The first thing I noticed when I walked in yesterday at 1 pm was how many more people were around compared to yesterday, I guess most of the entertainment staff was off-site yesterday. I also was personally introduced to Dennis Foley, the internship coordinator that I had been in contact with for my Spring at Sage independent project.
I also spoke with I got the e-mail of the publicist for the TV Show Glee to try and get an interview with one of the cast members for Glee Live! In Concert. She gave me the tour publicist's e-mail and if all goes well I will have the chance to speak with one of the Glee stars about the live tour (Pretty cool huh?). I spent some time writing down some interview questions to ask the cast member, so I will be prepared if I have the opportunity.
I also sent the ScotsFest organizers another e-mail, but I still haven't heard from them. I met with Paul Hodgins, the theatre/dance critic that I went to the Royal Danish Ballet with. He showed me the importance of proof-reading with an article from LA Weekly that claimed the Danish Ballet dates back to 400 years ago (ballet didn't exist in the 1600s!).
I mentioned to Jeff Miller how I was looking to put the school newspaper online, and so he introduced me to Kevin Sablan, a member of the Register i-pad team. When I explained to Kevin what I was trying to achieve, he showed me this great website called issuu, a site for uploading documents and creating high quality online versions. I am planning on contacting Mr. McCandless this week (our newspaper advisor), to let him know about the site.
at 4:55 Jeff Miller introduced me to Rebecca Allen, the OC Register features editor. I went with her to the daily 5 o'clock meeting, where they discussed the front page for the newspaper the next day as well as all the main articles for other sections. Then a member of the i-pad team gave a presentation of the next day's feature, which was on 3-D TV and how 3-D works. After the meeting Rebecca showed me a program that is used for their international news. We talked about me possibly interning on weekends next year at the register as well, which would be a great experience.
At around 7:20, before I got my ticket at will call for the Royal Danish Ballet, I recieved a call for Lee Mallory, the poet I am hoping to do an article on. He told me that although he had a graduation to be at the next morning, he would be happy to call back in the late afternoon so I could interview him, which I am really looking foward to.
I met Paul Hodgins at my seat in the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. The hall was crowded because it was opening night. I didn't know much about Danish Ballet, but earlier in the day Paul showed me his article with his interview of the production's director, Nikolaj Hubbe. I learned that Hubbe used to be a really famous dancer himself in New York, before becoming the director of the company he had first performed for before moving to New York in the first place. At the first intermission I followed Paul to the door of the theater, where the Director was standing to ID dancers that Paul thought were particulary good (or bad). Paul told me he looks for how well the dancers understand the technique of the dance, and how well they execute those techniques. He talked with me about adjectives he would use to describe the ballet, and how important it is to think in a way that any reader could understand, whether they no nothing about dance or if they are proffesionals.
Here is the link to the finished review:
http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/-301911--.html
I personally did not expect the ballet to be so modern. Aside from the first piece, the rest of the night was a modern spin from the choreographers, and the last piece didn't even look like ballet at all, it was more of a tribal dance that involved a dynamic of quick and slow movement and dynamic music to match. Towards the end ofthe second intermission I also talked with Paul about my interest in journalism. He reccomended I take a look at Columbia College in Missouri and Cal State Fullerton, two good journalism schools I hadn't yet considered.
I had some big accomplishments today and hopefullly tomorrow will be even better
Heather, this is really cool. It sounds like your fully involving yourself into this experience. I like how open minded you are, and I think its great that your getting new insight for colleges. This sounds like a great start to Spring At Sage. Lastly, I hope that you'll get something of yours published!
ReplyDeleteHeather this seems like it's an awesome opportunity and you're learning a lot about journalism and the newspaper industry that you can bring back to The Bolt for next year. It must be really cool to interact with the writers there too especially since they're people that you regularly read in the newspaper. Your comment about the system that puts the newspaper online sounds like it'd be an amazing way to get the paper out online at Sage and I think that's something you guys should definitely explore next year in addition to the paper copy because it'll reach a lot more people.
ReplyDeleteNice Heather. I can clearly see your passion here, and it's refreshing to see you pursue your passion. I, like Tess, hope you get some of your work published! Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad to hear that you are really getting the opportunity to get right into the work at the paper! Such a great experience for you! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteWow Heather, it seems like you are learning so much about the journalism industry! Its apparent that you are getting a really great chance to learn about the industry in a hands on way. I am very impressed at how much work you are getting to do with the employes of the register because its always great to learn from experience.
ReplyDeleteHeather, it was a pleasure meeting you and even more of a delight discovering this blog and seeing you document your experience at the Register. I'm glad to see you've continued looking into issuu.
ReplyDeleteOh, one bit of clarification. I don't want to mistakenly take credit for the good work of our iPad team. I actually work on the web, with a bit of social media and a teensy bit of mobile thrown in.