CNN NEWSOURCE INTERNSHIP
Over the summer of 2018, I completed an internship at the CNN World Headquarters in Atlanta, working with the CNN Newsource division for a 10-week period.
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During my time interning for Newsource, I had the privilege of creating content and writing scripts for various stories and packages. That work can be found below.
Writing Samples
Health Minute PKG
--LEAD IN--
MOST PARENTS OF YOUNG CHILDREN *MAY* HAVE TROUBLE GETTING THEIR CHILDREN TO EAT CERTAIN TYPES OF FOOD.
BUT ACCORDING TO A NEW STUDY - THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT!
IN TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE ....REID BINION HAS MORE ON WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE IT EASY... ON YOUR PICKY EATER.
--REPORTER PKG-AS FOLLOWS--
AS YOUR CHILD GROWS ... SO DOES THEIR TASTE FOR DIFFERENT FOODS.
BUT SOMETIMES PARENTS THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PUSH THEIR KIDS TO EAT WHAT'S ON THEIR PLATES ... EVEN IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT.
HOWEVER - A NEW STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BEGS TO DIFFER!.
PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL "APPETITE" ... THE STUDY SAYS SELECTIVE EATING HAS LITTLE TO NO EFFECT ON THE GROWTH OF CHILDREN.
IT FOUND THAT AS THE ALLURE OF SITTING AT THE TABLE WITH THEIR PARENTS FADES ... SO DOES THEIR ATTRACTION TO SOME OF THE FOODS THEY HAVE BEEN EATING.
THE TEAM OF RESEARCHERS FOLLOWED A DIVERSE GROUP OF MORE THAN 240 TWO AND THREE YEAR OLDS....FOR OVER A YEAR.
DURING THAT TIME ... THE TEAM COMPARED PARENTAL PRESSURE TACTICS TO THE CHILD'S GROWTH ... *AND* REDUCTION IN THEIR PICKY EATING BEHAVIOR.
THEY FOUND NO CONNECTION.
EXPERTS RECOMMEND MODELLING HEALTHY EATING HABITS BY COOKING AND SERVING FOOD PARENTS ENJOY ...
THEN ADDING ONE OR TWO ITEMS TO THE MENU THEIR CHILD WILL EAT *INSTEAD* OF FORCING THEM TO DO IT.
RESEARCHERS CLAIM INTRODUCING KIDS TO A VARIETY AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE WILL HELP LIMIT SELECTIVE EATING HABITS DOWN THE ROAD.
SO IT MIGHT BE TIME TO PUT DOWN THOSE AIRPLANE SPOONS AND LET YOUR CHILD HELP DETERMINE WHAT THEY WANT TO EAT.
FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE ... I'M REID BINION.
(VIDEO TO COME)
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File stories were VOs produced for stories that didn't have any immediate video associated with them. This way affiliates had something to show when they took the story to air. Producing them meant searching the archive to find the videos you wanted and telling the editor the timecodes and how you wanted it cut to create the final product.
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