Yesterday was the Virginia Gubernatorial race, and it was different for me since besides voting I was interviewing people on the issues that mattered to them. It was interesting approaching people near the front, and some were ignoring me. There were a lot of people voting and coming in an out. But enough people were interviewed so that story was put together.

So it was off to Starbucks to write the story, and that meant going through footage, and choosing the best quotes. Sentences were cut and added until the story was good enough to be sent off. And it wasn't just me since two reporters were assigned to polling stations.

So as a class, we posted the story of all the different interviews of the voters. It was a fun day since there were people from all over voting. It was full of people, and we were next to campaign people and we got to explain to them about the class.

I'm with the iPad Journal project for VCU, and the class is called Mobile and Social Media Journalism. You get an iPad reporting kit, and you use it to interview people. We get to pitch story ideas and go out in the field so to speak.

If they are publishable they go on the CBS 6 website. It's a fun experience and you use iMovie to edit videos. We did a total of 4 stories and it all leads up to Election day, and after the story is turned in we got a choice to cover election parties or go work in the newsroom. I didn't care for parties so I went to work in the newsroom.

After the article is turned in we had time off, and then we had to go to CBS 6 by 6:45, and that was awesome since I got my own desk. It was cool being a part of the team. I was basically tracking election results, and putting it into a computer.

I had to refresh it constantly as the precincts reported their results. They even fed us pizza. It was cool hearing everyone track the election results, and I even talked to a few reporters on what it was like. It's one of the reasons why I'm a journalist. I loved seeing people in my field.

Yep, there were times when the results slowed, but I used it to look around at all the working journalists. I would totally do it all over again if I could. I had a blast, and this class was fun to be a part of. Yes, there were times where it was hard, but I would not change it for the world.

I enjoyed helping input election results, and I felt like a team like I was important too. It was exciting seeing all the results, and all the journalists were tracking it while working on stories. I hope to get a job as a journalist since I'm very close to graduating. I can't wait to be a part of the newsroom!