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April 2008
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Today on 13 News at Noon, we broke a horrible story of a body found on a construction site in Chesapeake. Workers were erecting homes when they found a ditch that someone dug and according to people in the area a hand appeared to be sticking out of the ditch. I was heading to the Virginia Beach Oceanfront for another story around noon when my longtime colleague Vanessa Coria called with a tip from a source of hers that this was going ... 13 News Anchor Lasalle Blanks is enjoying a little vacation time, so I've been anchoring 13 News Daybreak in his absence. If you happened to read my blog, "Reporting live from a plastic bubble," you know I managed break my big toe in 5 places in late February. I now only have two weeks and some change left in my oh-so-fashionable walking cast. Thank heavens. When the boot finally comes off, I look forward to buying new shoes, because I've been seriously wearing down the left ones. Thanks to everyone who has been so sweet and discreetly ... Team Coverage. It's a term you hear pretty often on 13News. Putting multiple photographers and reporters on one story is sometimes the only way to cover all of the possible angles. Wednesday afternoon, we at 13News rolled into a form of selfless team coverage I've never experienced before. At 5 p.m., 13News photographer Andy Grossman and I were shooting "b-roll" (or cover video) for a story we were assigned to cover at a meet... Tonight we're working a story about someone stealing a fire extinguisher off a school bus and using it to smash through the window of an elementary school building. At first glance, some said, what's the big deal? Well think about it. Teachers are struggling with smaller budgets, school systems are looking for ways to give teachers raises, and buy better books to better prepare our children for school. Yet, the schools are continuing t... At the time, I felt terrible for them. Two women devastated by the death of one man: Thomas White. He was found shot to death last June in his home in Perquimans County. His daughter, Katherine Ann White, showed us inside the home where her father was killed. She explained she and her mother came home and discovered someone broke into the house, stealing money and jewelry. ...When I was working at my last TV station in Jackson, Mississippi and beginning to look to make a move to another station I was so excited to get a job offer in Hartford, Connecticut. I was there on a job interview, walked in the door and the station resembled a library, it was quiet, stuffy, very serious, people seemed unhappy, and were even rolling their eyes as the manager walked by. I wasn't looking forward to it, but it was a great ...
Well today I'm covering the murder of a woman over the weekend in Virginia Beach, I was so pleased and surprised to walk up to do... Did you notice anything different about my live shot last night (Wednesday) from the Virginia Beach Jail? Well, if you were looking closely, you noticed I was shorter and sitting down. 13News producer Pearl Fyderek has accused me of using this blog to list my various injuries -- so in keeping with that tradition.... I'll spare you the gory (and painful) details, but I broke my big toe on Sunday. Not pleasant. The injury and le... This is a blog I've been meaning to write for a while... As a television reporter, I've developed somewhat of a thick skin. I'm used to doors being slammed in my face, having hideous names thrown in my direction and generally being the last person anyone wants to see. So, when someone is kind to me out on assignment, to say the least, I'm a bit taken aback. I've been blessed by the kindness of strangers a few times in...
Many times my day is a waiting game of waiting for the material I've uncovered to be confirmed and able t... |
