Away from the “Desk”
I spent most of the day out of the office with the evening anchor team, Jerry Tabatt, Amy Hoyt and Jerry Brown. For me getting out of the building is a special treat because I spend most of the time at my desk. The word desk is even in my title.
We went to DeFuniak Springs in Walton County to the Okaloosa-Walton College Chatauqua Center. Students, members of the Chatauqua Cyber Club and many others from the community came to the event. The main topic of discussion was weather, which is one of the highest interest points for our viewers. This is especially true right now with the area in the Gulf of Mexico that our Titan 13 team is keeping a close eye on.
In addition, I was able to show off our website. This includes our special section on the Boot Camp Trial, something I am very proud of. We put a lot of work into wmbb.com to provide you with the information you are looking for and extra content.
During the Q&A session, we handed out our News 13 on your side Safety Guides. Afterwards, many people came up to shake our hands and thank us for coming. Several asked for autographs on their guides, even from me. Being “Behind the Scenes” I’m not usually asked for my John Hancock, so it was almost humurous to me.
The anchor team enjoyed having me talk about the website. Hopefully I will be able to accompany them at these events more often. It’s not often that I get away from the desk and get the pleasure of meeting people face to face.
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About The Assignment Desk
When people ask "What does the assignment desk do?" I often have a hard time answering. That's one reason why I've decided to create this "Behind the Scenes" blog. This is a fast paced business that is very addictive to those of us who would most likely now be put on some kind of medication for ADD if we were still in school. The better question might be what doesn't the assignment desk do? I've heard many people equate it to air traffic control. I schedule our crews, assign stories, gather information on story ideas, answer phones, work with reporters on their stories, provide information for producers, work on special projects, fill in for producers and the list goes on and on. With a growing emphasis on web news, I am also very involved with the content on wmbb.com. This includes Heather's Headlines which previews our story line-up for the day. My favorite part of working the assignment desk is dealing with breaking news. It's such a rush and feeling of accomplishment gathering information, sending crews out where they need to go, and getting the news on the web and on our broadcast as quickly as possible for our viewers.
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