Kate Fallon '16 gets the story, runs with it.

2015 Jun 30

Katie wrote this on the CBS Website:

"On Thursday, the bell signaling the Supreme Court was session, rang just before 10:00 a.m. The tense press room began to buzz as the first court case decision was released. The decision packets were handed to official staffers who are the only people allowed in the SCOTUS press room. The staffers then handed off the decisions to the eager interns waiting in the hall---like the baton in a relay race. Upon receiving the decision from the producer, my co-intern Becky began to quickly power-walk down the corridor (running is not permitted inside the court), wanting desperately to be the first one to push open the doors and begin her sprint to the producers out front."

Last week, she participated in what is known as the"running of the interns." Interns of various news organizations wait in the Supreme Court for decisions to be released and then hand deliver hard copies of the news to their media teams. If the decisions are groundbreaking, interns sprint with hopes of being the first to break the news. So they must come prepared -- pairing their business attire with running shoes.