I spent the entire morning writing my article and making sure I included all the main points. The challenge was taking a large amount of info and creating a focus to let a story emerge. By early afternoon I had a pretty solid draft so I e-mailed it to Jeff. While I was waiting for him to share his thoughts I made some phone calls to the contacts that Lee Mallory gave me while I was on the phone with him yesterday. Two of the contacts answered the first time I called and I got a few quotes from them about Poetry at Alta (the name of the reading), and their thoughts on Mallory. One of the poets actually called Mallory a "poetry pimp" in the sense that he knows where all the good poetry venues are.
Mallory called back around 4 like he said he would to take any more questions that came up since the last time I spoke with him. He clarified a few things for me and even read me one of his more popular poems that audiences love to hear at readings. Titled, "The Laundry Poem," it is a fun poem that he dedicated to his fiance when he wrote it.
I also checked my e-mail, and it turns out that cast members will not be available for interviewing. Jeff explained that sometimes if an event already has a lot of publicity (the Glee concerts are already sold out), then they don't really need another publication. It was a little dissappointing that I won't have the opportunity to interview someone as famous as a Glee actor but i'm still glad I had the opportunity to do an interview at all.
I finished my article around 6 45 and sent the final version to Jeff to edit this weekend. He will be e-mailing me on Monday or Tuesday to let me know if there is anything else I will need to do, and hopefully it will be published online by next friday 5/3. He also told me there is a very good chance that my article will end up in the paper as well by May 5th, which I am extremely excited for.
When I wasn't working on my article I was looking further into the issuu site. I can't wait to be back on campus next week so I can try and work with the other Bolt editors to get the newspaper online next year, that would be such a huge achievement for me :)
Ill be sure to post the link for the online article when it gets posted, but for now I can say that spring at sage has been a great experience!
I really hope your article gets published, that would be so exciting! Have you ever gotten anything published in a 'real' newspaper before?!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a busy day! You really are taking advantage of this internship to get the most out of it. Good for you! Nice work
ReplyDeleteHeather, it's great to hear that the article will be published online and in the paper. That's a huge accomplishment. I'm sorry you couldn't get the article with the Glee people that you wanted, but it's amazing that you have this opportunity with your other article. I really hope that you will be able to get the paper online next year too.
ReplyDeleteHeather, I am really really impressed that you are actually going to be published!! thats an honor and I will make sure to look for it. It's a bummer you didn't get to interview the Glee cast, yet it seems like you are still learning so much. I'm sure it is very difficult to write everything you want to with such limited space and it is good practice. Keep making the most out of your internship
ReplyDeleteI agree with what everyone has already posted. I am so happy for you Heather, since you deserve to be published for your hard work and genuine enthusiasm. I'm impressed by your persistence and positive attitude regarding the Glee interviews, since many journalists would rather slack off or just give up. It's clear you love what you're doing, so please please tell us when you get something published, which I know will happen very soon!
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