Sicktastic

So, I must have caught a cold somehow. I actually had to call in sick to work on Wednesday because I couldn't even get out of bed. Fever, headaches, congestion, you name it. But I am feeling much better now, which is great.

I was able to go in to work on Thursday, and when I got there I had around 300 emails to sort through from the day before. No exaggeration, there are literally hundreds of emails that we at the news desk have to read every day. Most of them are plugs from a local band or news that does not pertain to our station, but it is important to check them all in case there is something important mixed in with all the clutter. On top of that, each morning we are expected to read the local newspapers and call the police stations to see if anything happened overnight. My job was to sort through the papers, and I found a couple of stories that I found interesting. So what I have to do from there is copy the story and send it out to our producers, reporters, and everyone working at the news desk with me. If someone likes the suggestion, they'll bring it up as a story idea in the morning meeting. Even writing all of this information down is making me a little exhausted!

The point of all that explaining is that I sent out a story that an anchor read and liked.

(Here's a link to the story if you're curious)

When I was standing in at the morning meeting, he began to say how an intern sent him a great story idea and I raised my hand and said "That's meeeeeee!" I was too proud of my accomplishment I couldn't help myself. Any time I get recognized at work I get really excited because if I'm making a good impression on everyone, they could remember my name and contact me for a job once I graduate! Who knows, if I stay on this winning streak maybe that'll happen.