Intern Log: June 20 – June 26

Friday, June 25

Today was Geoff Greenwood’s last day. We started off with a goodbye celebration in the newsroom. Words were read and cake was eaten. It seems like Geoff has had a great career at KCCI – starting out in production, then becoming a photog, then photog/reporter, then full-fledged investigative reporter. It sounds like he’ll be greatly missed by not only KCCI but by other stations who used him as a legal liaison. Continue reading

Intern Log: May 23 – May 29

Thursday, May 27

Another night of breaking news! I’ll start with that:

Around 7pm (while I was in an editing bay), a wood shavings plant caught fire. We sent a live crew out for the 10pm. I didn’t go, though. Continue reading

Intern Log: May 16 – May 22

Thursday, May 20

I was photography today, but I did more in-house stuff.

KCCI News Director Dave Busiek and Kevin Cooney looked at the stories Addison and I had edited the night before. It’s amazing how much is learned from listening to Dave for five minutes (he’s been a news director for a long time). Continue reading