The winter of 2010-2011 has brought us some kind of snow event, ice or rain storm, or temps in the 40's-50's every couple of weeks. Regardless of what is happening, most days we've had beautiful sunshine, which just makes everything seem better!
As we usher in February 2011, Mother Nature does not disappoint as we welcome yet another approaching winter storm.
With snow storms come hundreds of iAlerts into the Channel 3 Newsroom. The iAlert computers have been hot all winter long spewing out the school closings. There has been so much snow, state legislators are working on expanding the calamity days again to a reasonable number to deal with Cleveland, Ohio winters.
Please, if you have an iAlert account, read over your information packet and follow the easy steps to close your school from home via the phone or computer. It's quite an easy process. And the idea is so that administrators can close their schools wherever and whenever they'd like to throughout the day, night or overnight. However, at times folks have been making it much more difficult than it really is by not typing in the correct day for schools to reopen or the closing to expire.
We are in the midst of February sweeps as we continue cranking out stories our viewers can use to enhance their lives, inform them, help save money, and get healthier in the new year. Added in of course investigative pieces from The Investigator Tom Meyer and special stories from every one of our reporters throughout the month. Be sure to catch teases for upcoming stories on facebook, Twitter, YouTube, wkyc.com as well as on air at Channel 3.
And, unfortunately, for this news desk chick, it will have to be an 'award-less year.' I was quite fortunate last year to win my 8th Emmy award and my 14th Press Club Award. However, in a year with budget & pay cuts and a rocky economy overall, I'm letting the deadlines for the local Emmy Award entries and local Press Club Award entries come and go. I'm very proud of my work from 2010 and could have come up with at least 1/2 dozen stories to enter. However, entries = lots of money! Basically, you have to pay for your membership fee and then an entry fee for each application.
The award rat race will have to get along with one less rat!
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