WJLA/Politico visit - Amanda Shi

Today was, in my opinion, the most exciting field trip so far. Meeting all the people who worked for Politico was so fascinating, because they knew how to keep me interested even though i have a short attention span. I loved hearing all the people's stories about their work and how they reached where they are. Later, when we watched the live news broadcast, I felt so cool; we were in the control room amongst all the chaos and it was such a rush for me. The people in the control room really are on top of things; they had this fluent rhythm to the way they inter-used clips.
Later Tenyse and I went up to the anchor and talked to her about how she got to her position, and what she used to do. Apparently, she used to teach elementary school and then decided to take up journalism again. She also mentioned how in the industry, it is really important to make new friends and build connections, because it's all about who you know.
If the station or Politico offers a summer internship next year, i am definitely applying for one.