Under Pressure

I was under a lot of pressure today because it was my first time producing and I was in Team A. Both my reporters had stories approved really early which was awesome. The only problem was I knew Annie would be getting to class late, and that Lara risked the chance of coming a little late as well. But I really didn't worry that much because I trusted them both. I mean if I lend someone my car I better trust them! I knew by 3:45 both wraps would be done.

I could tell Katie was a little nervous because she had never anchored before. But she did an incredible job putting her two phoners together. They led off our newscast, and I thought both were awesome. When I was writing the copy stories for her, I knew she read fast. So what I did was make the rundown 10 seconds lighter, just so we wouldn't be over on time at all. What happened was Katie read much much slower than I think we both expected, and we ended up having to cut a story! And we still went two seconds over! Noooooo! As producer, it's my fault. But her slower pace was really good, so next time we work together I know exactly what to expect. As a result of the cut story, we also had two wraps back to back, which I really didn't want. Other than that I thought the order of stories I chose and what the stories were themselves was good.

So I guess I'll summarize the story that didn't get into the newscast. It was about the two U.S peace activists who couldn't get into Canada back in August because their names appeared in the FBI database. Now after their protest group handed out petitions to Canadian consulates, Parliament was letting them into Canada. I thought it was an interesting story, and wish it had gotten into our cast.

At the end of the day, or at 3:45 I should say, we were good to go. Both my reporters somehow got their wraps done, despite getting in after 2:00. And both were really well done. I knew I could count on those girls. Again Katie did a tremendous job anchoring. I'm still really mad that we went two seconds over, because it falls on my shoulders. I tried throughout the whole day to keep calm, despite being the producer of Team A. I think my reporters were more worried about getting their stories done than I was. All in all despite being over, I was extremely pleased with todays newscast. I really enjoyed working with the three girls, and I would surely do it again.