Today is my first Monday at the NJ. I've been very busy! I have three stories in the works right now. One is about a DMA student with cerebral palsy who is organizing a 5k to raise money for a camp in Delaware; one is about the fascinating story of the executive chef at Pizza by Elizabeth's who escaped from Thailand when she was young; and one is about self-defense classes women are taking to help protect themselves from the rapes that are happening in DE. For that story, I'm actually going to take the class myself and then report about what happens in the class. I'm really happy that I have all these assignments- never a dull moment.
For the story about the Thai chef, I filed a photo request and Suchat Pederson was going to be the photographer. He is Thai as well, and was very interested in the story. The chef's name is Amporn Vasquez, and when I went to the restaurant to interview her, I was so charmed by her personality. She is so funny and positive and has lived such a full, interesting life. I hope the story will end up reflecting that.
We haven't had any more lunchtime intern meetings, and I hope we do soon, because I haven't really met any of the other interns; I don't even know which people are interns when I look around the newsroom. I think my "mentor" here, Ginger, might be taking me to lunch today, so I'm looking forward to that.
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