a yoga class at Mill Creek Park, which was amazing. I spent the rest of the day working on the story. My factboxes were as long as the story, but they turned out really sweet.
Friday: off because of Ted Scripps Leadership Institute in Indianapolis.
Monday, May 28, 2007
more work
So I've been lazy and haven't updated, but I've been keeping track anyway.
Wedesday: Worked on the canes story, wrote a brief about a police camp
Thursday: More canes, trees, wrote a road construction brief
Friday: I went on rounds and wrote two briefs from those and turned in the watershed story
Monday: I wrote an article about an Easter Seals piggy bank that had been revamped by some local school kids
Tuesday: I went to the library to talk to the PR lady about upcoming events
Wednesday: Went to Mill Creek MetroParks office to talk about summer events, finished the canes story
Thursday: Made changes to the watershed story, interviewed a woman about a National Register Historic Places sign that she applied for for her neighborhood
Friday: Went on rounds, wrote two briefs - one was an attempted murder, started an article about a charity football game, covered an elementary school carnival, wrote the article
Wedesday: Worked on the canes story, wrote a brief about a police camp
Thursday: More canes, trees, wrote a road construction brief
Friday: I went on rounds and wrote two briefs from those and turned in the watershed story
Monday: I wrote an article about an Easter Seals piggy bank that had been revamped by some local school kids
Tuesday: I went to the library to talk to the PR lady about upcoming events
Wednesday: Went to Mill Creek MetroParks office to talk about summer events, finished the canes story
Thursday: Made changes to the watershed story, interviewed a woman about a National Register Historic Places sign that she applied for for her neighborhood
Friday: Went on rounds, wrote two briefs - one was an attempted murder, started an article about a charity football game, covered an elementary school carnival, wrote the article
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
the end of week one and the start of week two
Friday: the day was slow. i did a rewrite on a salvation army camp in the area and finished the free trip to israel story. then i spent the afternoon researching the rev. graham locking, from newmarket, suffolk, england, who was in town speaking at a methodist church in howland. i set up an interview time with him on monday.
Monday: started the day at HUM interviewing the reverend from Britain. he's the first chaplain to the horse racing industry in the UK. in the afternoon i went to poland village town hall to look at some canes that belonged to president mckinley that are being moved from the hall to the library. the history is quite unclear. made some more inquiries into the boardman vietnam veterans plaque and found one father. that leaves four unknown relatives.
Tuesday: the chaplain story was my first byline and it appeared on B1. wrote the boardman vietnam story. i've got some really good anecdotes for it. there are now three unknown relatives. started writing the cane story. made some more phone calls, but didn't get anywhere. i spent a long time researching the history of the wood that the canes came from. wrote a rewrite about relay for life. began a second rewrite on a police camp for 12-15 year olds.
Monday: started the day at HUM interviewing the reverend from Britain. he's the first chaplain to the horse racing industry in the UK. in the afternoon i went to poland village town hall to look at some canes that belonged to president mckinley that are being moved from the hall to the library. the history is quite unclear. made some more inquiries into the boardman vietnam veterans plaque and found one father. that leaves four unknown relatives.
Tuesday: the chaplain story was my first byline and it appeared on B1. wrote the boardman vietnam story. i've got some really good anecdotes for it. there are now three unknown relatives. started writing the cane story. made some more phone calls, but didn't get anywhere. i spent a long time researching the history of the wood that the canes came from. wrote a rewrite about relay for life. began a second rewrite on a police camp for 12-15 year olds.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Almost finished with week one
Essentially, I'm going to use this to keep track of what I do at work. I may write about other things. It may all depend on what I feel like and how much time I have. I should update daily so that I remember what things I did at work.
Monday:
Went on Boardman and Poland rounds with Denise. Learned the ranks. Wrote a brief about a woman who stole $10,000 worth of jewelry from J.C. Penney. Started a story on Boardman's Memorial Day parade.
Tuesday:
Went to Poland for rounds. Returned to newsroom and drove Angie to St. E's in Austintown to talk to the police officer who was shot. Finished the parade story. Started a story on watershed.
Wednesday:
Made the entire rounds trip with no interruptions. Lots of crime in Boardman. Wrote three briefs and two were printed. Those printed were on a Molotov cocktail and drug possesion and trafficking. Worked on the watershed story. Started a story on some area teens going on a free trip to Israel.
Thursday:
Interviewed someone for the Israel story. Went on rounds by myself. Talked to my second source for the Israel story. Wrote a brief which turned into a story about a guy jumping at a school bus window, inducing panic. Then spent lots of time working on a story about a government official not paying for his chicken wings, solely based on some confusion about store names and locations. Stayed an hour and a half longer than I was supposed to.
So that's up to now. I'll check in again tomorrow.
Monday:
Went on Boardman and Poland rounds with Denise. Learned the ranks. Wrote a brief about a woman who stole $10,000 worth of jewelry from J.C. Penney. Started a story on Boardman's Memorial Day parade.
Tuesday:
Went to Poland for rounds. Returned to newsroom and drove Angie to St. E's in Austintown to talk to the police officer who was shot. Finished the parade story. Started a story on watershed.
Wednesday:
Made the entire rounds trip with no interruptions. Lots of crime in Boardman. Wrote three briefs and two were printed. Those printed were on a Molotov cocktail and drug possesion and trafficking. Worked on the watershed story. Started a story on some area teens going on a free trip to Israel.
Thursday:
Interviewed someone for the Israel story. Went on rounds by myself. Talked to my second source for the Israel story. Wrote a brief which turned into a story about a guy jumping at a school bus window, inducing panic. Then spent lots of time working on a story about a government official not paying for his chicken wings, solely based on some confusion about store names and locations. Stayed an hour and a half longer than I was supposed to.
So that's up to now. I'll check in again tomorrow.
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