Oh, the stress

As usual, I freaked out about my story this week. I found a bunch of things that seemed pretty interesting, but they all worked better as reporter stories, rather than foners. So I gave my original idea to A.J. and I think that worked out pretty well. However, by 2:00, I still didn't have a foner set up. I was getting really nervous, and finally Andrew saved me by giving me the pamphlet from the presentation he went to at SUNY Upstate Medical. He did a story on a national health care system, so I called the Physicians for a National Health Program and interviewed the campaign manager who talked me about the presentations they do around the country. I think the story turned out okay, so thank you Andrew!

As far as the rest of the day, it was pretty stress-free. Team B was working ahead of time, so I got to review all my stories before I went on-air. At the end of the newscast, Jordan and I thought we were going to be really pressed for time, so we wound up cutting the weather really short. I also paused awkwardly in the middle of my kicker, trying to decide whether or not I should finish it or cut the last sentence. Ultimately, we wound up ending the newscast with ten seconds to spare. So next time, we're going to have to watch the time more carefully. Other than that, I think our newscast was great.