Let me begin by saying I am as tired as I have ever been. Through a strange fluke of circumstance the weekend morning shift that I had left over a year ago,I was back to filling in at for a month. The same month that my labor of love…the New York Association of Black Journalists High School Journalism Program starts on Saturdays at 9am…did I mention that 9am is the time that I get OFF work…and usually would head straight home to crash but commitments are what they are…and today I find myself catching a catnap in the car on my way to LIU in downtown brooklyn. (no I wasn’t driving)
Today was the first day we let the student go out and cover real news. Each adult had three students with them . My task was to head to Prospect Park and observe them while they covered the park’s Halloween festivities. (More …)