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DPR NEWS
Delmarva Public Radio WSCL, WSDL
" had to use to my cell hone for directions because " tend to get a little nervous driving somewhere " havent been before. ,nce " was there " realized my hone battery was dying and " de ended on it to guide me back home. -ith &ust three interviews done, " called Don to tell him my dilemma. *e ushed me to kee going and insisted that the directions back were sim le enough without navigation. Des ite my nervousness, " continued on and got four more interviews before heading back to $alisbury. That e! erience was almost life changing. " have retty much overcome my fear of a roaching eo le for an interview. " also learned another valuable lesson( dont go anywhere unfamiliar with a low(battery hone. %ot everything at DPR was su er challenging. most of it was actually really fun. The day after my &ourney to )risfield, Don and " returned to get more interviews. *e drove this time, thankfully.
" was afforded the chance to watch him be the 0Don Rush1 as he a roached eo le with his micro hone and got them to talk about the damage the town took in from the storm. -e met some really interesting eo le and even had a laugh about how different our hones were. *e tried taking ictures on his fli hone of a construction crew working on the dock. " noticed a bit of a struggle to get a clear shot, so " ulled out my "( hone and took ictures as well. 0-ell &ust show off, why dont you,1 " remember Don saying when " showed him the ictures " took. The )risfield adventure was &ust one of our many bonding moments. -e had many olitical discussions during my time at DPR. $ince Don knew " as ire to become a s orts &ournalist, he com ared the s orts world to the world of olitics. *e e! lained to me that each had a their own game. *e e! lained to me what the strategy behind electing $arah Palin into the residential election. " was really amused by how it much that strategy backfired. -e talked about some of Palins interviews and the controversy behind details of her ersonal life. *e told me about a book called The 2ame )hange, which outlined the whole election. *e sur rised me a cou le weeks later by bringing in a co y of the book for me to read. %ot only have " learned skill sets of being a &ournalist from Don, he also taught me things " didnt know, s ecifically about the government and olitics. *e also taught me to be in tuned with the current news as much as ossible. 3ach time " came in, he was working on a different story. "t was im ortant for me to kee ace. 3ven though he and " kid about the stumbling blocks " had along the way, " learned a lot from them. Don taught me how to effective field re orting and also how to s eak and write for radio broadcast. "f " had the chance " would give a very sim le advice to his ne!t intern4 leave your shyness at the door, be re ared for daily talks about those folks in -ashington, and always have a full battery hone.