Everyone put their hands together...

I learned a valuable lesson during this assignment...don't wait until the day before to gather up story ideas! I had several ideas that I e-mailed to Professor Nicholson early Thursday morning (and I mean EARLY) and each idea was rejected, leaving me back at the drawing board with time AND ideas running out. My requirements for a story were simple: something close to the university that was happening that day. I must have visited over 20 websites but every event I found remotely interesting was happening past deadline or was 45 minutes away. Finally, I got a story OK'd and I was on my way to doing my first official news wrap. I started my gathering some background information on Faith Ringgold and her type of work. After familiarizing myself with her work, I began looking for story angles and ideas. I brainstormed some questions to ask workers at the Community Folk Art Center, as well as fans. Earlier that morning I’d also reviewed a bus schedule thinking that I’d have to hop on the Centro to get to East Genesee Street, but with time running out I scrapped that idea and decided to borrow my roommate’s car for a couple hours. Hey, what are roommates for!? (I ended up getting him a $35 parking ticket, but that’s not important) What IS important is I got to the CFAC in good time and got to appreciate some good art. There was a group of people taking a tour when I arrived, and looking for natural sound I politely asked them if they could clap in unison after their tour was complete. So I guess that was a bit staged, but I didn’t know any other way to get some natural sound from some paintings. You’re supposed to clap after a tour anyway…aren’t you? Well the important thing is I got some natural sound. I rushed back to class and started writing and re-writing my script until it sounded somewhat coherent. By now, time had become my greatest enemy. I quickly put together my pieces and handed in the story, hoping that I hadn’t made a critical mistake. Phew! Can’t wait until Thursday so we can do it all over again.