Working in graphics is great; working in the newsroom…well its a new experience. Being in a newsroom is like being at a Star Trek convention. Both are exciting and fast paced. Both involve people very passionate about what they do. Both have people that are knowledgable about every little thing, like why Tasha Yar’s ghost haunted Data or why the recent gas graphic says “yesterday” and not “since yesterday.“ And to a noob (like myself), its a strange world.

After a while you begin to understand some of the terminology, but its nothing like actually having watched the show.

I’ve never worked in a newsroom before and to top it off, I work in the graphics section.  One starts to a feel a little out of place, being the only intern that doesn’t deal with reporting. For example, the only three sections we can categorize our blog entries into are “Living in Richmond”,“In the newsroom” and “How I got the story.“ Don’t get me wrong, everyone is super friendly at the RTD. But at the risk of sounding spiteful, I am wondering “how does my blog entry about a graphic fit into ‘how I got the story?‘“

Oh well. I’m content with being the newsroom newbie, as long as it means I get to do what I love.