day 1:Police Beat

ok...so this is really my first day on my radio internship..i arrived at the station at exactly 6a.m in the morning.actually i was with my other classmates,mearah and archie, my "beatmates" hahaha (new word!). we stayed in the station until 9a.m because we're still waiting for the go signal of the reporter for the police beat.
first stop was the Pasay City Press Office. There we met some of the police beat reporters from different radio stations and some journalists of different newspapers. one thing that i've noticed and really caught our attention was that reporters from different stations were actually sharing their news bits!!! at first, i thought it was kinda wrong until Sir Ariel (police beat reporter of rmn) explained that it a usual thing for them. He also told us that even if they are sharing news, they still have to do some research for them to be able to find other focus on that lead (i guess that's safe).
second stop,hahaha,well it was already lunch time so we decided to take our meal first before the police adventure. but wait! there's more! Sir Ariel treated us for lunch! hahaha lucky day it is!
After that lunch/bonding time, we went to Makati Central Police Station and there, Sir ariel got some sample of blotter then,he asked us to write a flash report from that source. Actually, he was about to do a live flash report that time. so while we're on the road, we we're writing the news piece. it was fun and at the same time, nervewracking because we're under time pressure. after that, he gathered our news pieces and right there and then, he wrote a flash report using those pieces. it was such a nice experience because we were able to show our knowledge in news writing and ofcourse,our talent in cramming!hahaha
third stop, Pasay City again but this time, we went to the Special actions on Illegal Drugs and there we we're able to meet and do some talks with Police Chief Inspector Darwin Butulayan. the interview was generally about how Pasay police try to eradicate illegal drugs in their community.
after the talk, Sir Ariel gave us another challenge to write a news piece about that interview. so there, we did the news piece while making our way to NAIA!!!
we're done making the news piece when we arrived at the airport(maybe now you're curious why we went to the airport..just wait) and after we found our parking space, we stopped for some live show!hahaha what i mean is that sir ariel decided to record the news pieces that we wrote and gave us some practical advice on news writing and news reporting.Sir ariel was so nice...we know that he is already tired working all day for him to still give us a lecture on news reporting. we really learned a lot from him.
Last stop,,,NAIA!!! nope! it's not what you're thinking..we're not flying to another country or whatsoever...Sir Ariel brought us to the Media Affairs Office of Manila International Airport and there we met the head of the media affairs. we did a short interview and asked some intriguing questions like the arrival of Bolante and how their office handled the crazy media..hahaha
there you have it...my first day of radio internship...whew!!! it was a really long and tiring day but i learned so many things, met a lot of people in the media industry and....a free lunch!hahaha oh, by the way,tomorrow our beat is at the senate!