New York City Day 11: Practice what you preach

Ok, so thing's got all the way real today. We met Soledad O'brien at her New York CNN headquarters. It was pretty cool. I find it amazing how news reporters transform their voices on television and radio (kinda). They talk COMPLETELY different on air than they do in person...it's pretty cool.

Me touching the famous Apollo Theaters Tree of Hope

One of the best things I saw was that they interviewed Reverend Fred Luter of the U.S Baptist Southern Church. It was cool first because he's the 1st black president out of all the previous 56 caucasian presidents. Why do I know this? Because I pitched this story to my internship when he 1st got elected and they didn't write about it, lol. I'm not mad or nothing, I'm actually glad because it made me realize that my news gathering and story searching skills are activating, lol! Keep reading to hear some cool news!

Reverend Luter handled himself so well with those questions! I was so proud of him! He was asked about gay marriage and he stood by his word! He said he supported his president, but didn't agree with some of his beliefs and that's ok! That made the first half of my day! Ms. O'brien was as sweet as pie. I liked how when she spoke to you, she starred at one eye and kept firm contact with it and never let it go. That let me know she was serious. One of the best things I heard her say, that I've been hearing many people say lately (which mostly means God is talking to me through people) is that you are most confident when you are sure. Keep following, it get's better!

When you are sure and knowledgable of the information you're presenting, the nerves go away quicker and quicker. Now before I lose your attention span, let me tell you what happened at...theGrio! Hey! Don't you skip to the bottom! You read it all!

Long story short, I was told to write a story about Keshia Knight Pulliam possibly being on RHOA. Coincidently, I know her publicist, so I suggested me reaching out to her publicist to see if she's going to be on there or not. At that moment, it because a breaking story, lol. The pressure was on!

It got crazy and I struggled a little bit, but we got it together and it posted! Click here to read the story. It felt pretty great. HERE'S THE GOOD PART! Adam, Deputy Editor, said, "Who else do you know (publicist wise)?" I told him and he was like, "We may need you for resources and things like that so be on the lookout. No, I'm serious." :-) That was pretty cool.