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Alien abductee email news tip

Posted by Misty Montano on Saturday, July 10, 2010, In : Assignment News Desk 
“John Doe

Denver
555-555-55555
Granting an on air t.v. interview about alien abductions.  An abductee requesting an interview.  How does this work?  Can someone contact me to explain the process.  555-555-5555 and ask for John Doe over at No Name Modeling & Talent Agency”

Yes, the above is indeed a news tip/request that the station received last week via email.  To protect the identity of the tipster, I changed the name and a few other details.  All of my changes are in italics.

Every once in...
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I am an assignment editor

Posted by Misty Montano on Friday, June 19, 2009, In : Assignment News Desk 

Thursday, January 29, 2009

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...

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Journalism in a Social Media World

*I have combined my two media blogs to make On the News Desk the permanent home for both.  All future posts will be here.  You can click above link to access & search previous blogs.

Misty Montano


Evolving Journalist I am an assignment editor at CBS4 News in Denver and a journalist using social media. Daily and breaking news coverage changes moment by moment, often leaving me surprised at how we actually get a newscast on the air! Social media has and is changing the world of journalism. 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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