I often tell people TV reporters are like cops, in a way. We work strange hours, weekends and holidays. We drive around in different parts of town in marked cars. And our supervisors dispatch us to assignments. Some are personally compelling to us; others turn out to be the journalistic equivalent of a car prowl.
(On a few select occasions, I've likened what we do to working at a sewage treatment plant, but that's for another posting :...
