Doing Everything Possible

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When your boss says you must get that scoop, reporters know that they must use every trick in the book to get an interview with the most elusive personalities. Success means bragging rights over the other media organizations for obtaining exclusive stories. Newbies already know they must not be shy and act like veterans if they want to keep their jobs on the field and in the newsroom.

Similarly, mature reporters have already established connections who would be helpful in their goals. Even if a story is exclusive to one network, some reporters from the other stations risk crossing the line. Thus, when a network was given exclusive rights to a much-awaited event, the underlying rule is that personalities from other organizations must respect the condition.

For Feisty Broadcaster (FB), nothing can stop her and if she wants a story, she will use her connections to try to get a scoop by going around the agreements. In the past months, vibrant Media Personality (MP) was given the task to file exclusive stories on the event and the country’s Involved Luminary (IL). For several weeks, MP followed IL and when the final moment came, she thought she would have the after-event exclusive scoop. She was wrong.

When FB learned that IL was going to fly privately, she immediately talked to The Owner (TO) and asked to be in the plane as well. TO said that the seats were all occupied, but FB was insistent. Thus, TO told one of his passengers to take a commercial flight and he’ll pay for the fare.

During the flight, FB was rushing MP to end her interview with IL, as her interview was going to air immediately, unlike MP’s. FB allegedly made a side comment that she should have been the first to interview IL, as MP’s show is less preferred than her network’s.

IL overheard the conversations and felt sorry for MP. When FB conducted her interview, IL gave short answers and just smiled off some questions, perhaps in solidarity with MP. Meanwhile, MP has kept silent as she does not want to taint a positive event for IL.

‘Remember you will not always win. Some days, the most resourceful individual will taste defeat. But there is, in this case, always tomorrow - after you have done your best to achieve success today.’ - Maxwell MaltzJu

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