Answer:
"It made me think that my new job as a reporter was going to be easy in comparison."
Step-by-step explanation:
According to the story, the narrator is supposed to be interviewing some people and asking them questions on how the budget cuts would affect the school and with the way she was received, she learnt new things and felt that her new job as a reporter was going to be easy.
Therefore, the excerpt from the story that best supports the idea that the narrator admires the people she interviews on the first day on the job is that she felt that her new job as a reporter would be easy by comparison