Great day yesterday, I am already getting a feel for how a working newspaper like the OC register works. I checked in at 9: 45 and waited in a chair by the front desk until Jeff S. Miller, the editor of the entertainment/arts section came down to meet me. He took me up to the 3rd floor of the building, where he gave me a tour of the office and gave me an over view of the different sections of staff (a lot more people compared to our school newspaper). Then, I borrowed the desktop of Samantha Gowen for the day because she was out sick, where I used her desktop for the tasks at hand.
While I familiarized myself with the Register website, Miller found a possible event I could write a preview for, as my main goal for this week is to get something published. The subject of the article was this weekend's ScotsFest at the OC fairgrounds, but aside for the e-mail address there was no reliable phone contact.
I then took some time to find some upcoming events of my own, and I found some possible topics that would be interesting to write about. When I told Jeff about a poetry reading contest this weekend, he told me about an e-mail he had recieved from Lee Mallory, who wanted to inform the newspaper of a poetry performance event that would mark the 20th year of spoken word that he's been running in Newport beach. I sent him an e-mail and left him a voicemail, letting him I was interested in following up for a possible article.
I learned today that in the newpaper business, patience is a necessary skill. As of now, Mallory hasn't gotten back to me, but hopefully he will contact me by the end of today. I will get the opportunity to go to the Royal Danish Ballet tomorrow night with Paul Hodgins, a staff member of the entertainment section! I am hoping to learn some things about writing a performance critique and what I should look for when writing a review, which will come in handy during my writng career on the school newspaper and in the future.
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