In graduate school, young Mara Foley learns about the ethics and the theory of modern electronic journalism. However a summer internship with a South Texas TV station opens her eyes to the real world of in-house drama and competitiveness among those who ply the trade as their profession.
Teamed with a photo journalist with little formal higher education who has little respect for the book smart young reporter, Mara is given a chance to try her hand at actual on-camera reporting. It turns out to be a great deal more involved than she ever suspected.
As the friction between Mara and her "photog" grows, the news director tells her to listen to this young man. She learns he is a lot smarter about the day to day skills it takes to make it in professional journalism than she first thought.
When the pair are the only team available to cover a story about a body found by police, they cover the story and are drawn into the mystery and the unexpected twists real news can make. When they end up solving the case it is not only a surprise to them but to the rest of the station. The question becomes, how will this inexperienced young woman handle what is likely to become a story the main stream media picks up?
