Friday, May 18, 2007

All That Noise

So I asked Erin, one of the Multimedia Content Coordinators, to provide you with a brief insight into the amount of noise she listens to every day. Here is what she said….

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Television is about competition and contrary to what some may think it isn’t about who is first. It is about who is accurate, fair and creative.  Some days news happens all on its own and other days we have to find stories and bring them to life. Like any good competitor you know what the other guys in the race are doing.

One of the many things I do as Multimedia Content Coordinator is know what the competition is doing. I watch other stations newscasts and it isn’t easy.
The desk has 3 phones, a two-way pager, 7 scanners and several people around at any given time. There are also 3 televisions one on our own station, and the other 2 on the other stations.

Trying to explain how I listen to all this ‘noise’ as many would call it and still understand what the competition is doing is an accomplishment. I don’t know exactly how I do it and I probably couldn’t teach you do it, it is just something I learned on the job.
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Have a wonderful and safe weekend.