Assistant photographer for a day
Last Monday, I started my internship at the Sunshine Coast Daily and for my first mission I had to follow one the photographer of the paper. Lucky me!
The weather was just perfect and Chris, the photographer, had many different jobs to do. Perfect day to drive around the Coast!
We went to the funeral of a local rugby hero, we took a picture a local breast cancer association, of people chosen (almost) randomly walking long a beach pathway etc…
Watching at Chris in action was really interesting.
My job was pretty much limitated to holding the flash occasionally when he needed an extra arm… But the only fact of watching him work was worthwhile!
It was really interesting to see how he is using everything that is around him. It can go from the fence he is climbing on the get a better angle or an unused piece of pipe left by workers in a local man’s (former) garden to give the photo a bit of perspective.
I was also suprised by the number of photo Chris took and the very low number of actual good photo that remained at the end.
The last thing that amazed me is the fact that the pictures representing people are, as far as possible, representing good looking people. For the beach pathway pics, we waited at least 20 minutes to get “semi good looking people”.
I wasn’t expected that from a local newspaper and for a random story that finally ended up to be on page 20!
Anyway, apart from that I really enjoyed my day and the fact of being outdoor and in contact with “real” people. I hope I’ll have to occasion to do the experiment again
Prozac City
I was told Townsville would grow on me.
It definitely didn’t. Five days was more than enough of the dirty, half-deserted town that felt like it would cloud you in a layer of deep depression if you lived there.
The inner city was shrouded in a feeling of hopelessness. People walked around past bargain stores and scores […]
The last couple of days
The last couple of days at the Bully was actually pretty good. I went to do a couple of soft stories that were entertaining and showed what the Bulletin was all about.
The first was the Bike Week opening where we stood around for an hour looking at some of the most powerful motorbikes in Australia. Steve, one […]
A little late with this…
I had a few issues about going down to the Gold Coast Bulletin for my second internship but my worries were put to rest on the second day.
When I got to the Gold Coast on Sunday night, booked myself into the local motel and unpacked, i thought this might be a long week.
My room (the size of a broom closet) had […]
My delayed internship blog… due to no internet connection!!!
J-school blog for when I finally get internet connection
Sunday 15/05/08
Freaking out about the internship and just finished packing before I leave for the Sunny Coast. Done some research on Maroochydore and have a few story ideas. Feeling a little intimidated about the whole news room thing, but it’ll be fun to be thrown in the […]
Back to reality
After two weeks away enjoying the lad back lifestyle of the north, it is back to reality but coming back to reality wasn’t a fun experience.
Here’s a tale of a male at 30,000 feet:
I experienced first hand and I now understand why people want to bring in “fat taxes” on airplanes.
Don’t get […]
Wrap up of a week at the Cairns Post
It doesn’t matter how prepared you think you are for the newsroom, nothing can prepare you for the excitement you feel in the whirl wind of a newsroom.
The Cairns Post is centrally located in the heart of Cairns city in a big beautiful old white stone building just one street away from the Esplanade. […]
Final Countdown
Today is the final day of my two week internship at Bundy’s News Mail.
I honestly thought I would have plenty of time to write my blog and I would have nothing to do here.
was i surprised???
They gave me plenty of work to do and made sure I was really busy..
I was determined to write something […]
End of Days
Well, it’s my final day here at the Queensland Times, working for the Advertiser and the QT. I’ve been trying to get on to the blog for 5 days now, and after persevering with the same password every day (which Rob told me-cheers Rob), it finally let me on!!! Everyone has been really fantastic here-there […]
Day 3 - The Satellite
The past couple of days were not what I was expecting. I thought as the week progressed that everyone would be getting more stressed but obviously this news room isn’t like that at all.
Unlike other internships, this week has been a perfect blend of work and chinwagging. Whenever I’ve been less than preoccupied, a story […]
Day 3 at the Sunshine Coast Daily…
To begin; I’m staying at a cheap little YHA hostel in Maroochydore sharing a room with an interesting selection of ever-changing roomates including: a lovely German girl who offered me cookies and chocolates- [she unfortunately left about 10 minutes after my arrival, warning me about the “horrible 8 minute timer on the showers”] , a whiney American girl who […]
D-Day - Sticksville 24/06/08
The ungodly hour of 6am approached. Surely no normal human being can operate at such a time…
I managed to haul my body out of bed, grab a coffee and take off for what would be an hour drive to Acacia Ridge situated in the southern suburbs of Brisbane (or as many see it, toothless Joe […]
Allusive wine and Rodeos in Hervey Bay
Panic set in about three hours into my journey up the coast. Small town Australia scared me. Visions of snakes, spiders, cockroaches and all unpredictable slithery, crawling, flying things began to make me seriously consider the impulse to jump off the bus and get back to civilisation pronto.
But my fears proved unjustified.
Work at the paper […]
5th and final day.
So by friday I was feeling pretty good. The work load had intensified slightly and the big push to get the weekend edition out was very exciting. My day went like this:
Got to the office early, wrote some briefs from once large pile of press releases that was now smaller.
Went to the news conference. My […]
Day 3 at the QT
So day 1 and 2 ended. I don’t know how but they did and I had written stuff and even said something slightly relevant at the news conference. I was beginning to unclench. Vox Pops were being thrown at me like Australian backpackers throw tomatoes at La Tomatina in Valencia. In the 5 days I […]
QT = Not seeing the sun for 5 days.
My pallid complexion will tell you that the only light I have seen recently is from the mournful glow of a computer screen. Windows seem to be at a premium in a newsroom reserved for the front door and the toilet. But I was so busy my brain relegated any thoughts of the birds and […]