Who unplugged the phones?

Compared to yesterday when all phone lines stayed lit from dusk til dawn, I really thought our phone system was down today.

I am not complaining!

Quite the zany business where you never know what's in store. Never a clue what to expect when you walk through that door.

There are other regimented businesses who have set schedules day in, day out. You know what time of day it is by what seminar you are attending, the flavor of the office activity, or what conference call is engaging you.

Not in a newsroom.

Today, very productive and very satisfying, yet as crazy as ever!

I pride myself on keeping my videographers on the move covering stories (hopefully useful and informative for our customers) OR beating the pants off the competition (it happens on occasion!). Today I received 5 gold stars! They were ALL on the go from the minute they walked in the door until the last second before they clocked out --achieving success on all fronts!

The new content we had during our shift --well, actually all of it was new content!

And when thrown a loop asking for a special request, an impromptu interview, several sports events, or breaking news, I was able to pull a rabbit out of my hat!

I LOVE these days. Puzzles pop that need solving and I successfully solved every conundrum tossed my way.

I don't mean to sound like I am tooting my own horn. On the contrary, it's quite the joint effort and impeccable communication that breeds success at the end of the day! Our crew has worked together for so long, it's like a well-oiled machine (with a few ornery children!!!!).

SEAMLESS! As our producer states, "I left it all here!!!"

My head is spinning

This is a great time to be on the news assignment desk (if you like multi-tasking and working hard!!!)...

I've told you before, never a dull moment and always busy!

But now, there is so much happening, my head is spinning--in a good way!

We are fortunate to have the 2008 Beijing Olympics on NBC through August 24th. We are only 3 days in and have seen some extraordinary competition! It's just riveting! The schedules for some of our staff have been changed to accomodate our late newscast. That's always a crap shoot. If a reporter comes in later to stay later, they may miss the 'meat' of their story or they may miss the 'window of opportunity' for obtaining an interview.

We are in the midst of Cleveland Browns season. Every day we have to send at least 1 crew out to Browns Camp for their practice sessions...and more if we are actually going live for our broadcasts.

I know many of you have given up on the Cleveland Indians. I have not. And we still have almost 2 months of baseball left to play. The Indians are home for about a week and a half which makes for an even busier news assignment desk and hectic sports department!

If that was not enough, we are less than 2 weeks away from Friday Night Fever. We also have our new project kicking off in conjunction with Friday Night Fever: HighSchoolSports.net. Find your favorite high school team and get the latest updates!


I have not even mentioned getting ready for all the politics over the coming months and the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. We have been and are very involved with the race....as well as the day in and day out news coverage to give our viewer the top news of the day!


What can I say, never a dull moment and that is the way I LIKE IT!