NBC

Today i went into work, ready for my second full day. Well, right when i got there, Brian, a cameraman, grabbed me and asked for my help. For the next 3 hours I helped him and Chris, the sound technician, set up and watch 2 interviews for The Today Show. We interviewed two men regarding the trial of the accused men of the failed 7/21/05 underground/bus bombings in London. It was very interesting because I had only heard of the successful bombings on 7/7/05. So I not only learned alot about this topic, but I also learned alot about lighting. Brian was really cool and used alot of technical terms like "f***" and "shit." I was barely able to understand! Honestly though, he gave me lots of info today and that was great.
We also learned about the Library. The Library handles all archiving and retrieving past video. It also calls papers to try and buy their photos if NBC wants them. Plus, they do basic editing to help out editors and producers. So, today was a very interesting day.
Oh and... how could I forget. We do verbates, which means to watch an interview and write down exactly what they say, verbatim. Today, I did a verbate for an interview with a Dr. in the Middle East. I think she's Iraqi, but definitely Arab. I don't know her profession, but she had very strong opinions against Bush. She said that the Iraqi people want the US out of Iraq. She believes Bush is incompetent and should resign now. Very strong opinions.
Side note: Computer keyboards are laid out differently here than US keyboards. The left side shift key is about 1/3 the side of ours and the right side enter key is shorter but 2 rows tall. It was screwing me up today. Watch out!