Amazing First Day
I just had the most incredible day.
I started work at WABC for Sean Hannity's show today. As I arrived, I took a quick tour with Rachel, Mr. Hannity's personal assistant. After that, I did a quick sort of the mail, and started arranging a news packet with James ("Sweet Baby James", for those of you who know the show). As we were discussing Al Gore's recent trip to a global warming summit, I mentioned that the 400,000+ gallons of fossil fuels used by Gore on this trip alone gave him a bigger "carbon footprint" than the average American that he's condescending to. James stopped, looked up at me and said, "Ooh, that's good!", and scribbled it down in his notes to Sean.
Foot in the door.
Before the show started, Hannity arrived and chatted with staff. His assistant Rachel introduced the new interns, and he said, "I see that all we hire here are blonde, pretty people, huh?" Not sure I fit into either one of those catagories, but hey!
Tim Russert was the guest for the day. Jeff (this summer's other intern), and myself went down to the ground floor to meet Mr. Russert, and we escorted him to the green room that we'd prepared for him. Let me tell you, he looks nothing like that intimidating guy leaning over a desk that you see on TV. He's incredibly friendly, and a great conversationalist. I disagree with quite a bit I've seen on Meet the Press, but he's really an example of a civil liberal.
Anyway, he was there talking with Sean about his new book about fatherhood, and what I caught of the show was great. If you get a chance to pick either book up (the newest one is out today), do so.
There was a good deal of mundane, intern-type work today. Yet, I'll take an internship where I ask the nation's #2 talk show host and the nation's premiere TV journalist if they want coffee any day.
It was an amazing day. I think I did exactly what I set out to do on day one. Make an impression, display work ethic, and get a good foot in the door.
I'm back tomorrow at 10 AM, so I'll talk to you later!
I started work at WABC for Sean Hannity's show today. As I arrived, I took a quick tour with Rachel, Mr. Hannity's personal assistant. After that, I did a quick sort of the mail, and started arranging a news packet with James ("Sweet Baby James", for those of you who know the show). As we were discussing Al Gore's recent trip to a global warming summit, I mentioned that the 400,000+ gallons of fossil fuels used by Gore on this trip alone gave him a bigger "carbon footprint" than the average American that he's condescending to. James stopped, looked up at me and said, "Ooh, that's good!", and scribbled it down in his notes to Sean.
Foot in the door.
Before the show started, Hannity arrived and chatted with staff. His assistant Rachel introduced the new interns, and he said, "I see that all we hire here are blonde, pretty people, huh?" Not sure I fit into either one of those catagories, but hey!
Tim Russert was the guest for the day. Jeff (this summer's other intern), and myself went down to the ground floor to meet Mr. Russert, and we escorted him to the green room that we'd prepared for him. Let me tell you, he looks nothing like that intimidating guy leaning over a desk that you see on TV. He's incredibly friendly, and a great conversationalist. I disagree with quite a bit I've seen on Meet the Press, but he's really an example of a civil liberal.
Anyway, he was there talking with Sean about his new book about fatherhood, and what I caught of the show was great. If you get a chance to pick either book up (the newest one is out today), do so.
There was a good deal of mundane, intern-type work today. Yet, I'll take an internship where I ask the nation's #2 talk show host and the nation's premiere TV journalist if they want coffee any day.
It was an amazing day. I think I did exactly what I set out to do on day one. Make an impression, display work ethic, and get a good foot in the door.
I'm back tomorrow at 10 AM, so I'll talk to you later!
posted by Brett at 3:47 PM
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