Author (#283)January 2007 Archives
6:53 PM Fri, Jan 19, 2007 | Permalink
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Have you found us yet for 10@10 on Portland's C-W?
We have a new look. We bring you the top stories and weather in a fast-paced 10-minutes.
That way you don't have to wait for 30 minutes or more to get the news you want, and your weather forecast.
If you're looking around the dial... You'll find 10@10 on Cable channel 3... and channel 32, if you don't have cable.
I thought you'd like to meet a few of the great pe...
6:03 PM Wed, Jan 17, 2007 | Permalink
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There's something I really love about bad weather.
It does,for the most part, bring out the best in people. It brings both neighbors and strangers together against the elements.
Good Samaritans stop to pull distressed motorists out of ditches, they help push cars out of harm's way, lend a hand to someone trying to chain up, or scrape a windshield.
It certainly brings the Newschannel 8 team together.
Mallorie of Tu...
5:38 PM Tue, Jan 16, 2007 | Permalink
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Happy Snow Day!
The screams this morning were of delight.
"Snow Day".
Portland Public Schools called it as my kids watched Newschannel 8 at Sunrise.
It was almost as good as Christmas.
The kids of our Northeast Portland neighborhood delighted with kids all over the metro area in sledding, throwing snowballs, making snow angels,and drinking hot chocolate.
My kids also warmed up syrup to pour...
4:10 PM Thu, Jan 11, 2007 | Permalink
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Some of you have already written me about something new you've spotted on Newschannel 8 at 10pm on Portland's C-W.
Michael wrote me last night after the 10pm news.
Michael: I sometimes stay up until 11, but I frequently watch at 10. I see tonight you call it 10 at 10? What does it mean?
10@10 is a new way to give you the day's top stories, and seven day forecast in the first 10 minutes.
That way you don...
5:46 PM Wed, Jan 10, 2007 | Permalink
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You may have noticed a new name during our 11pm newscast.
We now refer to our late news staff of reporters and photographers as the "Night Team"?
Mike B. wrote me to ask why the "Night Team"?
Mike says he liked our 11p.m. news the way it was.
We like our late news,too, but we think the "Night Team" name underscores that our late newscast is fresh, not just a rehash of the early newscasts.
We have a whole staff...
7:25 PM Fri, Jan 05, 2007 | Permalink
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Becky,the barista at Starbucks handed me my usual mocha and said,
"You know that story you all did on the guy who saved the student on the subway in New York-- that story made me cry."
She told me she lived in New York, and you don't hear about those types of heroic acts very often there.
You've probably heard about the story by now.
The hero, "Wesley Autrey" saved a 20 year old college student who had a seizure...
5:45 PM Thu, Jan 04, 2007 | Permalink
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We got a new digital camera for Christmas, so I thought I'd try adding a picture to my blog.
Of course, this is going to take some assistance from our very tech-savvy 11pm Senior Producer, Aaron Weiss.
If you watch the late news very often, you'll hear Joe and I mention Aaron.
He's the guy in "our ears".
We wear little earpieces called IFB's that allow us to hear the producer in the control room.
Aaron is...
5:17 PM Wed, Jan 03, 2007 | Permalink
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Happy 2007!
After a week off, it's great to be back at Newschannel 8.
I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and rang in the New Year in style.
My family and I did something we have wanted to do for a few years, and finally did it.
We ran Portland's "First Run" at midnight on New Year's Eve.
We wore our party hats, and carried our noisemakers and horns, as we dashed across the starting line at the World Trade ...
