http://www.wvec.com/blogs/profiles/borba.js: November 2007 Archives
10:13 PM Fri, Nov 30, 2007 | Permalink
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N-o-r-f-o-l-k. Seven little letters, seven thousand ways to say it. The pronunciation problem has plagued me since my move here. That was actually the first question I asked on my interview. Sitting around the breakfast table with my future colleagues, I got several different versions of Norfolk.
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11:42 PM Wed, Nov 28, 2007 | Permalink
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Tonight, while photographer Andy Grossman and I were covering the search for murder suspect Shawn Ward in Chesapeake, I managed to make a complete fool of myself.
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3:50 PM Fri, Nov 23, 2007 | Permalink
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Watching Wayne Carter's story from the Williamsburg outlets on Thanksgiving night was a real eye opener. In years past, when someone else was driving (i.e. - Dad) -- I've participated in the consumer mayhem that is Black Friday.
Not anymore.
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3:32 PM Fri, Nov 23, 2007 | Permalink
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The Hallmark version of Thanksgiving goes something like this: two tow-headed children sitting eagerly at the well-appointed dining room table filled with a meal that would make Martha Stewart drool. Around these gorgeously sweatered young kids are sundry aunts, uncles, grandparents and cousins waiting for the golden-brown turkey to be carved by Mom and Dad.
This is not my Thanksgiving reality.
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3:43 PM Thu, Nov 22, 2007 | Permalink
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In this line of work I cover a lot of car crashes where people die or are seriously injured because they aren't wearing a seatbelt. At the end of the stories, I almost always tag with the line, "officers say wearing a seatbelt could have prevented this." On Wednesday night, I didn't listen to my own advice and am now paying the price for it.
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1:37 PM Thu, Nov 22, 2007 | Permalink
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I despise traveling during the holidays, particularly flying. My annoyance with the airline industry has a long history, and has only deepened this holiday season.
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12:43 AM Sun, Nov 18, 2007 | Permalink
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In a lot of ways since my move to Hampton Roads, I feel like a kid in school...experiencing everything for the first time. Friday, 13 News photographer Andy Grossman and I were headed to James City County to work on story about Christmas trees and the drought (and deer). During the long haul from our Norfolk studios, I was absolutely dumbfounded by the vibrant colors of foliage lining I-64.
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2:36 PM Fri, Nov 16, 2007 | Permalink
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My full transition into the digital age has been an interesting one. Attending college in post-Clueless Southern California, my cell phone became as necessary as toothbrushes for my day to day life. When I got my first job in television, I gained a few more gadgets...in addition to my personal cell phone...I had a work cell and a pager. This past Christmas I added one more to my already overloaded bag, an iPod courtesy of Mom and Dad.
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2:58 PM Thu, Nov 15, 2007 | Permalink
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Journalists are competitive people (Particularly in the months of November, February, May and July) Nothing drives us more than making sure we have the information, the edge that somebody else doesn't have...so our viewers can be rewarded for their loyalty by getting news, breaking or otherwise, first. Well, it turns out we're not just competitive about stories, scoops and ratings....apparently we also fight tooth and nail to be the better blo...
1:56 PM Wed, Nov 14, 2007 | Permalink
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As a reporter, I cover plenty of stories where people are killed. I've reached a point in my career where I'm pretty much immune to murders. While it certainly never makes me happy to cover the death of an adult, for better or worse -- I can accept the tragedy in my mind and move on.
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2:36 PM Sun, Nov 11, 2007 | Permalink
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Like New York City, the news business never sleeps. Even in the wee hours of the morning the WVEC newsroom is humming with activity: from scanners to producers and reporters and technical staff working to get the next show on the air....the television news biz is 24 hours. When the rest of the world is taking a holiday, there are still at least a handful of staffers in our building, working.
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4:18 PM Thu, Nov 08, 2007 | Permalink
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That's what our 5 p.m. producer Bob Bennett likes to say about me. No matter the season, my hands inevitably feel like popsicles. This fact has me particularly concerned about my first full Hampton Roads winter.
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3:06 PM Sun, Nov 04, 2007 | Permalink
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Thank heavens daylight saving time has finally kicked in. As you know, the start of DST was pushed back one week by Congress. Apparently, though, my BlackBerry didn't get the memo.
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11:49 PM Thu, Nov 01, 2007 | Permalink
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Often when you a reporter is being introduced by Regina or David on the 11 p.m. newscast you'll hear them say something like "13 News reporter Brian Farrell/Sula Kim/Kristina Rohall/Andria Borba is just back from Franklin/Isle of Wight/Gloucester and joins us live with more on that story". For me, tonight was one of those nights.
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