"Kkrrrrrrinnngggggggg....", the alarm clock rings. It's now 5 in the morning. Darrell reluctantly rises from bed. He doesn't want to just yet but he's left with no other choice. At around 6, he leaves home. He doesn't want to be late for work. He needs to be at the news desk by 7 o'clock. There, he hears a lot of noise -- phone ringing, people shouting, flipping of paper among others. This is his everyday life.
Just this morning while taking his mug of black coffee, his editor called up on him and assigned him a beat. He needed to cover a story somewhere in Bulacan. Upon arriving at the scene, his cameraman immediately shot video. He asked one of the respondents who, what, where, when, why and how. The story? It's about a man biting a dog. The moment he thought his data were enough, he sat somewhere with his laptop, writing and building the story while his teammates were editing the video. After all had been edited, he sent a copy to his editor for approval.
Luckily, he got the "yes". It meant that the story would be aired on the evening news. He then hastily rode on the van with his staff heading to another place. While inside the van, he wrote his column with a 3 pm deadline for a national newspaper.
The evening news aired and so did his story. Where is he now? Well, he is in Malacanang, anticipating some news from President Miriam Santiago and Vice President Chiz Escudero (who knows? lols).
" This has been Darrell M. reporting", he said in the video. Five years from now, This will be Darrell's signature line because by then, he is already a journalist, both for print and broadcast.
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