Awesome stretch for news--hard news, breaking news, and some fabulous local features, kicker type stories!
Thursday night we had a big fire that broke out in the old lumber company in Medina.....everything came together perfectly!
I sent my camera man /truck operator Dan Medsker in his truck.....he arrived on scene of a fire still burning out of control. Old joke that many 'old timers' including the infamous Ed Verba used to say --'if it's really a good fire worth covering, it will still be burning when I get there!'
Dan shot the fire, some sound, established a signal and had already fed back the story in time for the 11pm news show! Funny how news comes together.
I had written the web story when it first broke out and attached a new picture as well as the video he sent back.
Love it!
Then Friday--another great news day.....tragedy inter-mixed with jubilation.
On one hand a little boy drowned in an Akron pond--awful story heading into the summer.....we covered it and reported it on our news shows.
Later Friday night, the highly anticipated Spelling Bee winner was crowned --and low and behold, she was the little girl from North Royalton, Ohio! Whew!
Anamika Veeramani outlasted everyone else and took home top honors! Again, it seemed it was the 2nd night in a row the entire newsroom was watching a television monitor cheering on the local girl.....and through each word, the cheers went up at various cubicles and watching stations!
What a hoot!
Though it is very difficult to watch television during the course of a shift, when a potential lead story or story in your show is unfolding before your eyes on tv, all eyes are watching!
And when she won, the entire newsroom burst into cheers for the little girl from Ohio who finally brought home a championship!!!
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