Day 83 (Fri., Aug. 20)

Today I went and bought my camera, first thing in the morning. As soon as I got her, I put her to work. Hey, if a camera is going to cost me that much, it better get to work right away, right?

Today was a very emotional day to work under. I had to cover the different aspects of a triple homicide that happened in Oak Cliff in the early hours yesterday morning. I went to the house of the family members of the three immigrant men who were killed. It was sad being there as there was a lot of sorrow. The t.v. station was there, and we were there; so it was hard for the family to go through their pain while we were there. However, they were very nice and let us into their home to do our job. Later, I spent three hours at the county jail waiting for the suspects to be brought in as they were caught a few hours before. However, my deadline came and the suspects were not brought in to the jail by then, so we didn't have photos of that.

I learned something today while being at the county jail -- which is great news because I feel as if my learning process has slowed down ever since my photo editor got injured and he has not looked at my work closely with me. I went to the county jail with the writer, thinking that we would get shots of the suspects right away and go back to the office. However, since the suspects were taking long and she had an early deadline, the writer had to leave and I stayed behind. I learned today that "you should never, ever, go with a writer on a breaking news story" as Bobby Sanchez explained to me. I should have driven myself there to avoid any problems. So, I finally learned something new today. Cool! That's what I am here for -- to learn.

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