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Training wraps with the McClatchy CCI Team

By Erika Bolstad - McClatchy Newspapers

March 16, 2012 12:00 AM

In this Thursday, March 15, 2012 photo, a lion eats prime steak at Southwick's Zoo, in Mendon, Mass. After a transformer fire knocked out power to homes and businesses in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, prime cuts of meat were donated to the zoo by a restaurant affected by the power outage. The Capital Grille steakhouse in Boston donated 2,500 pounds of meat worth $20,000 to the zoo. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette, Christine Peterson)
In this Thursday, March 15, 2012 photo, a lion eats prime steak at Southwick's Zoo, in Mendon, Mass. After a transformer fire knocked out power to homes and businesses in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, prime cuts of meat were donated to the zoo by a restaurant affected by the power outage. The Capital Grille steakhouse in Boston donated 2,500 pounds of meat worth $20,000 to the zoo. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette, Christine Peterson) AP
In this Thursday, March 15, 2012 photo, a lion eats prime steak at Southwick's Zoo, in Mendon, Mass. After a transformer fire knocked out power to homes and businesses in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood, prime cuts of meat were donated to the zoo by a restaurant affected by the power outage. The Capital Grille steakhouse in Boston donated 2,500 pounds of meat worth $20,000 to the zoo. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette, Christine Peterson) AP

On day five of the training session, we learned how to create and accept an assignment.

This is mostly likely backwards for how things will actually work, since most reporters will create and write budget lines and send them to their editors.

“Yes,” the trainers said, “but this is just a training exercise.”

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