Small-town America: mission accomplished

You have to click on this link and watch (not read) the story. Yes, that is a command.

http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=8356823

This is a project that has been months in the making... and to see the story I've put dozens of hours into on the front page of KTUU's Web site... and to have watched it as it was broadcast throughout Alaska... is a huge feeling for me.

I'll try to get the video up on my blog soon, but in the meantime, take the few minutes to click the link and watch the story... it's one that will leave you feeling all happy inside... at least that's how I feel when I watch it.

Over at Channel 2

I spend at least 36 hours per week here... so thought I'd give you all a glimps of life in the Channel 2 news station. There's some pretty cool stuff here... everything from the basement studio to the various rooms decked out in computers, screens, switch boards and the tons of other technology it takes to put on a broadcast. One thing's for sure, working in a news room is rarely boring.

Me "boothing" lasts night's 10 p.m. broadcast. When I booth it's my job to keep the show on time (to the second) and be the voice in the anchors' ears... give them time cues, let them know if anything changes, etc.
Logo on the news room wall
Shot of the newsroom... my desk is the one with the moose calendar on the right.
PCR (program control room)... this is where I booth from... there's a couple rooms that look like this... full of gadgets, gismos and the like.
The studio.... I run the prompter in the back corner of the studio (where this photo was taken from) for the weekday 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. shows.

Tracy Sinclaire recording a weather update