OJT Journal 6 (May 16 – May 20)
This week was my happiest OJT week. On Monday, for some reason my trainer could not attend an interview at the DFA. She sent me a message asking if I am willing to accept the challenge of doing the job alone. Without further elaboration on the instruction, I immediately replied “YES”. My trainer said she no longer asked my co-intern to go since one Star reporter will do for a short interview.
I promised myself to maximize my training, grab any opportunity, accept all challenges and do every instruction. Without a second thought, I prepared my voice recorder, notebook and ballpen. It was a media interview with DFA Undersecretary Erlinda Basilio and the Ambassador for ASEAN. My trainer asked me to record the interview then send her a copy for her own story, and then submit to her my own story at 6 pm, for her to combine the two. The interview started late at around 3:30 pm, so I rushed the story for about an hour. It was really a challenge creating a news story under time pressure. Ms. Brago once told us that their work in actual is not an easy job. That time I really proved that it was really not, I realized how hard it was. Nevertheless, just to accomplish your news is such a worthy reward.
On Wednesday, our news article was published: ‘Worsening of South China Sea dispute farfetched’. I saw my name under the byline of my trainer. Just the name itself relieved all the stress and hardship of working. I felt so blessed and thankful to my trainer for helping and trusting me. I had 5 articles for this week.
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