Logging Extra Hours and Work

This week, the show was pushed back to midnight, due to the Habs game and post-game coverage. The regular host Matthew Ross wasn't in this week, so with Moe Khan filling in for him, I got to play an even bigger role in the show. I was heavily involved in prep work and putting together a run-sheet for the two-hour show. As the Habs game was going on, I was cutting clips from the game to be sure they were ready for use during the show. I also looked at a lot of Super Bowl news. As we were covering media day of the Super Bowl, there was a lot of stories to follow. There were allegations against Ray Lewis for taking a form of performance enhancing drugs, so I had to be quite diligent in my research to ensure I didn't get any facts wrong, or make him out to be guilty of that. I went by what a report from Sports Illustrated said, but I made sure to attribute anything they had on the story. I also got to do my weekly top 10 list, as well as looking up interesting prop bets for the Super Bowl. Given the station's affiliation with mise-o-jeu and other sports gambling sites, we had to come at the Super Bowl in that way for a little while. That was probably the most fun part of the show, as I got to do some lighter research for that. The main challenge of this show was helping assemble the run-sheet and ensuring that the producer was up to date on all scoring changes in hockey and basketball games, as well as keeping an eye on injuries from any of the games. The fact that we were one less than usual put a little more responsibility on me, which I was happy to take on and help out. I feel like I'm getting some valuable experience and am very appreciative of being given airtime. It's one thing to just be an intern, but it feels especially good to feel I'm a part of the show and can contribute in my own way. This Sunday will be a Super Bowl post game show, so I'm very much looking forward to that show.