Trying to put together a news story, as a single person is a struggle. Now, I’ve learned putting together a news story as a group of journalists makes me want to pull my hair out and lapse into a coma. Frankly, putting myself into a coma would be easier.
My class and I were putting together a bunch of stories about the town of Juniper, after they lost their mills and now, are losing their elementary school. My portion of the group work was talking to the school and manage to get an interview with a teacher about the school closing in Juniper. Did I mention lapsing into a coma would have been easier?
The first week trying to make contact was a lovely game of cat and mouse. I would call the school and ask to speak to the principal and they would take a message, saying the principal would call me back. Sometimes, I’m a little gullible and actually believed it. That was probably my first mistake.
Putting off calling the school back was so much easier, especially when you’re trying to put a TV show together each week all the while trying to catch a principal. Thank God for Fridays, they always bring me success, and potential interviews. I had made contact with the principal at the school, it just needed for me to convince her to let my class of journalists in to interview a teacher and take pictures of the students. Yup, lapsing into a coma would have been a hell of a lot easier.
During one of our class meetings, we found a former teacher willing to talk to us. The sun was certainly shinning down on me that day! I called the principal back and she agreed to book my class in for a school visit. It took some team effort, some hair pulling and persistence but I managed to get my class
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