life in the newsroom

 

fox 13's ben winslow found my dieting very comical this past week.

he called it the "dinner of champions".

i've learned there is no how-to book on being good at communications.

while you can take 3 and a half years of classes about it, you don't know a damn thing until you put those skills to practice.

but over the next few weeks i will do my best to share what i come across.

all this coming after i received several messages from people wanting to hear more about what i do at fox as a producer :]

for now i'll share a few tips on surviving 17-hour work days, and other tips for working in communications.

[on the weekends i work from 5:30-12:30 at starbucks, and then from 1-10:15ish at fox 13. awful, right?]

1. as you can see from the picture above, you can never have too many snacks. 

  good for munching on to keep you awake, however, beware the scale!!

2. learn to have a backbone. when people swear at you, calling you the b-word and a "dumb byu bimbo," because you won't transfer them to someone already on the phone, don't cry, get even.

3. take initiative. after sitting at the assignment desk for a week i was so bored i wanted to punch something. so instead of doing that [that would be a bad life choice], i simply asked to do something cooler. worked wonders and now i get to write the fox13 quickcast every night!

4. caffeine. caffeine. caffeine. if you don't like coffee, learn to like it because it will be your lifeline when you're crashing at around 4 o'clock.

5. make friends. since i'm here a lot, i might as well enjoy it, right? which by the way, i TOTALLY do.