With business casual suits and skirts and some tightly-tied trainers, these broadcast interns are dressed for success.
Wednesday was a landmark day for the toppling of the controversial Defense of Marriage Act, but it was also a big day for broadcast interns, who were charged with another important task — transporting the Supreme Court’s decision to the hands of network anchors ahead of the competition.
While smartphones, Twitter and the Internet have largely reduced the need for papers to be passed, it’s still the modus operandi of major news stations.
It was the interns’ responsibility to rush the 5-4 ruling from the steps of the courtroom in Washington to the press pen some 300 feet away.
But sprinting in 90-degree heat while hundreds of journalists are watching is no easy feat.
Another took the practical route, wearing tried-and-true worn-in trainers to make the mad dash to the news networks.
As BuzzFeed notes, the running of the interns is crucial for each newshound-in-training, as a delivery to the anchor before another network means more coverage — and a potential job for the intern.
A Vine video of an NBC intern weaving through a sea of people to deliver breaking news to Pete Williams during Monday’s Supreme Court session has also gone viral.
