Sky's the limit!

The last week and a half at Sky News have been amazing and a lot of hard work.

I am absolutely amazed by the whole place really, it is just really busy all the time. The hard bit has been getting up at 5 am each day, as there is a news meeting each day at 7.30 am. But once you get through the dragging yourself out of bed bit, it’s not really so bad.

I enjoy the news meetings in the morning a lot; they are my favourite part of the day. Hearing people’s ideas for the day ahead really gets you going.

I have been involved in writing quite a lot of articles, which is more than I could say really for the experience I have had in the past.

Volunteering ideas in the morning really works and the thing I like about Sky is that they really do welcome their work experience people. They are willing to give you a chance and it’s ace.

Today I got involved with Five News and they were doing a video package on Second Life. BINGO! Perfect for me because of my dissertation. Basically Five are doing an introduction to SL because they want to do a piece on SL and terrorism, but their viewers or some of them may have no idea, hence the need for an introduction.

I was working with the reporter Jason Farrell, who is the crime correspondent for Five. My role was to move his avatar around SL and change the camera angle with the world so that the viewer could be given a better view. Our activity and navigation in SL was being recorded and was then edited into the overall package.

I watched the programme afterwards and my footage was on there and I had actually helped with something that went on television. What was more I got to interview Jason afterwards and I am going to use that for my dissertation.

What’s more, they are saying I can do an article soon for them on Second Life, so things are looking good.