It seems though I may have programmed the producers too well. I’ve written how I proudly wear the Dream Killer Tiara as I often have to tell producers they can’t have desired live shots because logistically they’re just not possible. Everyone knows though that I, and the others on the news desk, work hard to make all the requests come true.
So I was quite surprised yesterday when a producer cancelled a live shot without even talking to me about a way to make it happen. "You’ve go... Continue reading ...
“I’m in Longmont. Have you received any calls on lights in the sky? My wife and I and two or three others saw this light that looked like a shooting start until it split into two and then crisscrossed each other until the lights faded out!”
The caller went on to explain more about the lights. He said Longmont Police had said the lights were from pyrotechnic skydivers but that he didn’t believe it. I told him that I couldn’t confirm that but there was a group of pyrotechnic sky... Continue reading ...
Monday night (Nov. 2) after 6 p.m. I heard a call to respond to a stabbing in Jefferson County. Several agencies were called to send crews, including K-9, set up a perimeter to search for suspects. Immediately my new antennas went up and I was on alert. I had few crews – let me rephrase – NO crews, available to send to just check out the scene. I needed information and I needed logistic plans A – D.
I waited a few minutes to give dispatchers enough time to do their jobs before I bothered... Continue reading ...
I understand how difficult it is to be a PIO or PR rep during breaking news or a developing situation. (For rest of post I will use PIO-Public Information Officer-to refer to all media reps.) I relate to your job as I compare it to that of my own as an assignment editor. I only know what is happening by what I’m told by news crews on scene, witnesses or PIOs; or by what I hear on the scanners.
Producers, writers, editors, managers, reporters, photographers constantly ask me for more det... Continue reading ...
"I NEED ALL THE INTERNS IN THIS NEWSROOM TO ANSWER THE PHONES!!!!"
I'd cupped my hands around my mouth to amplify my voice and shouted out into the newsroom in a very stern voice.
I didn't even think. I just yelled. The entire newsroom went quiet. Then a couple of the producers chimed in, "Please. Please help answer the phones."
The phones were ringing constantly and the afternoon storms were just starting to cause havoc. My coworker on the desk and I were working to gather information and... Continue reading ...
I started this blog over a week ago and every time I sit down to write it, I can't seem to get out what I want to say. This block has left me feeling like there's nothing else I can blog about until I get this out. So please, if ramble and take tangents, remember it's my way of trying to connect the dots. I'd love your feedback and ideas. I agree Lacey, it's been too long since I blogged. Last week was a horrible week for journalism in Denver. The Rocky Mountain News closed. There were lay offs... Continue reading ...
Sometimes breaking news is only covered because of timing and resources. Shootings, bank robberies, fights, chases, searches, stand offs, auto/pedestrian accidents, etc happen regularly on a daily basis. There is simply no way to cover everything that happens. Plus, this may be cold but true, who really cares about all of this? Incidents happen and resolve without injuries or without road closings, school lockdowns, evacuation. Sometimes there are injured victims, sometimes there are road clo... Continue reading ...
There really is no better look to describe my feelings about my job than my profile pic - taken of me on my wedding day as a pin stuck me in the process of fixing a strap on my dress. Anticipation. Excitement. Pain. Emotions a bride can experience on her wedding day. Emotions I live through on the job. At the end of the work day though, the job isn't going to be sweeping me away for a honeymoon.
The honeymoon in my career ended just a short three months after I... Continue reading ...
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About Me
This picture captures the exact moment when I was stuck by a safety-pin! It so happens this is an expression I occasionally have as an assignment editor at CBS4 News in Denver. Daily and breaking news coverage changes moment by moment, often leaving me surprised at how we actually get a newscast on the air!
When young kids come for a tour at the station I tell them, to think of me as they would think of their teachers. Internally I'm thinking, "you have no idea how similar a newsroom is to the classroom!" This is my blog on the craziness and adventures of the newsroom and my thoughts on media using social media.
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