February Sweeping me off my Feet
Working in news, February means more than chalky abbreviated hearts and bouquets of roses. It means sweeps, and not the good kind that this title would lead you to believe. Today is the beginning of our ratings period, which for us reporters translates into longer workdays, more investigative stories, and a vast amount of time consumed by tediously scanning documents into pdf form and posting them to the web.
But, I can’t argue because for me, this sweeps month means lots of time spent on the beautiful beaches! That’s because I’m tearing into the issue of who owns the beaches; asking questions like, “are they public or private property?” and, “where do you draw the line?” Almost every reporter has a special assignment during this time, so basically any time during any given week of February you can scan the newsroom and notice at least one person sifting through documents, making countless phone calls, ripping their hair out, or they’re just plain bald from doing so the week before. In the end, you can look back at a finished product that goes more in depth that the usual 1 and a half minute special, and walk away knowing you dug deeper and left the viewers with hopefully, a thorough understanding of the issues.
Maybe after this month I’ll know beach property like the back of my hand.
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I was born and raised just outside the nation's capital in northern Virginia, and recently graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a major of Broadcast Journalism and minor in International Relations. I studied abroad for a while in Italy and also traveled to Shanghai, China for a journalism class. During college I worked at CBS6 in Richmond, VA as well as FOX5 in Washington D.C. I'm glad to be in sunny Florida and look forward to making Panama City my home for the next few years...
Recent Entries:
- World of Couch Potatoes
- Trying the Trolley - Day 5
- Trying the Trolley - Day 4
- Trying the Trolley - Day 2
- Trying the Trolley - Day 3
- Trying the Trolley - Day 1
- A Year-Old Newby
- Throwing a Bone
- Relay for Life a Success!
- Sometimes Too Removed
- Those Born Without Wings Should Jump Instead
- Those Born Without Wings Shouldn’t Fly
- February Sweeping me off my Feet
- Palm Trees and Pine Trees
- Staying in Shape
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