{"id":205007,"date":"2017-10-20T18:52:27","date_gmt":"2017-10-20T18:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/?p=205007"},"modified":"2020-04-20T19:24:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:24:31","slug":"how-to-be-a-real-reporter-do-everything-but-not-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/2017\/10\/20\/how-to-be-a-real-reporter-do-everything-but-not-at-once\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Be A Real Reporter: Do Everything, But Not At Once"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My week with NPR\u2019s Next Generation Radio Program has been wonderful. I arrived in Sacramento on Sunday, nervous and excited to make new friends and connections, and I\u2019m leaving on Friday feeling accomplished. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From day one, I was supported and encouraged by the staff. My mentor, Maria, was ready to jump in, feet first, and I remember our editor, Catherine, saying, \u201cif you have any questions ask me, because I have the answers! And if I don\u2019t have answers, I will find them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have spent the last nine months in a newsroom as a part-time intern and production assistant, developing skills as a reporter and producer, but never really feeling the pressure of a close deadline for a researched piece. This week I felt that pressure, made a plan, and finished the piece within a week! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was required to not only find a source and record their story for an audio piece, but also write an accompanying online story with a lot of research involved, take photos, and maintain a social media presence for my story and experience at Capital Public Radio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Juggling all of these elements was challenging, because there were so many things to think about all at once! At times my mentor would remind me to post on social media, take a photo, or ask a question, and I couldn\u2019t believe I forgot something. Simultaneously, we talked about being intentional with our time. Carolina, our photo mentor, suggested we plan when to take photos so that we don\u2019t struggle to record at the same time. Planning what elements we have to collect, and when to collect them, was one way I learned how to be organized in my planning and interview.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After this week, I\u2019m heading back to Fresno to continue working with Valley Public Radio. This opportunity at Next Generation Radio has further solidified my love of public media, and I am motivated to pursue and report more stories in the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A reflection by Laura Tsutsui about learning how to collect multiple elements as a reporter, and being intentional in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":88,"featured_media":204881,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"coauthors":[21],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205007"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/88"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205007"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capradio2017.nextgenradio.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=205007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}