New York City Day 6: Growing

I was the first person to arrive at TheGrio yesterday, that was pretty cool. Lauren Fluker was actually interning for the day which was pretty cool, all the guy's really liked her, lol! We wrote a number of stories that day and it was madness! It was a lot of pressure on me because I was writing one of the big stories for the day. One of the stories I was working on was about Adidas releasing a shoe design that resembled slave shackles.

It didn't take me hours, but it took me a minute to get the story right. Adam, head Editor of TheGrio kept having me revise it because I kept editorializing it. I understood what he was trying to say, it was almost scary because at some point I felt like he was getting frustrated at some point. Eventually he was cool...thank God!

It was a lot of pressure to get that story done because it was a big story for them that day. I actually wrote two stories that were both published. It feels pretty amazing I must admit. I was happy/nervous that they chose me to handle the story. I could kind of hear the nervousness in some peoples voice when they realized I was the one covering it. I didn't get mad or offended because I felt the same! Lol at the end of the day, I was able to deliver and that's what it's all about.

Ms. Reid came and  spoke with us today one on one and as a group over pizza. It was all fine and gravy until we all gathered in the back room. She addressed some issues, I'm assuming she noticed, within the group. I was kind of disappointed because I was hoping we wouldn't have to have this conversation at all, CERTAINLY not 1 week INTO the internship! I only hoped that we all really took in what she said because at the end of the day, this group isn't about any 1 person, it's about the representation of our mentor, institution, family race, and then us...as a WHOLE. Period.