Okkkaaaaay. So apparently I'm going to end up doing this weekly, and only at work. I completely forgot about it until I was researching a story, one of the search results was on a blog.

Well, on to my week. It was boring. I did do a story about an organization receiving a grant from HUD, it was very uplifting and motivated me to really work on finding some volunteer opportunities. I'm doing another story tomorrow morning, something to do with NASCAR. And so I have 3 good, well written stories I could put on my tape, but I'm wondering if it's necessary to have a hard news story on there. After tomorrow, I could send out tapes on Wednesday, but I'm worried that they'd want something a little more well-rounded. In that case, I'd have to go out with someone at work either this week or next week, possibly missing some jobs. But if it's not God's will, then so be it.

Well, I had to create a blog so I could comment on one of my friends' blogs, so here it is. I don't know that I'll post much, seeing as how I really only created this to vent during my journey as a journalist, but I'll do my best.

So, my first real experience dealing with journalism and finding a job was at the NABJ convention in Atlanta. I met a lot of great people, a lot of people highly ranked in the industry, and even had my resume tape critiqued. They all said the same thing, great stories, work on your voice. The first critic even told me that he didn't think I'd make it in the business. But I
'm not discouraged at all. My boyfriend has a friend that works at the station I want to work at in Louisiana. I sent my tape last week, and he looked at it, told me it was good and that I might be getting a call soon, so things are looking up so far. But I'm still working on my tape, having to deal with people that don't know what they want me to do, but want me to do it anyway. I'll talk more about that later when I'm sure I'll be in this week.

So if you have any comments, advice, questions, encouragement, feel free to drop me a line!!!!