The past few days featured a lot of work outside of the station, particularly in front of my computer screen. Admittedly, the title for this post is a bit misleading, because I haven't actually attended a plethora of events... yet. But my work for the week involved a lot of online digging similar to what I do when planning an on-air story and all of it had ties to local events.
My first big internship assignment was to research and create a schedule of events throughout Maine this summer. Sarah and I plan to attend many of the events in-person and share them on her social media accounts via pictures, video, etc., or, at the very least, profile them online as a part of her forecasts.
I combed through a variety of websites about Maine events in an effort to find and include as many noteworthy, appealing, or just plain bizarre festivities as possible. Events that made the cut ranged from town fairs to lobster festivals to free farm days (and everything in between). The end result was a 13-page document filled with ideas for social media content that will have local appeal.
From here, Sarah and I will use the calendar as a reference point, especially when prominent news and weather events are hard to find. Beyond that, viewers like to be able to relate to TV personalities, and connecting with them by showing interest in local events is the perfect opportunity to do just that. And, of course, who doesn't like fair food?! All around, it's an assignment I could get used to this summer!
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