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May 2008
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September 2007 ArchivesOne of my favorite nightly rituals is reading before I go to sleep. I prefer fiction at bedtime, an escape from obligatory news and information that I digest during the rest of my day. It seems I don't get around to reading the books "everyone's" talking about until two to five years after they've been anointed with zeitgeist status. Too late to impress anyone with literary hipness, but soon enough to finish the book before the movie comes o... Today (September 10th) Newschannel 8 at Noon expands to one hour! You'll find "Out of control." Those were the only words on a whimsical email this week from my oldest daughter, just starting her freshman year in college on the East Coast. This video link followed: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ViTlAHhwrbI That clip is just one of the latest offshoots of a YouTube video that started with an otherwise inconsequential Rose Festival live shot assigne... A collective cheer went up in the newsroom yesterday afternoon when late word came in that 76 year old Doris Anderson had been found...alive! Her family calls it a miracle and who can disagree? She had been missing for two weeks in the Wallowa mountains after getting separated from her husband on a hunting trip. Jack Penning was quickly dispatched to Baker City to cover the amazing story of survival. We are learning even more ... The teleprompter disappeared this morning. I mean, it was physically there.. it just didn't work. Did you notice as you watched Newschannel 8 at Sunrise--- Russ and I looking up and down between our scripts and the camera? : - ) When it's functioning, the prompter allows us to maintain eye contact with the camera-- and hence, our audience. We see the news scripts scrolling in front of us. We're reading but it appears we're conversing. |
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