Ballymena Today Youth team – What it’s like to work at the BBC
Natalie Lindo is a local BBC news reporter who has worked for the BBC in Ballymena. Our Youth Team interviewed her recently and this is our second blog post from the interview – if you missed the first part click here. In this post we ask about her life as a news reporter. Q: What would your typical work-day be like? A: That’s really hard to answer – some days in Ballymena I plan to organise a story. In order to make sure it is a genuine and true story, I would set up an interview with some people involved. I would ring them and find out genuine information. So I have to think, “What do I need to make this work for Television or Radio?”. If you were filming it the next day, you would have to arrange where to meet and film it, and also film different locations and sounds. After that, I would go back to the office and edit them and do voice overs – we have to do this all ourselves. However, if I am in Belfast, I get a cameraman, but if I’m not in Belfast I have to film it myself. TV often makes it all look very glamourous but sometimes you can get very wet, very cold, or wind can be blowing in your face! I get to travel to other...
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