So yeah ABC 6 was cool, and I was so honored to have the position, but then NBC 4 (www.nbc4i.com) came along...and offered more. Now neither was paid, but as far as experience goes, NBC had the better package since their interns get to go out with reporters on shoots and help them with stories. While ABC and a lot of stations do not because it's a liability issue, and they don't want to be held responsible if something happens to an intern. I would basically be tending to the phones, typing information and staying in the newsroom all day, which wouldn't be a terrible thing since behind-the-scenes work is so crucial, but nothing beats the opportunity to actually go out and see how a news story is put together.

I knew long before that ABC was like this, but since they were the only people I had heard from...beggars couldn't be choosers. My Sunday School teacher would always tell me about this Ch.4 video guy who attends Church with us, but I never really thought too much about it since everybody knows somebody in the business, but the real question is can they actually help you get in? One day after Sunday School, my teacher said he was going to definitely contact the video guy for me since I never saw in him in Church. He forwarded my resume to him and before I know it, I got an email from Ch. 4 telling me to come in for an interview. All of this actually happened minutes before my Ch. 6 interview! So maybe I should have got the hint, but it is just amazing to see how contacts really play a major role in obtaining jobs.

I always knew of this, but really: No interview until someone on the inside suggests it??
I thought I did everything right, mailed all the application materials in early, fine tuned my cover letter and resume, and even printed them on the good manilla paper. So that just lets me know that even though these stations explicitly say don't call, I would do so anyway, just to get your name out there or know how the intern selection process is going because they will leave you hanging on a string. I emailed and called almost everyone for the Atlanta stations I applied for, and they did respond to that, but just to say that already selected their interns way in advance.

I had my interview for NBC yesterday, and it's right down the street from campus on Olentangy River Road. It was at 1:00pm after I had just taken my Hebrew midterm, and before I needed to start getting the bible study lesson together. Again, this interview wasn't really like an interview either, I just talked with the News assistant for a bit, she introduced me to the Director and gave me a tour and then asked when I could start. It really seemed like a nice place to work at and is Columbus's #2 station, while ABC is #3. So NBC, here I come!