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Before I read the book Hiroshima by John Hersey, I didn't really know much about what happened in Hiroshima. What I liked most and what I felt worked for the book was all the detail, and since I didn’t know a lot about what happened, this book did a great job presenting the entire picture through the detail. The detail I remember most clearly is when someone went to go help someone up from the ground, and the skin came clear of the hand. That gruesome details proves the lengths Hersey went to give an accurate depiction of what happened.
What worked was how Hersey told a story. He wasn’t spewing out facts about Hiroshima, he took us into the lives of the people that were there and effectively showed us what it was like.
What I think didn’t work, was just the length of the book. At only 152 pages, it was not long enough to get all the stories of the people Hersey focused on. It just seemed like the book bounced back and forth a lot between the characters, and it was hard to keep track. I was constantly trying to keep track of everyone, and was forever flipping back the pages to see what I just read, to see what character I was on again, and trying to find where I last left off with that character.
As a first time reader, I really enjoyed Hiroshima, but the one thing I did think was missing was quotes from the characters Hersey was writing about. I didn’t think about it as I was reading it really though, I thought the story flowed well without them. Just when I thought of something it was missing, I thought quotes.
Journalists can learn from this book, the importance of being there. You would never have gotten all the detail Hersey did without him being a witness to it. If I wanted to write a book about Hiroshima now, the impact would not be nearly as great, and I would not have the little details Hersey did to make the reader feel like they were there. Journalists can also learn how to recount a true story the right way. Hiroshima flows well, and Hersey does such a great job in giving the reader as many details as he can while still keeping with his goal of recounting the story. I would compare this book to another of non fiction, but I am not sure I have read any non fiction before.
Hiroshima was originally published as an article in the New Yorker a year after the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. And from what I have read, it was very well received, and i read somewhere that the issue that it was published in sold out.
It’s not like Hersey dumbed down his writing style to make the story understandable, he just did such an incredible job at telling the story that is was easy to understand and anyone can just pick up the book and be able to follow along. I read the book in just one sitting one evening and was surprised how easily I got through it, having no prior knowledge of Hiroshima subject matter.
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Friday was rushed. Rushed to get to school, rushed to the loan office, rushed back to school for another class, rushed to work, rushed home where I rushed to get ready in one hour for my limo pick up. Through some friends (Rachelle and Krystalle), I procured a ticket to a RRC alumni dinner where Global National anchor Dawna Friesen was the MC.
So I get there with my friends and step into the Fairmont. I spotted Dawna Friesen and wanted to talk to her right away but didn’t want to seem like the crazy chick, so I waited until after the dinner. After chatting and getting advice from Sylvia Kuzyk, I met Dawna Friesen. She took the time to talk to the students, ask us questions, answer ours, give us advice, and take pictures with us. It was all amazing.
Why I admire Dawna Friesen.
1.) She is from a small community, like I am. It is inspiring to see that, even though you are from the middle of nowhere, if you try hard you can make it.
2.) She is a woman and she is great at what she does. Dawna chose to have a career, which is refreshing to see; I think that there is a lot of pressure on women to have a family. Dawna does have one, but she waited until she was established first.
3.) Gives good advice. She told us to take any little jobs that we could because we never know who we could meet, and where the job could take us. She also said do not be afraid to move and told us that we could do it too.
I was a tad star struck by the whole thing, meeting someone that inspires me so much. Never thought I would be getting advice from Dawna Friesen.
I was a tad star struck by the whole thing, meeting someone that inspires me so much. Never thought I would be getting advice from Dawna Friesen.
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I do not come from a military family. I come from a family of farmers in Inwood, and I am quite positive that there has only been one person in my family ever to be in the military. Five years ago I was not sure what I wanted to with my life. Maybe I was drunk or something, but I thought that joining the military was good call. But after researching a few other options, I settled on CreComm, and it turned out to be a good call. But just because I don't have a military background, it doesn't mean I don't take the time to remember.
On November 11 last year, I went to Minto Armouries for the Remembrance Day ceremony. The most memorable experiences about it besides seeing the cadets faint, was Jim Seggie.
Seggie had a son named Mike. Mike died in Afghanistan in 2008. I got to speak with Jim Seggie last year for a school assignment, and again this year for a Metro article.
You can read the Metro article here.
And this is the story I wrote last year around this time.
Every Day is Remembrance Day
Soldiers of all ranks marched in unison through Minto Armoury on St. Matthews Avenue with guns drawn. Watching the young men and women practice their routines for the Remembrance Day ceremony like he does every year, Master Warrant Officer Jim Seggie can’t help but think of his son Michael.
"Every day is Remembrance Day for me," says Seggie, “now that the lake has been named after Mike, this Remembrance Day is extra special.”
Four fallen soldiers were honoured by the Manitoba government during a ceremony at the legislature Thursday where it was announced small lakes northwest of Utik Lake, located about 50 kilometres north of Oxford House, will forever bear their names. The fallen soldiers are Private Lane Watkins, Corporal James Arnal, Corporal Michael Seggie and Sapper Sean Greenfield.
21-year-old Michael Seggie, who served in the Second Battalion of Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry based in Shilo, Manitoba, died before his time. He and two other soldiers were killed in an attack by Taliban fighters on September 3, 2008. He was on his first tour and less than two weeks away from coming home.
Michael’s death was the 94th since Canada’s Afghan mission began in 2002. To date, 152 Canadian soldiers have died in the war that was brought on by the September 11 attacks on the United States. Canada entered the war almost a year after American troops arrived with the objective of defeating al-Qaida.
Like all other Canadians who die in war, Michael is automatically entitled under a national program to have a geographic feature, such as a lake or hill, named after him. After two years of waiting, Michael was finally honoured earlier this month. There was controversy this summer when Chicago Blackhawks Captain Jonathan Toews was honoured with a lake being named after him while the Seggie family had been waiting years. Seggie said he is not upset anymore that a lake had been named after Toews.
“While the honour came just a little over two years, it was well worth the wait," he says.
Now that the lake has finally been named after Michael, Seggie said he and family members hope to fly to the lake. He says their trip will take some planning, but they will make it happen.
Seggie, who has been in the been in the Canadian Forces for 32 years, makes sure he keeps his son’s memory alive by visiting his grave site regularly and having a wall dedicated their son in their home.
To Seggie, Remembrance Day is a “time to reflect what the soldiers have done for us, for what Mike has done for us.”
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I see all the time in the news stories about missing and murdered women, and it makes me angry, one missing or murdered woman is too many and it is pretty disgusting how often it actually occurs. I suspect a lot of people think about it, but you don’t see that many people doing anything about.
Not Shelley Cook, she cares and I respect her for starting this project and bringing to light how important of an issue this is.
Shelley Cook was a journalism major in the Creative Communications program at Red River College (just like me). Cook graduated in 2011 and while in school she devoted much of her time to her blog, Missing Manitoba Women, where Cook writes about just that. I knew about this project last year, but the Uniter just published an article about her and her blog, and it made me want to write about it.
Whenever I hear about stories where women go missing, I get emotional about it it. The fact that someone feels that they have the right to just take a woman from the street, or from wherever and do whatever they want to them is unthinkable. No one should stand for that, and women all over should be able to live their lives without fear that someone will harm them.
If you care at all about how many women go missing and are murdered in Manitoba, you should take a look at this blog. Cook says that the reason she chose to create her blog is because she "didn't like the way that many of these women were portrayed in the media." And she "wanted to humanize them and portray them beyond the labels that they have been given."
She's doing a pretty darn good job.
She's doing a pretty darn good job.
Here is a link to Shelley’s Facebook page for her blog.
This is her blog, please check it out. Missing Manitoba Women.
Here is the Uniter article.
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The Occupy Winnipeg movement started on October 15 and is being held in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement, which began in September in New York and has spread to countries all over the world.
Not even a month into Occupy Winnipeg, their stand is made more difficult by snow.
So now that the first snowfall is here and it is beginning to get a little frigid, I ask myself, why are those Occupy Winnipeg people still at outside? I understand what they are trying to do, but I don't see how camping out at the Leg will solve anything in the immediate or foreseeable future. And now, the protesters are not allowed to use the washrooms at the legislative building right across the road, so maybe they will be packing it in soon.
But what if the snow and no Leg washroom won’t make them go away? What will? The problems they want solved are not going to go away anytime soon, so I guess they are in for a long camp. You'd think that living in a tent through any Manitoba season would deter any protester. But what about what is happening at other camps in Canada - camps in Vancouver and Quebec are being shut down, and people are dying.
For those who don’t know what these people are protesting for, they are demonstrating against global financial inequality and corporate greed. And from the looks of it, protesters are going nowhere until the issue is resolved.
Also, if I were Richard Baschuk, I would just be wondering where all the babes were. (CreCommedy joke)
Here is a Metro article published November 8 about the demands Occupy Winnipeg are making.
Photo from http://home.rainyday.ca/
Here is a Metro article published November 8 about the demands Occupy Winnipeg are making.
Photo from http://home.rainyday.ca/
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Today the journalism students went to the Law Courts to find a hot scoop. We met up with Mike McIntyre for a little lesson of what to expect, what to do, and some leads on story ideas. I really enjoyed being there and stayed until 3:00 when I needed to get back to school and type up my article. I am excited to go back and think I will get to for more Law Courts assignments. Hopefully one day I will be a reporter and will have to go there to pursue stories.
What crossed my mind:
1. This is not a hot scoop. This is a lukewarm scoop at best.
2. Being at the Law Courts is exciting. I know what I'm doing on my days off.
3. Really, you waved around a machete and you aren't getting a criminal record?
4. Thanks guy sitting behind me for causing a scene because you had your feet up on the seat. You make Erica and myself laugh. Really breaks up the day.
5. I am hungry. I am going to get a foot-long sub at Subway.
6. I am never going to finish this foot-long sub.
7. I really wish I could stay longer and figure out what this one case was. Sat in there till they went on break and never find out what he did. Looked super interesting though.
I think I said 'scoop' a lot today, but here is the scoop I got.
“I’m Going To Cut Your Head Off”
Winnipeg man threatens bar staff with machete
Twenty-four-year-old Drilan Alimehaj was sentenced to an eighteen-month conditional discharge with supervised probation after he waved a machete around outside a Winnipeg bar uttering death threats.
Alimehaj was at the Thirsty Lion Tavern, located at 525 Dale Boulevard on Nov. 14, 2010 celebrating his cousin’s 18th birthday when he got into an altercation with Scott Douglas, an off-duty staff member, resulting in him being kicked out.
Alimehaj left the bar yelling, “You’re making a mistake, you don’t know who I know.”
After being ejected from the Charleswood bar by Douglas at 1:30 a.m., Alimehaj left and came back in a white pickup truck five minutes later with a machete and a dagger.
Court heard Alimehaj screamed at Douglas, “I’m going to cut your head off,” while waving the two-foot blade.
Alimehaj then left and police were contacted shortly after, who say that Alimehaj appeared to be intoxicated and noted he was unsteady on his feet, and had bloodshot eyes.
Alimehaj pleaded guilty Monday in provincial court to uttering threats and the possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose but justified his possession of the machete by saying he worked as a landscaper.
“The nature of the weapon used was quite serious. A conviction should be a result,” said Crown attorney Marciniak.
Defence attorney Virk said that Alimehaj has a unique circumstance since he has no prior criminal record and has only one kidney so he can’t drink a lot of alcohol. Virk added that Alimehaj wants to finish his Grade 12 education to pursue a career as a firefighter and can’t do that with a criminal record.
Judge Lemaistre stressed that rehabilitation is important and in Alimehaj’s circumstance, decided that imposing a discharge was not contrary to public interest.
“Even though there was no intention to follow through with the threat, you were waving a machete and uttering threats. The potential for harm was there, but I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt,” said Judge Lemaistre.
The conditions of the sentence are Alimehaj can have no contact with the complainant, is prohibited on the premises of 525 Dale Boulevard, must abstain from the consumption of alcohol, report for counseling, and is prohibited to be in possession of weapons. The forfeiture of the machete and dagger was ordered, and Alimehaj was fined $104.00.
If Alimehaj complies to these conditions, he will not receive a criminal record and can become a firefighter.
Asked if he had anything to add, Alimehaj told Judge Lemaistre, “It’ll never happen again.”
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Good news for journalists in Winnipeg.
In the past week it has been announced that Nelly Gonzalez from Global Winnipeg is moving to CBC and Nancy Carlson from CTV Winnipeg is moving on to Global.
Except, these journalists won't be staying in Winnipeg.
Nelly took a job with CBC as a reporter in Brandon, and Nancy took a job in Alberta as late night anchor with Global Edmonton.
Nancy's last day is Wednesday, October 19 and begins her new job on October 31.
Nelly's last day will be Friday, October 28.
Both reporters have said they are excited about their move.
I got the chance to shadow both of these talented women at election time through opportunities created by CreComm. They were both very professional, kind, and funny and I wish them the very best. I hope to be like them one day and report on TV so I am very glad to have met them. And who knows, maybe one day we will work together.
I got the chance to shadow both of these talented women at election time through opportunities created by CreComm. They were both very professional, kind, and funny and I wish them the very best. I hope to be like them one day and report on TV so I am very glad to have met them. And who knows, maybe one day we will work together.
What crossed my mind:
1.) I hope a bunch of reporters leave when I am done school so I can get a job.
What? That's all.
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On October 4th, I was assigned to Global Television to help out with election coverage. I was put with Nelly Gonzalez, a Global reporter, and we went to Canad Inns Polo Park, which was the PC Party’s election headquarters. I kind of knew what to expect since I have been out with a reporter before on a live hit as part of election coverage, so I knew the big interviews would come after the winner was announced.
I have been telling friends and family that I was at PC headquarters, and one thing is always brought up.
That Selinger snubbed McFadyen during his speech.
If you don’t follow the news or politics, this is what happened. When PC Party leader, Hugh McFadyen came down from his hotel room to give his concession speech, Premier Greg Selinger began his victory speech, resulting in Hugh’s to be cut off.
While I was at the PC HQ, I got to see all the support for Hugh McFadyen, but all that support wasn’t good enough as it became official that Hugh would not be the next Premier of Manitoba.
The media waited over an hour for McFadyen to come down and address us. We waited, then we waited, and then we waited some more.
FINALLY, Hugh McFadyen came down and announced that he was stepping down at PC Party leader. The announcement seemed to shock the people in the room and unless you were there or watched the footage elsewhere, you wouldn’t have seen the announcement. If you were watching the coverage on TV, you would have seen the beginning of Hugh’s speech, then seen it be cut off for Selinger’s speech.
I was not at the NDP headquarters, but I don't think Greg did this to Hugh to be malicious. But I was at the PC one, and I just wanna say that every TV and radio station there, was given the “five-minute warning” numerous times. McFadyen continued to be a no show time after time, and I really do not blame Selinger for deciding to come on camera when he did. I realize that McFadyen probably took a long time to make his decision to step down, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.
Despite all the waiting around a reporter and their crew has to do, and despite the stress of coming up with what to say and who to interview for each live hit, I think it would be an exciting career that I would like to try. And I would get to see things that so many other people wouldn't. Like Hugh's speech. Or when after Hugh gave his speech, the whole room sang happy birthday to his son. Now, if only I could speak in front of a camera.
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Last week my first article for The Metro was published. I haven’t really been writing any articles since I was the intern news editor for the Projector and writing for The Metro made me realize how much I missed writing and creating pieces for my portfolio. When you get busy with school work, real work, and spending time with friends, and family, some things kind of just get pushed aside.
I tried something new this week that can be added to my portfolio when I recorded a script and clip for 92.9 KICK FM. I reported about Tammy Homniuk, a homeless woman with two children seeking help from the government so she doesn't have to remain homeless any longer. I then asked James Beddome what he plans to do about the issue of poverty and had a great interview.
I have never been particularly interested in radio, but this school year I am really getting into it. I still get to interview and write stories, except I get to vocally tell the story. Which is good practice for me since I am not that great of a public speaker.
So when I find the time, I am going to start expanding my portfolio more. I used to write for the community newspaper, the Spectator a few summers back. The Metro will be great experience but I only get to write five article. So I am going to write for the Uniter, and look into other opportunities where I can write so I can expand my portfolio.
Check out my article, Affordable housing top election item for seniors.
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I went to see Page One: Inside the New York Times and I immediately wanted to see it again. It was interesting, enlightening, and funny. I loved firecracker reporter David Carr especially and Brian Stelter.
I went home and started following Brian on Twitter because I admired him and I liked how he said that every reporter should be on Twitter. I agree with him. He made me realize how important Twitter really is and the importance of it in my future as a journalist.
Page One tells us the main reasons why the newspaper industry isn’t doing very well. One being that people don’t actually buy the newspaper any more and two, because there isn’t a lot of advertising revenue.
A large part of people not buying newspapers is because of technology. Papers are too slow. Social media like Twitter is the first place to go. I follow many news organizations and people involved in the media, so when I hear about a big story, I usually heard about it first with Twitter.
The movie mentioned Watergate and the role newspapers played back then in the scandal. But today, if someone wants the world to know something, they can just post it on YouTube; Julian Assange was given as an example. Assange didn't need the New York Times to get what he needed to say out.
Print journalism may be looking a little grim right now but t is not dead altogether. I liked in the Page One, how they were saying how every other news outlet is getting their information form the Times, so there will always be a place for the New York Times. We live in a world where more and more people are getting their news from free online news sources like Twitter, Facebook, and blogs, but they don’t realize where it originating from.
For some reason, and for as long as I can remember, I wanted to work in print journalism. There is something about it that I have always found appealing - seeing my name in print, talking to someone new all the time, going to different places, and I guess just the hustle and bustle of it all.
Watching Page One kind of deters me from wanting to work in print journalism though. But that doesn’t mean I won’t try. My Journalism instructor, Duncan McMonagle tells me that there are always jobs in journalism. And I hope that he is right. It's just that newspapers are cutting back on employees and that when it comes time for me to get a job, the spots will all be taken.
But there will always be news to tell and I plan on telling it. People care about the news and always will. It was said in the movie that it is a very interesting time to be a current day journalist. But it is also a curse.
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I follow Winnipeg Free Press urban affairs reporter, Bartley Kives on Twitter and I love it. What I appreciate the most is that he often tweets in a very tongue in cheek manner on topics such as food, politics, Winnipeg specific issues, and sports.
I value Kives as a journalist, and because I like him, I always read his articles online or in the paper from beginning to end - which isn’t always a given. I have become interested in politics and like to follow what is going on in my own city and province. That is why I can count on facts and updates on Twitter when there is something happening at City Hall, or a debate somewhere in the city. I know I can count on Bartley to say what is really going on.
What I also appreciate about Bartley is that he is a journalist that knows how to use Twitter and use it effectively. He tweets from morning till night, he mentions people properly, and he tweets links to various websites, including the Winnipeg Free Press website, where his articles are published. He uses hashtags all the time, he responds to other people's tweets, posts pictures, and he retweets. A great follow.
If you don’t follow him on Twitter, you might wanna check him out. @bkives
And if for some reason you live under a rock and are asking the question: "Who the heck is Bartley Kives?" Read the Winnipeg Free Press bio on him here.
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Shooting at my place. Click to read the (very vague) article.
The other morning I was woken up by the sound of very loud bangs. It was 5:30am and I remember sitting in by bed trying to figure out whether or not they were actually gunshots as it is not unusual to head loud bangs around my building.
The other morning I was woken up by the sound of very loud bangs. It was 5:30am and I remember sitting in by bed trying to figure out whether or not they were actually gunshots as it is not unusual to head loud bangs around my building.
There has been a lot of crime in Winnipeg over the past few weeks, months, and years. But I have always felt safe in Winnipeg and I haven’t had any real troubles to scare me.
But when I went to school Tuesday morning and found out that those loud bangs were in fact gunshots, I began to feel a little scared in my own home. I do feel a little comforted knowing that the shooting was targeted. But not comforted by the fact that a shooting happened in my building.
I read about stories like this all the time, but I Just shrug it off. I know that there is a lot of violence in Winnipeg, but there is everywhere. Then when it happened, I just shrugged it off, and get another hour of sleep before I had to get to my Journalism class.
So, maybe I am desensitized to crime.
Someone commented on the news story on the Free Press site that the incident is, “So common it is almost expected.”
No one was shot in this incident, which is surprising to me considering how many shots there were fired. But there could have easily been. And whoever that man was could have been the 30th homicide victim in Winnipeg in 2011; this is compared to last years’ total of 22.
No wonder why people refer to the city as Killerpeg.
If criminals keep this up, we will beat our deadliest year (2004) in which 34 people were killed.
I don’t know what a solution to this would be. Maybe stricter sentences for violent crimes? I know there are threats no matter what city you live in, but I just want to be able to sleep through the night so I can get up for Journalism class and not be a zombie.
What crossed my mind:
1) Harvey Sanderson Jr., the young man who was in a wheelchair that was murdered last month in his own apartment. I mentioned that when the shooting happened in my building, I was comforted by the fact I knew it was targeted. But the rising violence in Winnipeg is not just between gangs. Innocent people are being killed because of the out-of-control violence problem.
2) I have been getting people asking me if I am going to move. No, I will not move. This area is very pretty, and I still feel safe here.
3) How did he not get shot?
4) Is this guy still living here? Residents were provided no details on the incident. I think my landlord should have let us know what happened, which floor it was on, if this guy has been charged with anything, and if he is being allowed to stay in the building.
5) My landlady is such a space cadet; she probably doesn’t even know anything even happened.
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I have always loved to write and to tell stories and I know that that will be my job one day.
When someone asks me what I am taking in school, I tell them Journalism.
I usually get a smile, a nod, and a, “good for you.” Followed by something along the lines of, “So what will you do with that? So you want to be on the news.” But Journalism is much more than just being on the news. It is about evolving. It is social media. It is technology. It is telling the truth. It is current.
To me, Journalism is right now; it is getting word out immediately. Where radio and newspaper used to be go-to news outlets, we now have sites like Twitter taking their places.
I don’t know everything about journalism and I can’t come up with a concrete definition of it either. Just because I'm a Journalism major, it doesn’t mean that I have things figured out and know what area of Journalism I want to work in. I'm hoping that by the end of the school year I can define Journalism with absolute certainty and that is why I am in school for it. But right now, I am in school to learn and I will take in as much as I possibly can.
Maybe I want to write for the web, maybe I want to freelance, maybe I want to be a foreign correspondent, and maybe I want to be an on-camera news reporter. I don't know yet. And that's fine with me. What I know is, I love telling stories and I want to be the one that tells a town, a city, a country, or the world something of significance to them.
What Crossed My Mind When I Think About What Journalism:
1) I hope people stop telling me that if I become a journalist, I will starve.
2) Just because a lot of people don’t buy a daily newspaper, it doesn’t mean that journalists won’t have a job. Journalism is going nowhere.
3) I get why people don’t buy the newspaper. Newsprint is messy. I mean, all you have to do it pick one up and you’re a mess.
4) Who knew defining Journalism would be this difficult.
5) Even though I didn’t come up with a clear definition of Journalism, I know there is nothing else I am supposed to do with my life than be a part of it.
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So Monday evening, May 2nd, I arrived at CTV studios and met with Kelly Dehn, the assignment editor. Dehn had a sore back but still was super nice to me and took the time from his busy schedule to ask what I was interested in, and decided on the best person to place me with. Kelly gave me the choice to sit in the studio and see how the newscast is put together or to go out with a reporter on a live hit to see the information gathering and live hit side of it.
Since I am more interested in the in front of camera action, I wanted to leave the studio. Kelly put me with weekend anchor and reporter Nancy Carlson, who is super nice by the way. It was election night and we were to go to Liberal Anita Neville’s campaign headquarters on Osborne. Nancy got her story together and away we went in her car to meet up with longtime CTV cameraman Jamie who was funny, nice, and pretty amazing all around.
Anyhow, if you didn’t already know, Anita Neville lost and was none to happy about it. She was snarky and badmouthed Harper to CTV’s camera. I tweeted about some of the things that she said and what was happening and posted some photos. @LauraKunzelman See the name of this blog post for what Neville said while she was waiting to be interviewed. Also: "Is this for national?"
What crossed my mind at Neville's HQ:
1) Geez, Anita Neville is one sassy gal.
2) Wait, that isn't sass, that's attitude.
3)I wonder if Nancy Carlson will be my friend.
4) Neville is no gracious loser.
5) I wonder if I am allowed to sit behind the desk.
6) Go CTV for getting everyone pizza.
7) Gord Sinclair wears jeans behind the news desk? He would, he's a big deal around the CTV studio.
8) Celebrity sighting: Sylvia Kuzyk!
9) I hate pantyhose.
10) I was allowed behind the desk and the picture is the wallpaper on my Blackberry. Maybe one day . . . .
11) I know you are curious about mine and Nancy's lifelong friendship. Well, we are friends.
12) I am intimidated to meet Kelly Dehn, I heard scary things.
13) Fear unfounded; Dehn's a pussycat.
14) Jordan Witzel looks shorter in person.
15) I have been in class with Garrick Kozier for four months but have never really spoken to him. Garrick is a fellow CreComm student and was also placed at CTV. Was nice to finally meet you Garrick. J (P.S. Last night at the restaurant I learned how to use the debit machine, and no it is not portable.)
16) I hate pantyhose. Oh wait, I said that. Well, I double hate them.
