How I covered my Rosh Hashanah story.

When Professor Nicholson first said that we were doing a story where we had to go out and cover something, I thought "what on earth could I do?" Then he said he would allow on campus stories, so I felt a sigh of relief. I decided to cover Rosh Hashanah, quite simply because I am Jewish and it's an important holiday. I was personally offended when I found out we had school on two of the holiest days of the Jewish calendar, so I decided to do my story from that angle. I thought of who I could possibly interview, because the story itself should really revolve around the sound byte I got. I thought it might be interesting to interview the Rabbi leading the services. Matthew Carl, who led the services, is actually a rabbinical student, one year away from becoming an 'official' rabbi. He is the one I interviewed for my story, and was very accomidating. While I was concerned with asking questions about why we have class on this day, I should have asked him some questions about the importance of Rosh Hashanah to him. When getting my natural sound, I actually held my recorder while I was in services and hit record. I felt funny about doing it, but the sound I got was pretty good. At the end of the day, I felt I did a good job covering my angle of the story, and I was happy with the end result.