Last Day!

At WRAL, I followed around the incredibly busy Amanda Lamb for a day. The first thing we did was drive to the hue courthouse in downtown Raleigh, because as a crime reporter, it’s Amanda’s responsibility to go through overnight search and arrest warrants to see if there’s a story or an update on a case that she could add into the news broadcast. The only thing she could find was a repeat pedophile from Scotland–she told me the only way they could make it a story was if he had a job where he worked around children.

The picture is the view from the third floor of the courthouse, where the heavy crime courtrooms are located. There were no trials going on at the time, so I didn’t get to see that action.

After that, it was pretty similar to my day at ABC-11, until Amanda got the go-ahead to report on a story she had pitched about dogs in Franklin Correctional Center, so we had to drive about half an hour to that prison. The story was centered around a program in the prison that matched new service dogs with inmates so they can train them in four-month cycles to be service dogs for disabled people around the area. That day was their graduation-of-sorts, and Amanda was excited because it was a unique opportunity for a feel-good story .

Unfortunately, after that my day ended a little early because I began to feel really sick on the drive back–but it was still a very informative day and I’m glad I could end the WEP on that note!