the reason why i decided to take up the internship at 958 news was cos I wanted to come out of internship knowing i learnt something and also cos i like the medium - radio.. and 1 week into internship and i think that, yeah, i've chosen the right one that really fulfilled what i set out to achieve..
as reporting shift starts, i'm really just thrown into the world to survive on my own and at the end of the day, produce. with zero news reporting experience (din even do cs203 leh), i was just thrown out there to do the thing.. so glad that i was from ebm cos at least i haf some knowledge of using the md recorder and not screw up my first reporting assignment. a senior was supposed to be there to guide me yesterday but cos she overslept and couldn't get a cab, by the time she got there, i was already done with the interview and got the soundbites needed, thinking up sth to ask them on the spot.. *phew* this is not like school assignments where i can redo if i dun like.. it's going to be broadcasted to all the listeners leh.. stress.. but then u realise they are actually really not that uptight about sound quality and everything.. cos wat matters is it's fast and there's content to be broadcasted..
and today.. went to crime conference... it's really not serious at all, despite it being at the Police HQ and it being a crime conference. I've learnt that conference is but a nice name to use.. it usu juz consist of like 5 ppl from the media showing up.. face it, how much media do we have in singapore? and after the conference we juz spilt into 2 camps to share cab back to the office.. the mediacorp camp and the sph camp.. haha..
luckily, other than the crime conference, i was also assigned to follow up on another story so i went out again, all alone, to bedok in the rain (of cos in cab la).. interviewed like 20 plus ppl and got all the soundbites then head back to piece my report together.. i realised the good thing about radio is that i can get soundbites secretly, without them actively consent to it cos i can hide my md recorder behind my note pad.. so they can onli see my note pad and think that i'm juz harmlessly asking them questions... hahaha.. so that's the power of the medium! an cos i'm not furiously scribbling away as they speak, ppl are actually quite willing to talk.. which is nice...
and so, i managed to come out with a full report today! feel accomplished.. and the editor liked my report.. hehe.. it's only 1min 30sec but well i'm proud of my first full piece of work.. tho i still dun get to do the VO but yeah i'm pretty satisfied.. it's onli 1.5 week into my internship yeah.. so if u see this post in time, u can tune into 958 at 8am, 10am, 12noon and 5pm tml to catch my report.. :P
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