learning curve
June 19, 2007I’m not sure what’s worse, covering a story you don’t find interesting or covering a story you find very interesting. While working on a story about the Artists Foundation, an organization which has had a lot of success advocating for artists who may be negatively affected by the Massachusetts health care reform legislation, I discovered that sometimes my own interest in a story can work against me. Having worked in the theatre industry for a few years out of undergrad and currently studying at the Health Communication department here at Emerson, the interaction of both fields in this story was very interesting to me. After sitting in on three hours of an Artist Town Meeting where Artist Foundation Executive Director Kathy Bitetti decoded the state’s new health care policy for a room full of actors and then doing an hour interview with Ms. Bitetti, it is safe to say I had more material than I could use. I’m not sure if I over wrote the story or not, but I definitely spent more hours on it than a pro would would have. The most frustrating thing about this work so far is the learning curve. Oh, and the fact that I can’t spell or find typos.
-KG
