I am currently at ITN Productions, London, for work experience for two weeks. Day one, Monday 5th September 2011, I arrived at Chancery Lane very early – due to travel arrangements – but I did not have to be at ITN until 11am. For the three hours, I sat in a café looking at every person that walked in to see if they fit the physical criteria of a journalist. To say the least, this was not the best way to calm my nerves - especially as the only criteria that I was thinking of was suit, paper, coffee, laptop etc. After the three hours I can assure you, that near enough every person commuting to work in London, fits this criteria…good.
As expected I had to wait for someone from ITN Productions (as there are ITV News, and Channel 4 News which operate from Grays Inn Road too) to come and collect me. I was introduced to another girl, Louise, who is also on work experience, but had been for the previous 3 weeks and is there for the duration of my time there too. I was shown the basics of the office, the main aspects I need to know, and was then asked to transcribe a television series, Mad Men. This and a web page saving task, filled my first day right up to 6pm.
On the following day I spent the most of the day continuing with the transcribing. Maybe not the most exhilarating task, but I was glad to have work to do. The transcription needed to be completed by the end of Tuesday as the presenters for the show Mad Men, Jonny Vaughan and Steve Brooker, were recording voice overs on the Wednesday.
Today I met Amanda, series producer, at Envy, Margaret Street, London. This is where the voice overs were being recorded. I was there for the majority of today, and was able to watch the voice overs for three episodes being recorded. Meeting Jonny Vaughan and Steve Brooker, was an experience, and one I will not forget in a hurry.
