After several weeks of getting to stay in class, I was assigned with reporting duty this Thursday and it went relatively well. By 11 PM on Wednesday night I was without a story idea and I was beginning to panic, but channel 9 news saved me when they announced that Governor Spitzer was going to speak at SU's Whitman School the following morning. I immediately got it Ok'd with Professor Nicholson, and enjoyed a stress free night now that I knew I wouldn't be needing a car or a bus to get my story.
I got to Whitman 15 minutes before the Governor was scheduled to speak and the school was filled with a mix of politicians, investors, students, faculty, and media personalities. It was real cool to see politicians that I'd learned about during the previous week while cramming for the midterm. I saw Bill Magnarelli, Matt Driscoll, Nick Pirro, Al Stirpe, and Dave Valesky to name a few. The governor was about half an hour late, but when he arrived the room grew eerily silent and all that could be heard were pictures being taken and photographers scurrying around to get in position for a good shot. I also saw Lara happily catering for the guests (she's a morning person) and Faith setting up post near the entrance of the "stage" to do her wrap on the same event. I felt guilty as she explained her stressful night looking for a story and we discussed story ideas and the different angles that we could try in order to make our stories unique. The press conference was relatively short and Spitzer got right down to business after briefly going over the struggles of Upstate New York's economy. Right off the bat he announced a comittment of $20 million by the State and the Assembly Delegation to the Connective Corridor project led by Chancellor Nancy Cantor. He also announced that the state would invest almost $10 million to four other downtown projects including the Convention Center parking lot, Franklin Square, the Near Westside, and the 300 block of South Salina Street.
Once I got into class, I immediately checked my sound to see if it was audible. It turned out alright and I started writing my story. I found trouble keeping it short and concise, seeing that the governor had announced so much important information. My original wrap turned out to be a little over one minute without the anchor intro, and my producer (Jon) told me to cut it down "as much as possible". He also apologized for it, which left me puzzled since as producer he is responsible for making sure each story finds a spot on the rundown. I cut it down about 15 seconds and it turned out perfect. (Kudos to Jon)
Team D (iversity) worked real well this week and we had great communication thanks to our producer who, along with his other duties, took time to show me how to cart tape. Ranbir did a fine job anchoring and Gino, like Professor Nicholson noted, "dug" up a great story.
I got to Whitman 15 minutes before the Governor was scheduled to speak and the school was filled with a mix of politicians, investors, students, faculty, and media personalities. It was real cool to see politicians that I'd learned about during the previous week while cramming for the midterm. I saw Bill Magnarelli, Matt Driscoll, Nick Pirro, Al Stirpe, and Dave Valesky to name a few. The governor was about half an hour late, but when he arrived the room grew eerily silent and all that could be heard were pictures being taken and photographers scurrying around to get in position for a good shot. I also saw Lara happily catering for the guests (she's a morning person) and Faith setting up post near the entrance of the "stage" to do her wrap on the same event. I felt guilty as she explained her stressful night looking for a story and we discussed story ideas and the different angles that we could try in order to make our stories unique. The press conference was relatively short and Spitzer got right down to business after briefly going over the struggles of Upstate New York's economy. Right off the bat he announced a comittment of $20 million by the State and the Assembly Delegation to the Connective Corridor project led by Chancellor Nancy Cantor. He also announced that the state would invest almost $10 million to four other downtown projects including the Convention Center parking lot, Franklin Square, the Near Westside, and the 300 block of South Salina Street.
Once I got into class, I immediately checked my sound to see if it was audible. It turned out alright and I started writing my story. I found trouble keeping it short and concise, seeing that the governor had announced so much important information. My original wrap turned out to be a little over one minute without the anchor intro, and my producer (Jon) told me to cut it down "as much as possible". He also apologized for it, which left me puzzled since as producer he is responsible for making sure each story finds a spot on the rundown. I cut it down about 15 seconds and it turned out perfect. (Kudos to Jon)
Team D (iversity) worked real well this week and we had great communication thanks to our producer who, along with his other duties, took time to show me how to cart tape. Ranbir did a fine job anchoring and Gino, like Professor Nicholson noted, "dug" up a great story.
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