Tuesdays

Pitch meetings and reporting... 2 words that seem pretty simple, right? Wrong. For our TV2 shifts, we are asked to arrive the day of on time for the 9:30 am meeting. At around 9:15am seven 20-something-year-olds arrive and anticipate their doom. Or luck... and I mean luck.

It all starts with a pitch. This means each student comes in with a story idea prepared for the day. Phone calls out to our sources for the story, locations down, the angle we plan on taking, every detail needs to be worked out. This is a great technique if you end up with the story you pitch. However, there are days when you could go in with a story you think is wonderful and newsworthy and it can get completely shut down. This is when it gets difficult and stressful. Once your pitch gets denied (or if you're lucky, approved) it's time to get to work. Reporters are assigned photographers, and the rest of the day is a ticking clock. It's actually pretty fun at this point in the day. We get to go out, meet interesting people who are interested in cool things, and we get to get lost in the story.