Work Experience @ Channel Seven: Day Two

Work Experience at Channel Seven

Day Two: Tuesday, December 4, 2012

I was due in at work at 7am again so my alarm was set for 5:30am. I was at work by 6:50 and excited for what the day had in store for me. I greeted Adam and then sat in the studio watching Sunrise take place right before me. Now that’s what I call live television, ha!

Edwina Bartholomew, Sunrise Sydney Correspondent, follows me on twitter and I had told her that I was coming to Sunrise this week, but I was still screaming on the inside when we were introduced and she remembered who I was from twitter (Just pretend you didn’t read that, if you did, Eddy). She was doing an 8:20am segment on the CHOICE Awards and what was found to be the best Christmas puddings on the market. It was my task to warm up the puddings and present them in bowls for Mel and Kochie to taste on air and give the final verdict (The winner was Itha’s Homemade Christmas Puddings). The segment went to plan and the Sunrise cast and crew agreed with the CHOICE Award that the puddings were, in fact, the best.

Mel and Kochie delivering the final verdict on Itha's Homemade Christmas Puddings

After the Christmas Puddings segment it was time to warm up the other two puddings for the channel seven staff upstairs to enjoy with their morning coffee and tidy up the messes made. By this time, Sunrise had finished and The Morning Show was on air so next it was time for Larry’s coffee. As I was sitting at The Coffee Club upstairs waiting for Larry’s coffee, I saw Edwina coming up the escalator and decided to jump at the opportunity to let her know that I was going to be there all week and that I would love to tag along with her on any stories she was doing if she didn’t mind. She let me know that it was a quiet week and there isn’t anything exciting happening, but she might be shooting a package at 10am in Martin Place and I was welcome to tag along. We agreed to meet at her desk at around 10am.

After delivering Larry’s coffee and sitting in the studio watching The Morning Show, I made my way upstairs to Eddy’s desk. She informed me that what she thought she might have been doing had been cancelled and she would know more after the meeting to be held at 10:05. I then went into Mel Doyle’s office to thank her again for the incredible opportunity of work experience at Sunrise, as she was the one that spoke to Karen for me in the first place. It was then time to attend the morning production meeting along with Eddy and the Sunrise producers including the executive producer – Michael Pell. I found it extremely interesting to see where the stories for Sunrise originate and how the angles of the stories are formed.

After the meeting neither Eddy nor Adam had anything they needed help with so instead of watching the rest of The Morning Show I asked Karen if she would like me to do anything for her. Karen then introduced me to Julie Henderson, the Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise and TMS Promotions Manager. Jules asked me to help her out by clipping some shots from Sunrise that she needed. She logged me into Nat Barr’s computer and I spent the next hour clipping the Accor promotions that had aired on Sunrise in the past couple of days. Nat’s computer was next to Eddy’s so when she was leaving I reminded her that I was still keen to tag along on anything she’s doing tomorrow and she said she would message me on twitter later tonight or early tomorrow morning if there is anything on and I was welcome to go along with her.

So... Here’s hoping!