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A short chat with my student reporters on their final day at the Bangkok Post. There are also links to all their feature stories.

Sam and Jessy say goodbye

Below is part of the short, unrehearsed chat I had with International School of Bangkok students Samantha Davin and Jessy Dahl just as they were about to leave the Bangkok Post after an eight-day stay working as students reporters.

If you are learning English, I suggest you listen to it before reading the text and see how well you understand it. You might want to look at the word list first, however.

Sam and Jessy did an excellent job while they were here and I have put links to all the stories they produced after the word list.

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Terry: OK, today’s your last day.

Sam and Jessy: Yep

Terry: How long have you been here?

Sam and Jessy: We’ve been here for eight days.

Terry: Eight days. OK, generally, how’s it been?

Jessy: It’s been a very, very great experience for us.

Sam: We’ve definitely learned a lot and we’re so happy that we’ve gotten this opportunity to be here.

Terry: You’ve learned a lot?

Sam and Jessy:  Yeah.

Terry: Ok, for example. What are some of the things you’ve learned.

Sam: We’ve learned to be spontaneous in interviews and not just read off the questions you’ve come up with and we’ve learned a lot about writing and laying out from some of the people in this company

Jessy: And also some minor stuff, minor things from the writers that we’ve interviewed. They taught us about how to be punctual and how to be passionate in the work they’re doing and how to always be flexible as a writer.

Terry: If you could choose, what would you do (what kind of a writer would you like to be)?

Sam: I would … I want to be an entertainment writer. That is really interesting to me. 

Jessy: Well, for me I would want to do Yvonne’s (Yvonne Bohwongprasert, a feature writer) job because I’m interested in social work and she does social issues.
Sam: That interests me too.

Jessy: Yeah, good role model.

Terry: Are you going to use any of this when you go back to school?

Sam: Yeah, I definitely will because I’m in a journalism class and I do interviews with people in writing, so I can use a lot of what I’ve learned here next year.

Terry: All right, anything else you want to add?

Jessy: Well, thank you personally…

Sam:  Thank you for helping us out.

Jessy: You’re a good professor and teacher in life too.

Sam: publishing our stuff on the Internet

Jessy: Yeah, a big part of what we did

Terry: Well, I thank you because you’ve given me how many…you’ve given me a lot of features, right? And we’re still not finished.  When you're back, we’ll still be able to put some of this up on the web in the future. So I should thank you. You’ve done an excellent job.

Sam: Thank you. We appreciate it.

Terry: You’re very easy to work with.

unrehearsed – done without practicing before ไม่ได้ซ้อมก่อน
definitely – certain; having no doubts about something อย่างแน่นอน
opportunity – a chance to do something, or a situation in which it is easy for you to do something  โอกาส
spontaneous – happening or done in a natural, often sudden way, without any planning or without being forced ซึ่งเป็นไปตามธรรมชาติ, เป็นไปเอง, ซึ่งเกิดขึ้นเอง, โดยสัญชาตญาณ
layout – the way in which the parts of something such as the page of a book, a garden or a building are arranged แผนผัง
minor – not important; small; having little influence or effect เล็กน้อย
punctual – on time; happening or doing something at the arranged or correct time; not late ตรงเวลา
passionate – having a strong enthusiasm or interest in something  กระตือรือร้น, ซาบซึ้ง, ดูดดื่ม
flexible – able to change to suit new conditions or situations เปลี่ยนแปลงได้,แก้ได้
issue – a problem that needs to be considered ประเด็น
role model – someone whose behaviour is considered to be a good example for other people to copy ผู้ซึ่งมีลักษณะควรค่าแก่การเป็นแบบอย่างให้กับผู้อื่น
journalism – the activity of reporting the news for a newspaper, magazine, radio programme or television programme  วารสารและสื่อมวลชน
excellent – extremely good  ยอดเยี่ยม, ดีเยี่ยม
appreciate – to be grateful for something, i.e., feeling you want to thank someone for something they have done for you สำนึกในบุญคุณ

Finished.

Stories from student reporters Jessy and Sam

Getting the photo
An interview with one of the top Bangkok Post news photographers who describes his experiences during the red-shirt protests and covering natural disasters. We also look at three photos as he describes how he got them. Part 1: http://bit.ly/irt6TI  Part 2: http://bit.ly/iFNtCi


Master of the Web http://bit.ly/keDWIu
15/06/2011 : John (Komsan) Jandamit, Bangkok Post’s web master has been on the job for 12 years, starting out as a trainee and gradually climbing his way up to the top. Jessy and Sam

That’s entertainment http://bit.ly/kSe1kv
14/06/2011 : The entertainment scene keeps the Bangkok Post’s Onsiri Pravattiyagul very busy in a job that might someday appeal to our student reporters, Sam and Jessy.

Breaking News with Khun Pop http://bit.ly/m05EK3
12/06/2011 : “My job is to provide the news and facts about events that happen in this country as fast as possible to the readers,” Praphorn Praphornkul, told student reporters Sam and Jessy

Arglit Boonyai, changing with the times http://bit.ly/m05EK3
11/06/2011 : Having left Guru magazine, the Bangkok Post's Arglit Boonyai is creating a place for himself in the new media online. Our student reporters, Sam and Jessy, get the details.

A writer's passion http://bit.ly/m6RK94
09/06/2011 : It was immediately clear to Sam and Jessy that Yvonne Bohwongprasert is passionate about her work as a journalist – be it covering sports, travel, or social issues.

Sam and Jessy start their work http://bit.ly/jJtapB
07/06/2011 : Today, we met up with Khun Kaew (Chantiya Potayarom), the Thai layout editor of the Life section of the Bangkok Post. We had a chance to interview her and learn about her job.

Meet Sam and Jessy http://bit.ly/lMb2WV
06/06/2011 : Terry has two special reporters working with him for the next ten days and you can meet them here.