I know it’s been awhile since I’ve written, but the past two weeks have just been crazy busy. So I have two new entries!! Enjoy :)
So I’ve experienced so much within the past few weeks at Fox. I’ve worked with the health producer, the business producer, the entertainment producer and now the Fox Extra producer. One thing I have learned through working with all these different producers is… that I hate business. I am certain that I will have nothing to do with writing about the nations debt or crunching numbers in my future. I really got some writing practice in with the entertainment producer. She literally had me writing 5 – 10 scripts a day for news packages. Broadcast writing is an entirely different world than writing for a magazine or newspaper, so the transition has been pretty hard for me. This week I am working with the Fox Extra producer… she producers the segments that International news stations use in place of commercials. However, all of this pales in comparison to what I’ve experienced because of the Casey Anthony trail.
I’m sure most of you are wondering what the inside scoop is on the Casey Anthony trial. I’ve been following this case since the first day I got to Fox. The news has literally consisted of nothing but this trial, so working in the newsroom has given me a lot of exposure to the details. Although I will spare you of my thoughts on whether she’s guilty or not guilty, I will say that I’ve learned a lot from this trial. You really have to watch the news and listen to what everyone is saying. You really can’t form an accurate opinion based on what your friends say or what most media tell you. Fox has covered this story from the beginning and, although I’m a tad biased, I think they’ve done a great job presenting both sides of the story.
As the weeks have gone on, the producers were preparing for the day when the jury would finally reach a verdict. I was sitting in the newsroom Tuesday when at 1:21pm, the email came. I’ve gotten literally 1,000 emails over the weeks with every word said in the courtroom transcribed. If the jury took a break or ate lunch (which was Chick-fil-A by the way on Tuesday), I knew about it. I’ve read almost every email and know almost every detail of this case. Well on Tuesday you would have thought the President walked into the room. Everyone literally started screaming and running around frantically… the verdict was in. My supervisor took me and the other three interns down to the control room for the special report. What an amazing experience that was. I sat in the control room with all of the producers… the big names of Fox. Soon the judge came in, as well as the jury, and the verdict was read. The control room went dead silent. All of the producers took bets on what the outcome would be… and let’s just say, everyone was wrong. Everyone was shocked at the decision the jury had reached. To be in the control room and newsroom at Fox when this news broke, is truly a once in a lifetime experience. This trial is the biggest news to hit in a long time, and I was here for it all. I will never forget that day.
The interns and I walked back to the newsroom, only to find everyone glued to the TV’s instead of their computers. Literally any news not related to this trial was put on hold for a few hours.
The opportunities I am receiving at Fox are just incredible. No other news network would give this much access and experience to their interns. Fox is truly the best, not only news wise, but in preparing college students to be the newscasters of tomorrow!
XOXO
Kristyn
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