My First Ever Frustration As An Intern...

Last week, I accidentally attended the pressconference of Baguio City Mayor Braulio Yaranon. I was supposed to interview the Mayor regarding the landslide issues, but his secretary asked me to just join the pressconference that day. I went outside the office were there many people waiting for the Mayor. Ever since, I did not have the interest to attend pressconferences, but that day when I realized that those people outside came from different media agencies, I became interested to it. When the Mayor arrived, all of us hurriedly followed him inside the City Hall. It was my first time to attend a presscon!Since I brought my recorder, I started to record all the mayor had said. The presscon was about his clarification regarding the suspension issue in the Mayor's office. In that issue, Baguio City Vice-Mayor Reinaldo Bautista was also involved because according to the Mayor, V-Mayor Bautista was already implementing the decision of the president even if he had no authority. After I recorded the important things that the Mayor said, I hurriedly went to the Vice-Mayor's office to get his side of tthat issue. Unfortunately, he wasn't ther. I went to the DILG's office to verify if they really did not issue an implementation order of the suspension of the Mayor. I only interviewd DILG City Director Jose Rapanut through telephone.
I still couldn't finish the story because I still did not have the side of the Vice-Mayor. After my class, I returned to the V-Mayor's office. His secretary said the V-Mayor had a presscon regarding that issue. I realized the presscon was when I had my class already. I still tried to finish my story, but as I went on, I realized that there were many questions arising. There were also information I gathered, which I did not have the time to verify. I had doubts to give the story to my editor in Philippine Daily Inquirer and I already did not meet the deadline so I decided to just keep the story in my bag.
On my way home, I thought of the whole day without having my breakfast and lunch for nothing. I just regret my time spent in trying to complete that story. I ended up with nothing.
Somehow, it was a lesson to me. I should know how to race with the deadline and with other reporters in making news.