Today I hit the pinnacle of intern-success. Following up on the anti-abortion protesters article I wrote a few days ago, I was sent out on the field all by myself!
I had to gather information and formulate an article in the middle of Flinder’s Street Station, before calling in and filing it over the phone. I felt I had gained considerable trust within the office to be sent out to do this and I was told afterwards that I did extremely well.
Anti-abortion group calls in US support for protests
By Jamie Waterhouse
A Melbourne-based anti-abortion group has called in support from the United States as it carries out 10 days of protests throughout Victoria and NSW… [con't]
You may notice the mistake I made in the first article when I called them an American-based group. Unfortunately I made this mistake from something the cop I interviewed said. I should have been more careful!
Later I discovered that the anti-abortion groups had picked up the article on their blog (warning: graphic anti-abortion images may feature on this site) in which they tried to rip the article to shreds. This amused and please me greatly as now I was officially a commented on member of the press! Delightful. I don’t understand their anger towards the article; you would think that coverage would be the point of the protests?
