Alfonso Fernández, joven universitario limeño, apenas terminados sus estudios de periodismo, se presenta al sensacionalista diario El Clamor para solicitar trabajo como reportero en prácticas. En realidad, él quiere ser escritor y está convencido de que esta experiencia le servirá solamente para engrosar su currículo. En vez de asignarlo a la sección de espectáculos, tal y como deseaba, lo envían a policiales. Su visión cambiará radicalmente.
A man studying to be a writer learns some unpleasant lessons about himself in this drama. Alfonso (Giovanni Ciccia) is an aspiring novelist who, as part of his scholarship to a writing program, must take an internship at a tabloid newspaper alongside his girlfriend Nadia (Lucia Jimenez). While Nadia is given a simple office assignment, Alfonso is made an assistant to one of the paper's top writers, Faundez (Gianfranco Brero), which turns out to be a demanding job. With his driver Van Gogh (Carlos Gassols) and his photographer Escalona (Fele Martinez), Faundez heads out each day to collect stories through intimidation and emotional manipulation, and he has no qualms about using sources for his own purposes or passing along stories to his less-industrious significant other, Roxanna (Ynonne Frayssinet).