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Television News Internships

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Earlier this week I received an email from a senior at Lakeland High School in Rathdrum, Idaho, who was enrolling at the University of Idaho to major in journalism next fall semester. She is writing a research paper titled “Why Your Future Career Choice Is Right for You?”

He listed 25 questions like “What made you choose your profession?”, “How many years of school did you go through?”, “Who was your inspiration?”, etc. Question number eight was a common question I received. , “What are your recommendations for someone considering this profession?”

My answer? Apply for the internship.

This is how most producers, photographers, reporters and presenters get their first job. The absolute best way to start your journey into the world of broadcast journalism is by working as an intern.

It’s your first honest way to take a look inside a working newsroom and understand how the television business works. Many of the things you learn on the job are not necessarily the things you learn in the classroom. Not everyone who works in television news graduated with a degree in

The good news is that most TV stations in the country offer internships. The bad news is that most, if not all, are unpaid. But I promise you that the lessons you learn and the people you meet will be invaluable in the future. And here’s a little fact, sure it’s about what you know, but sometimes, it’s more about WHO you know when it comes to landing your first paying position.

In addition to not getting paid, you will be doing jobs that nobody else wants to do. Plan to answer phones, listen to scanners, record videotapes, and transcribe verbatim interviews reporters conducted earlier in the day—things that don’t involve sitting at the anchor’s desk or holding a microphone.

To get started, simply call or walk into your local TV news station and fill out an application. Don’t call the newsroom and ask for the lead anchor’s News Director. You can call the newsroom and ask if they accept applications and if they can point you to the right person to talk to. If you’re willing to move, you have over a thousand TV stations to choose from. There are more than 200 television markets in the country, each broken down by households.

For example, the number one market in the country is New York. New York has an estimated 7.5 million television households, which is just over six and a half percent of the country. Moving down the list after New York are Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Francisco, Boston, Atlanta, Washington DC, and rounding out the top 10 is Houston, Texas.

The size of the market depends on how many households with televisions there are in that specific city. Spokane, Washington, is the 75th market with about 419,000 television households. To give you some perspective, the smallest market in the United States is Glendive, Montana at 210. It has fewer than 4,000 television households. Number 209 is North Platte, Nebraska, with just over 15,000.

In most cases, each city has at least three television news affiliates; ABC, CBS and NBC. You will also find FOX and CW. Unless you live in New York, you won’t find CNN, MSNBC, or Fox News.

Another requirement to apply for an internship is to be enrolled in the university. I had three internships during college and for each internship I earned college credit, between 3 and 6 credits.

So, if you want to be the next Peter Jennings or your hometown’s assigned general reporter, the best way to start is to get an internship and see firsthand what goes on in a real-life newsroom.

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California Motorcycle Lemon Law

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Buying a motorcycle can be a really exciting feeling. But your new ride can quickly turn from a beautiful dream to a nightmare if you are immediately faced with mechanical problems, safety issues and repeated repairs. After repeated attempts to repair it, he finally gives up, concluding that he bought a defective vehicle. This is normally called a “lemon”. The next question that arises after that is “Will I get my money back?”. Don’t worry, there are special lemon laws in every state, including California. If he lives in this sunny state and has sadly come to the conclusion that he bought a lemon motorcycle, read the following paragraphs.

First of all, you should know that there are many “lemon” lawyers in California and they are more than willing to help you resolve your case.

California’s lemon law covers motorcycles. However, the law that covers motorcycles, trailers, and boats is a little different than the law that covers automobiles. Under the California Lemon Law, motorcycles are covered by Civil Code section 1793.2(d)(1) which covers “consumer goods.” The lemon law covers consumer goods with a written warranty.

To qualify as a lemon, the motorcycle must undergo a reasonable number of repair attempts. If the problems persist, then we have a lemon. Keep notes of all repair attempts and collect all repair invoices. Then provide all the documents to the manufacturer or dealer and ask for the buyback.

In addition, covered defects for consumer products need not “substantially impair the use, value, or safety” of the product. The legislation was designed with cyclist safety in mind. And even flaws that may seem minor qualify a motorcycle for repurchase. Lemon law claims involving motorcycles are stronger and easier to ride than auto claims, due to the nature of the product and strong safety concerns.

As we said before, it is essential to keep track of all documents, notes and invoices. It is also important not to waste time. You can only report a lemon within a certain period of time after you have purchased the motorcycle, and only before your odometer reaches a certain number of miles.

It is recommended to seek out a lemon law attorney when faced with these types of issues. The California Lemon Law requires the manufacturer to pay your attorney’s fees. Motorcycle Lemon Law is a very specialized area of ​​law that requires the experience and knowledge of a specialized attorney.

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Movie Review: To Catch a Thief (1955)

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Directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Screenplay by John Michael Hayes adapted from the novel by David Dodge.

Cary Grant – John Robie

Grace Kelly – Frances Stevens

Jessie Royce Landis – Jessie Stevens

John Williams-HH Hughson

Charles Vanel-Bertani

Brigitte Auber – Danielle Foussard

Jean Martinelli-Fossard

Georgette Anys – Germaine

Easily one of the most beautiful and compelling movies ever filmed. It’s no coincidence that Robert Burks won the 1956 Oscar for Best Color Photography. A delight to the eye for a tourism poster of an entertainment. After seeing it, you will also be a fan of the beauty of the French Riviera.

Cary Grant, as John Robie, returns to play a decent and well-meaning guy (despite his background as a notorious cat burglar) who gets caught up in an affair that threatens to land him back in jail.

This time he is suspected of committing the recent series of robberies that have deprived the super-rich of Nice of their precious jewellery. Robie claims his innocence to no avail. He’s still the best suspect the police have. So the French police keep riding his tail. Robie’s only way out is to find the real thief.

Robie accomplishes this by collaborating with insurance agent HH Hughson (played by the prim and proper John Williams, who also played the police detective in another Hitchcock-Grace Kelly film: Dial M For Murder, 1954).

Five parallels between “To Catch a Thief” (TCT) and the other Hitchcock classic “North by Northwest” (NBN) in which Cary Grant also starred:

1) In both movies, Grant plays a guy who gets into trouble early on, practically five minutes into the movie.

2) Both movies have that famous scene where a female character is hanging from a high place and Cary Grant grabs her wrist at the last moment and carries her to safety. On NBN, she is the protagonist hanging from the colossal relief of George Washington on Mount Rushmore. In TCT, she is the villain who hangs from the ceiling of Villa de Silva.

3) NBN has the famous scene of the crop duster. In TCT, a similar-looking police plane chases from low altitude the boat in which Grant flees the port of Nice.

4) Jessie Royce Landis, who plays “Jessie Stevens” on TCT, plays Cary Grant’s mother on NBN (even though Grant was ten years older than her). Landis played Grace Kelley’s mother not only on TCT but also in “The Swan” (1956).

5) On NBN, Hitchcock makes his signature appearance by boarding a public bus at a city bus station. In TCT, Hitchcock makes his characteristic appearance by sitting right next to Grant as an anonymous passenger in the last row of a passenger bus traveling the dusty back roads of the French Riviera.

OTHER NOTES:

— This was the last film that Grace Kelly filmed with Hitchcock. Soon after, she married Prince Rainier of Monaco and left the movie business for good. If she hadn’t done that, she definitely would have faced Cary Grant in “North by Northwest.”

— French actor Charles Vanel (as Bertani) couldn’t speak a word of English. All of his lines were dubbed.

— Half of the film (most of the interiors) was shot at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles.

— The film was shot using PanaVision technology, the main competitor to Cinemascope technology at the time. In PanaVision technology, the film ran horizontally, not vertically.

— Screenwriter John Michael Hayes also wrote that other great Hitchcock classic, “Rear Window (1954).”