SO much to tell

I've got much to tell - and this is news from both internships.

I'll start with my most current one:

I got assigned an extra story and it's a sweet feature about this church in Van Buren that did mission work locally instead of overseas this year. One piece of the story in particular really tugs at the heart. The church surprised one of their members by painting her house. I went to the elementary school down the street where she was helping with registration and got her take on it and as soon as I mentioned it, she started to cry and it was the sweetest thing. She was super grateful and gave spectacular quotes. I'll put up the story later if you guys request it (it publishes Aug. 4).

I've been designing a lot more lately and today I did FIVE wire pages. It was insane, but I'm getting better and faster.

I've done a few videos, but one of them repeats so unless you want to see my beautiful face twice, you can stop it after the first time.





I truly do think I get better every time. I know I've got a LONG way to go, but practice makes me better everyday.

Last but not least, my BIG news.

I got an e-mail from my adviser at the Working Press and she told me to go ahead and go for a story idea I had. The story is on a nine-time Emmy Award-winning investigative journalist who has been very active with SPJ. She helped spearhead an initiative that helps unemployed journalists. I met her at the regional conference earlier this year and she's accomplished so much in her career and she really motivated me when I spoke with her the few times I did. More on that later.

So if that's just my first assignment, just imagine the array of assignments that will come my way in the future!

I'm ecstatic:)

Keeping you posted,
Joan