Since my last post, when I found myself overwhelmed by the staggering course load this semester, things had been looking up considerably. I finally finished all my midterms and papers, my work load had lightened considerably and I'd been rapidly catching up on my reporting work at KBIA. Unfortunately, this is where it all takes a turn for the worse again. After successfully completing three stories last week, I fell very ill with a chest cold and completely lost my voice. I decided to take the sage advice of a certain Mr. Kyle and postpone voicing my stories until my voice had actually returned. Well, today came around and I felt good enough to at least give it a shot. It did not go well. My voice sounds strained and raspy and I struggled just to hold enough breath to finish sentences while reading. I'm going to have to wait another day or two and try to re-voice my stories later this week and hope for the best.
On the bright side, my luck finally started to turn (as I mentioned before) and I was getting in contact with good sources and getting quality interviews from them. This week, I already have two more stories lined up and I'm hoping to do a third one again, time permitting. I put together a short preview piece for the arts portion of the newscast on Friday and I will be doing a follow-up feature piece on a fascinating guitarist by the name of Pat Martino. I'll be attending several events centered and featuring Mr. Martino this week and I'm still hoping to lock down a face-to-face interview with him while he is in town. I'm feeling much more confident in my abilities as a journalist again and I'm no longer really concerned that I'll be able to get all the work done before the close of the semester. Right now I just hope my voice can come back as soon as possible so I can go out there and get some more stories on the air.
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