Monday: I worked on a story about Dogster, trying to get permission to post on their message board and reading about the organization.
Tuesday: I went first to the Rescue Mission of Mahoning Valley for a story about Project Daymaker, which provides haircuts for free to homeless people. When I arrived, I was told the event was canceled. Then at 10 I went downtown for the official opening of the murals that I wrote about a few weeks ago. Upon returning from that, Todd, the e-i-c, took the interns downtown to the candy store and gave us a tour of the presses.
Wednesday: I went first to Canfield where Mill Creek Park's farm is. Every Wednesday kids work on their vegetable gardens there, and this week's special activity was making bread. So I covered this and wrote the story after I returned.
Thursday: I worked a later shift so that I could go to the Poland library for their Harry Potter party. It was really sweet. They turned one of the rooms into the Grand Hall at Hogwarts.
Friday: I worked an even later shift so that I could cover the midnight release of the book at Barnes & Noble. I stayed for a few hours, interviewing the teens who were first in line for the book. It was not as good as the event the night before. I wrote the story there and then came back to the office to write the cutlines for the photos.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Sunday, July 15, 2007
week ten
Monday: I spent a long time on the phone listening to people complain about my stories or stories that we haven't covered. I also wrote a story about Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix tickets and their availability.
Tuesday: I wrote most of my HPOF story before heading out to the theater. I arrive at 8:30 with Leslie, the photographer. We interviewed, photographed and sat around and waited for people to show up. Enough did before our deadline, but if we had had more time, the story would have been lots better. But it did run front and center.
Wednesday: I went downtown for the mural opening, but it was canceled because of the rain. I also had a few phone calls that took up some of the day. I spent most of the afternoon reading two Web sites for a story I'm working on. They are MySpaces for cats and dogs.
Thursday: I spent some more time with the dog Web site, wrote a brief about a free haircutting service for homeless people and then started a story about a school that is having an August ground breaking ceremony.
Friday: I went to Mill Creek Park for a preschool ladybug event. It was adorable. I talked to the new school's superintendent for my story and finished that.
Tuesday: I wrote most of my HPOF story before heading out to the theater. I arrive at 8:30 with Leslie, the photographer. We interviewed, photographed and sat around and waited for people to show up. Enough did before our deadline, but if we had had more time, the story would have been lots better. But it did run front and center.
Wednesday: I went downtown for the mural opening, but it was canceled because of the rain. I also had a few phone calls that took up some of the day. I spent most of the afternoon reading two Web sites for a story I'm working on. They are MySpaces for cats and dogs.
Thursday: I spent some more time with the dog Web site, wrote a brief about a free haircutting service for homeless people and then started a story about a school that is having an August ground breaking ceremony.
Friday: I went to Mill Creek Park for a preschool ladybug event. It was adorable. I talked to the new school's superintendent for my story and finished that.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
week nine
Monday: I spent the day writing my upholsterer story and working on the traffic piece. I rewrote the intro to the traffic story, but it got changed again later.
Tuesday: I went to the Centennial Garden in Poland that the Gardeners Club refurbished. The opening for the gardens is a few weeks away, but because of vacationing club members, I got the interviews done early. Then I went on rounds, and nothing exciting was happening is the suburbs.
Wednesday: off because of holiday
Thursday: I finished up traffic and my Harry Potter preview. Both took obscene amounts of time and the HP article took so much research. I hadn't realized I was so out of the HP loop, but I was the only one on staff who was any type of HP knowledgeable. Todd and I worked together on the beginning of the traffic story for a while in the afternoon.
Friday: I gave the traffic piece one last read. Both traffic and HP were planned to run on A1 on Sunday. woot! I also walked downtown to one of the old theaters that is in disrepair and a YSU art professor is hanging murals/blown up photographs of theaters and Ytown on the walls. So I did a pretty sweet story on him.
Tuesday: I went to the Centennial Garden in Poland that the Gardeners Club refurbished. The opening for the gardens is a few weeks away, but because of vacationing club members, I got the interviews done early. Then I went on rounds, and nothing exciting was happening is the suburbs.
Wednesday: off because of holiday
Thursday: I finished up traffic and my Harry Potter preview. Both took obscene amounts of time and the HP article took so much research. I hadn't realized I was so out of the HP loop, but I was the only one on staff who was any type of HP knowledgeable. Todd and I worked together on the beginning of the traffic story for a while in the afternoon.
Friday: I gave the traffic piece one last read. Both traffic and HP were planned to run on A1 on Sunday. woot! I also walked downtown to one of the old theaters that is in disrepair and a YSU art professor is hanging murals/blown up photographs of theaters and Ytown on the walls. So I did a pretty sweet story on him.
Monday, July 2, 2007
week eight
Monday: I went on rounds, but took much longer at Poland than expected because they finally updated their police reports. So instead of heading to Boardman police, I went to Youngstown to interview an upholsterer. He's been in the business for 50-some years and learned from his father-in-law. (I've been named the old-man-still-in-the-business reporter.) I spent about an hour with him, and when I left, I received a call from the office, asking me to specifically get information about some fights at a church festival from Boardman police. While I was there, the three TV stations showed up, so I joined their press conference with the police chief. I interviewed him afterwards, then the cop who fought the juvenile with the gun. Then I went to the church where the fights happened and talked to them.
Tuesday: I spent most of the morning making lists of people to talk to for two stories I had been assigned - one about 7/7/07 being a big wedding day and the other about all the Harry Potter events going on here. I then started writing the Harry Potter story. After lunch, the interns had a "huddle" with the e-i-c and went through some stories in the paper and critiqued some of our own work. I shared my traffic story. With the group's suggestions, I worked on the traffic story the rest of the afternoon. I also wrote a brief about a Salvation Army collection.
Wednesday: I worked on the traffic story and Harry Potter story. I spent a while brushing up on Harry Potter facts and reading fan Web sites. I hadn't realized people liked HP so much. Then Todd, the e-i-c, went through my traffic story with me. I spent most of the afternoon working on that.
Thursday: I talked to Howland police for my traffic story, which was great. They do patrol a specific road different because of all the traffic on it. I worked on Harry Potter, and we put an advertisement on the Web site and in the paper for Harry Potter fans to contact me for the story. I also started writing the story about the upholsterer.
Friday: I made some calls to people that know the upholsterer for some added color for the story and talked to two people. I also started receiving calls and emails from HP fans. I made plans to meet a girl and her dad at Barnes and Noble and then to meet a family with four kids at their house. I went on rounds before my HP interviews and then straight to Barnes and Noble. The girl brought two of her friends, so that was even better. The four kids were funny - they were dressed up in their HP garb when I got to their house. When I returned I worked on the upholsterer story until it was time to go.
Tuesday: I spent most of the morning making lists of people to talk to for two stories I had been assigned - one about 7/7/07 being a big wedding day and the other about all the Harry Potter events going on here. I then started writing the Harry Potter story. After lunch, the interns had a "huddle" with the e-i-c and went through some stories in the paper and critiqued some of our own work. I shared my traffic story. With the group's suggestions, I worked on the traffic story the rest of the afternoon. I also wrote a brief about a Salvation Army collection.
Wednesday: I worked on the traffic story and Harry Potter story. I spent a while brushing up on Harry Potter facts and reading fan Web sites. I hadn't realized people liked HP so much. Then Todd, the e-i-c, went through my traffic story with me. I spent most of the afternoon working on that.
Thursday: I talked to Howland police for my traffic story, which was great. They do patrol a specific road different because of all the traffic on it. I worked on Harry Potter, and we put an advertisement on the Web site and in the paper for Harry Potter fans to contact me for the story. I also started writing the story about the upholsterer.
Friday: I made some calls to people that know the upholsterer for some added color for the story and talked to two people. I also started receiving calls and emails from HP fans. I made plans to meet a girl and her dad at Barnes and Noble and then to meet a family with four kids at their house. I went on rounds before my HP interviews and then straight to Barnes and Noble. The girl brought two of her friends, so that was even better. The four kids were funny - they were dressed up in their HP garb when I got to their house. When I returned I worked on the upholsterer story until it was time to go.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
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.
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.
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.
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