Reporters and Correspondents

Collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. Report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, radio, or television.

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Report news stories for publication or broadcast, describing the background and details of events.

Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about a story.

Gather information about events through research, interviews, experience, or attendance at political, news, sports, artistic, social, or other functions.

Investigate breaking news developments, such as disasters, crimes, or human-interest stories.

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Write reviews of literary, musical, or other artwork, based on knowledge, judgment, or experience.

Research a story's background information to provide complete and accurate information.

Establish and maintain relationships with individuals who are credible sources of information.

Review and evaluate notes taken about news events to isolate pertinent facts and details.

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Communicate with readers, viewers, advertisers, or the general public via mail, email, or telephone.

Write online blog entries that address news developments or offer additional information, opinions, or commentary on news events.

Assign stories to other reporters or duties to production staff.

Participate in community events, make public appearances, or conduct community service.

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Microsoft Office

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(MALE) THE MOST EXCITING THING ABOUT LIFE IS CHANGE.  I JUST WANT TO SEE  AND MEET EVERYONE.  WHERE WERE YOU AT OUR AGE? THIS GRAND VISION THAT COME TOGETHER? A CRUCIAL TIME IN MY LIFE WHO I AM.  I KEEP CHANGING MY MIND  ABOUT WHAT I WANT TO DO.  IT OUT AND GET GOING WITH IT. IF IT'S SOMETHING I BELIEVE IN, WHY CAN'T I DREAM IT? I DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK BACK AT MY LIFE AND GO  WE'VE GOT THE ABILITY TO DO  WHATEVER WE CHOOSE TO DO. THE BEST INVENTION EVER.  I JUST, I HAVE  MOMENTUM RIGHT NOW, WANNA KEEP IT GOING, HITS THIS CHEMISTRY THIS TYPE OF STRIDE WITH PEOPLE,  GONNA KEEP AVALANCHING. LIKE YOU JUST SHOOT OUT EVERYWHERE AND YOU'RE WARM  IT'S BEEN JUST  SUCH A JOURNEY SO FAR,  STILL HAVE 10 DAYS,  NOT GONNA HAVE THIS AHA MOMENT  JUST MAKES SENSE.  THAT WE GO TO, LIKE,  THAT "AH HA!" MOMENT, GAINING CONFIDENCE.  BIT AWAY FROM EVERYTHING.  I GUESS THAT'S  HOW SHELTERED I AM,  MY FIRST TRAVELS.  BUBBLE THAT IS YOUR LIFE.  CERTAIN THINGS AND YOU JUST  YOU TAKE IT AS  THE WORLD IS.  OF ANOTHER WAY OF LIFE.  WE'VE RAFTED BACK HERE, WE'VE  HUNTED AND FISHED BACK HERE PART OF OUR LIFESTYLE;  LIFESTYLE AND YOUR CULTURE  THEM TO WANT TO KNOW ABOUT IT  I LOVE IT.  HAPPENS EVERY DAY. ALWAYS HAVING  AND THERE'S ALWAYS THAT'S JUST GOT YOUR STAMP TO GO IN AND DO IT.  OKAY, THE NEXT PERSON I'M  CALLING TODAY IS JOHN COCKING. AN ACTOR PERSONALITY OF  LIKE AN ART DECO ERA.  THE PERSONALITY OF THAT.  HELLO?  HI, MY NAME'S  ALLISON TEMINE,  AN E-MAIL LAST WEEK.  OH, YES, YES  I REMEMBER THAT.  I JUST WANTED TO  FIRST OF ALL TELL YOU,  SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT WITH US.  NO PROBLEM.  TO IT, DARLING. NICE TO MEET YOU. I LEFT SCHOOL AT 15, WHICH IS AS YOUNG AS YOU COULD.  IN THE WORLD HEAPS OF MONEY A MILLIONAIRE AND DA-DA-DA-DA. TO DO THAT. I WAS JUST 16, I STARTED WORK. I WAS A QUALIFIED CPA. WHAT I WAS REALLY INTERESTED IN I'VE GOT A CAR, THEY FILL FULL OF DRINK. WHAT I WANTED TO DO? THIS GUY, DAVID DALE, HE IS TODAY. THANK YOU. AND I SAID, I'M ABSOLUTELY PERFECT AT." YOU'D MAKE A GREAT MANUEL."  CALLED, "FAWLTY TOWERS."  IN THE '70s IN THAT CALLED MANUEL AND I PLAYED IT IN RESTAURANTS JUST FELL APART. AND YOU'RE FABULOUS AT THAT." SORT OF PART-TIME. OFFERED ME A JOB IN AUCKLAND AND IN HER RESTAURANT, IN AND I DID THAT. CPA GOOD-BYE." BERTIE. TOURISM OFFICE, THE ORIGINAL IDEA. AS THEIR AMBASSADOR IN 2000 A SMALL STIPEND TO BE BERTIE.  BEING PAID FOR IT. BECAUSE I JUST ENJOY IT. THAT THAT IS WHAT OR THAT IS LIKE--? IN A BOTTLE, DARLING, I WAS SET OUT TO BE, OKAY?  PERSPECTIVE ON THESE. I'D DONE IN ENGLAND, A SUCCESSFUL ACCOUNTANT GONNA STOP ALL THIS "THE MAN'S CRAZY, "HE SHOULD BE PUT AWAY. "WELL, GOOD ON YOU, MATE." HAVE A GO." "HAVE A GO, HAVE A GO. IN 2 YEARS' TIME, DO SOMETHING ELSE." HAVE THAT SORT ATTITUDE, AND YES, WHY DON'T YOU?"  JUST LIKE THE VIBRANCE,  A 63-YEAR-OLD MAN, LIFE IS LIKE,  AND HE'S JUST LIKE,  THAT'S THE WAY I WANNA BE, [CAR HORN HONKING]  A WEB THAT'S DESIGNED ♪  I CAN KILL TWO BIRDS ♪ TO JUST SAY, "LET'S GO." ONE TIME FOR YOUR MIND. YEAH?  JUST JUMP IN COMPLETELY. YEAH, LET'S DO IT. ARE YOU SERIOUS, FORTIES? OPPORTUNITY EVERY DAY.  I DON'T REALLY KNOW WHY  WE DID IT,  WAS AN ACTUAL PURPOSE.  AS SORT OF LIKE A METAPHOR JUST SORT OF US  WITH NO HESITATION.  I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY. I DON'T KNOW IT MEANS-- IF ALLISON AND I STOPPED RUINS THE METAPHOR, ARE ON FIRE AND I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET  MY PASSION LITERALLY  IS WORKING WITH PEOPLE.  I'M NOT GOING TO LIVE MY LIFE  FOR OTHER PEOPLE.  LIKE FAWNA AND ALLISON, LIKE THE SUPPORTING CAST.  EVERYTHING THEY SAY,  OR WITHOUT EVEN SAYING IT,  TO BELIEVE IN THEMSELVES. I USED TO LIKE AT 18 I HAD MY ENTIRE LIFE WORKED OUT. WHAT MY FIRST BORN CHILDREN HOW MANY YEARS I'D BE A DOCTOR TO HAVE SOME IDEA BUT TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME. HERE FOR WHAT? AND ENJOYING WHAT YOU DO, YOUR BOARDING PASS,  THIS IS THE FIRST TIME  IN MY LIFE THAT I  TO WORRY ABOUT.  I'VE JUST HAD THIS  ABOUT MY PATH,  A SCARY THING TOO.  HAS DEFINED ME UP UNTIL NOW DEALT WITH IT AND MYSELF.  NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT.  HIGH SCHOOL MY OLDER SISTER  A FATAL CAR ACCIDENT.  WHO'S LOOKED UP TO THEIR  THEIR ENTIRE LIVES,  REALLY HARD TO GET OVER.  AFTER GRADUATION, YOU KNOW,  AFTER COLLEGE? I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA.  THAT I USED TO HAVE.  THAT ANYMORE.  AND LIKE ON THIS  TRIP I'VE JUST REALIZED,  A CLEAN SLATE.  LOOK BACK AND SAY,  I SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT."  GONNA GET THAT BACK.  IS SO GREAT  BEING IN THE NOW.  HIDE YOUR EYES ♪  TO SEE HERE ♪  UNDER GROUND ♪  NOT TO GROW ♪ THOSE WORDS WON'T CHANGE ♪  ABOVE AND NEVER BE ALONE ♪♪ WE'RE GONNA GO AND SEE MARK INGLIS. TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST. A MOUNTAINEERING ACCIDENT. AND HE GOT SNOWED OUT ON HIS LEGS. IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU. GOOD-DAY ALLISON. RAY, HOW'S IT GOING? WHEN I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. YOU HAVE TO HAVE A COUPLE OF YOU WOULDN'T WANNA BE YOU KNOW? SCARED ON A REGULAR BASIS. INCREDIBLY WELL HAVE HAPPENED IN MY LIFE. CHRISTMAS EVE 1982, AND THE SHEETS END THAT MOMENT ONWARDS WAS, INTO AN ADVANTAGE? THE COURAGE TO CLIMB THAT A MOUNTAIN ON THE DAY WAS THE THING IS IT'S A MIRROR OF YOU, YOUR COMPETENCE. YOU'VE GONE THROUGH IN SCHOOL IN SCHOOL. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO REFORM THINK A DISABLED PERSON IS, TO LIVE MY LIFE THAT I'VE FOUND, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT A DOUBLE AMPUTEE FIRST MARK INGLIS. ADVICE, YOU KNOW, COMPLIMENTS. "YOU'RE DOING FANTASTIC," MY FOOT OFF THE GAS. TRY AS HARD AS I SHOULD. LEARNED THE SKILL OF YOURSELF AND LOOK BACK ON THAT OTHER PEOPLE SEE. THAT I'VE ONLY EVER A DOUBLE AMPUTEE CAN EVEN DO. TAKE THE COMPLIMENTS AND A GREAT DEAL OF HUMILITY THAT'S FANTASTIC. TO ONE SIDE AND THEN SO MUCH MORE TO DO, YOU KNOW?  YOU WALK AS IF ♪  ON THE LANE ♪  AS THOUGH YOU NEVER ♪ I WAS TELLING ALLISON, I FEEL LIKE I DON'T KNOW WHY PUT MYSELF IN CATEGORIES. I'M A CALIFORNIAN, CERTAIN THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ON OTHER PEOPLE, MYSELF LIKE THAT. CATEGORIZE YOU AS SOMETHING, AND YOUR BELIEFS THAT DICTATE  AS THOUGH YOU NEVER ♪  WE'RE GOING TO SEE  ROBIN JUDKINS.  I WAS JUST LOOKING OVER LIKE  DO IN NEW ZEALAND.  THE "COAST TO COAST RACE,"  OF THE COUNTRY TO THE OTHER.  OH, MY GOD,  WE'RE GONNA DIE. THERE HE IS. RAY.  COME ON IN. KNOW WHAT MY ADVICE IS? SPLENDID TIME YOUR WHOLE LIFE. IT MAKES YOU FEEL OLD. IF I HAD ANY OTHER WAY YOU CAN FROM YOUR PARENTS, AS QUICK AS YOU CAN. I SHOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU. HAVE TO LEAVE UNIVERSITY THAT YOU'RE GONNA STAY IN I WORKED FOR BIG BUSINESS. MULTI-NATIONALS ALL AROUND IN THE U.K., AND NEW ZEALAND. FOUR OUT OF FIVE; BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T LIKE ALWAYS TRYING TO FIX THINGS. DON'T LIKE YOU FIXING THEM, SOMEONE'S MADE A COCK UP, FOR MYSELF AND I CAME OVER TO ONE OF THE FIRST WOULD PROMOTE THAT BUSINESS THE AREA THAT I LIVED IN I DO IS ENTREPRENEURIAL. TIME AND I LOOK FOR THE NEW. OF NEW THINGS TO DO. OF THINGS THAT I DO, BAY, THIS VIEW IN HERE. WHICH OPENS NEXT WEEK.  ARTIST, ROBIN, OR IS THIS  YOU GOT INTO LATER? THAT HAPPENED AFTER A QUINTUPLE BYPASS, HEART ATTACKS AND THEN YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK. SO THEN I TOOK UP HER BRUSHES. OF THIS MONTH, STARTED AND I'LL HAVE FINISHED IN THE EXHIBITION. REALIZE HOW FAST MY WHOLE LIFE YOU HAVE TO STOP. START AGAIN, YOU JUST GO...POOF! THE MORE YOU REALIZE AN EXTREMELY SHORT LIFE. WHEN HE WAS 52. WHEN I HAD MINE. HE DIDN'T GET THROUGH HIS. AND NOT DO ANYTHING. ALL THE TIME.  I DABBLED IN CREATIVE  NON-FICTION WRITING  I REALLY LIKE TO DO.  WORRY ABOUT LIKE HOW YOUR OR EXPOSING PART OF YOURSELF? THINK ABOUT THAT. THE TRAP OF DOING IT FOR DOING IT FOR YOURSELF. OF YOUR OWN IDENTITY. TO WRITE WHO YOU ARE. PEOPLE THINK OF YOU ANYWAY GET IT WRONG. LET THEM JUST HAVE THEIR OWN. OWN FUNERAL EXCEPT IN THE BOX.  THIS IS SUCH A CRUCIAL TIME  IN MY LIFE WHERE I AM CHOOSING  DEFINING WHO I AM.  AS THAT LIKE LOST SENIOR IN OR JUST WANTED TO BE NORMAL.  DO AND I WANNA SEE MYSELF  ALLISON'S TALKING ABOUT--  I THINK BACK TO THE WAY THINGS  HOW MUCH FUN EVERYTHING WAS.  GONNA BE LIKE THAT AGAIN.  FUN, FUN GOES UP AND DOWN.  FUN HAS YOUR LOWS, WHAT REAL HAPPINESS IS.  THAT YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOING  TO BE DOING.  SHE'S GONNA FIND THAT,  IS OPEN TO FINDING THAT. IT'S A SPECIAL THING THAT HAPPENS IN AN INTERVIEW WHEN PLACES WHERE I HOPE TO BE LIKE, OKAY, I'M GONNA BE OKAY, SIMILAR THINGS HAPPEN TO THEM SUCCESSFUL AND THEY'RE HAPPY. LOVE, AND TO ME THAT WAS LIKE, FOR ME NOW ABOUT THE ACCIDENT, AND IT DID HAPPEN AND I WANNA TALK ABOUT IT. MOST PARENTS LOVE SEEING THEIR KIDS GROW AND CHANGE. THE DAY IS YOU'VE STILL GOT SPECIAL BOND. IF YOUR PARENTS SAY SOMETHING, WITH THEM AND SAY, I'M JUST SO GLAD I FINALLY GOT THE COURAGE, TO BEGIN IT'S GONNA BE SO HARD. IS THAT LIFE BRINGS ALONG TO LEARN TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT ABOUT LIFE IS CHANGE.  "ROADTRIP NATION"  EXTENDS BEYOND THE PROGRAM  OTHERS TO CREATE THEIR OWN  INTO THAT MOVEMENT. A PICTURE OF EVERYBODY KIND OF OF INDIVIDUALLY. WE DON'T HAVE A NAME YET. THE TIME IN ALL OF OUR LIVES KINDA DEFINE OUR LIFE, OUR PASSIONS TO LIKE YOU KNOW, FOR ME IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AN EXPECTATION THAT THIS IS A STRONG EXPECTATION THE ANSWER RIGHT NOW. BE INTERESTED IN THINGS, EVERYTHING YOU CAN, EVER GO BACK. I HAVE IN MY LIFE IS THAT AS HARD AS I COULD BECAUSE HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AT OUR AGE AND ABOUT DOING AND JUST GOING HARD AT IT, CAN'T REGRET IT LATER. KINDA KNOW DEEP DOWN, SAYS IT, MORE TRUTHFUL. A REALLY OLD PERSON. BUT IF THERE'S THINGS YOU SHOULD DO IT. WHY NOT? COME AND GO.  WE'RE TRAVELING AROUND  NEW ZEALAND TALKING TO PEOPLE  ABOUT WHAT THEY DO.  ALLOWING THEM TO SPEAK  THEIR STORY  THIS IS IT, IT'S TIME TO  GO HOME AND I'M RELUCTANT.  IF YOU WANT TO GO  AND DO SOMETHING,  MAKE IT HAPPEN. EVERYONE WAS SAYING IT WOULD BE SO EASY TO GO HOME BUT I DON'T THINK IT WILL. YOU PUT YOURSELF UP TO SOMETHING AND THERE'S THINK ABOUT IT RATIONALLY IT'S ALL VERY SAFE, ALL YOUR EMOTIONS  CHECK OUT MORE ADVENTURES  AND INTERVIEWS FROM THE ROAD.  A ROAD TRIP OF YOUR OWN  INTO YOUR CLASSROOM.  SERIES IS AVAILABLE ON DVD  ON YOUR SCREEN OR VISIT  IN DISBELIEF ♪  ON CHRISTMAS EVE ♪  A GRUESOME SCENE ♪  THE CHIEF OF POLICE ♪  AND A CURSE ♪♪ 

<p>After a Zorbing adventure, the team is at the halfway point of their roadtrip. In Rotorua, they meet with Doug Tamaki, local personality John "Bertie" Cocking, and political blogger David Farrar. After a ferry ride to the South Island, the team meets with mountaineer Mark Inglis. They head to Christchurch where they talk with Robin Judkins, an artist, author, and creator of adventure racing events.</p>

Rotorua - Christchurch

[New Zealand accent] I used to like, at 18, I had my entire When I was gonna marry, would be, my degree, before settin' up my own... I've just found to have you're going. Yeah, we're only here for what, Um, and enjoying what you do 

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