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9:34 PM Fri, Mar 21, 2008 | Permalink
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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 ...
9:08 PM Fri, Mar 21, 2008 | Permalink
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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...
3:56 PM Thu, Feb 28, 2008 | Permalink
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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...
3:45 PM Thu, Feb 28, 2008 | Permalink
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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...
10:12 PM Sat, Feb 09, 2008 | Permalink
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Saturday evening, 13News photographer Beth Brown and I found ourselves headed from Norfolk to Hampton to cover a brush fire. We'd seen the live pictures shot by Roger Crawley and Sky13 on 13News at 6 -- they looked impressive. When we arrived to the corner of Harris Creek Road and Edinburgh, I was shocked to find out we couldn't go any farther. We were what seemed like miles away from the burning brush. The only action near our live van was th...
9:14 PM Thu, Feb 07, 2008 | Permalink
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Everyone has something they get geeky about. Some people have baseball statistics backed up in their head like some Bob Uecker clone. Others, can remember every specific detail of a fashion designer's collection -- from inspiration to trim. My inner geek gets unleashed over politics -- and primary season is like my World Cup -- it arrives every 4 years and I'm totally consumed.
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8:58 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink
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I've been accused by one 13News producer, Pearl Fyderek, of using this blog to give my personal version of the Hampton Roads weather report. This is not one of those blogs. Well, not really.
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8:38 PM Wed, Jan 30, 2008 | Permalink
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It's hard to believe, but I've called Hampton Roads and WVEC home for a year now.
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8:48 PM Fri, Jan 18, 2008 | Permalink
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Thursday's murder of Chesapeake Detective Jarrod Shivers took me back to my first television news job in California.
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10:25 PM Wed, Jan 16, 2008 | Permalink
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There is no doubt when it comes to the battle royale -- the internet is clobbering television in terms of sheer growth. The numbers don't lie, on "Cyber Monday" this year (the first Monday after Thanksgiving) a staggering 687 million dollars was spent by consumers online-- up from $484 million the year before. It's obvious that television and the web have a certain shared destiny. (Clearly I get it...I'm a television reporter blogging for my s...
