The saying goes, if you don't like the weather in Cleveland, just wait a minute or two, it'll change!
The same holds true for news.
Immersed in our afternoon editorial meeting, we brainstorm for the 11pm newscast.
We came up with some pretty solid ideas for our night side reporters. One of them already out picking up a soundbite for the early shows, then onto his next assignment.
No sooner had we left the fishbowl (affectionate term for our conference room) had the news of the day changed.
Historic National City Bank may be up for sale. Our web gurus broke the story on our website. Numerous people within the newsroom began gathering details, making calls, pulling together a story that now will lead our 6pm news.
It's less than 2 hours before our next live show.
When news breaks, lots of changes have to be made. The producer must re-stack her show, add the new story or stories and oftentimes, kill other stories to accommodate the new ones.
The director must then make his new notations on the updated format.
The floor director must make new copies of the rundown for everyone involved and replace the old scripts with the new ones.
It's amazing how much work and how many people are affected when just one story changes.
Fast forward to 11pm. The solid stories we thought we had for our reporters are in flux. Paul will follow the breaking NCB story. Dave's window of opportunity ended for his initial story, and he is spinning onto something else.
We have less than four hours 'til show time, and I'm guessing Producer Dan's show will take a few twists and turns along the way!
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