So you think you can do my job?
There are some professions which for whatever reason people think any moron can do. Such jobs include policemen ("Why are you giving me a ticket? you should be blah blah blah...) President of the United States (obvious), or Newsman.
I can't tell you how many times i get told, "you should put such and such on the air.. or you should do a story about _____." Just this morning I came into the office with a note informing me of a motorcycle accident, and the suggestion that I might get a scanner so i'll know "What the locals know."
I do have a scanner. Unfortunately it was eaten by battery acid, after I tried to charge unchargeable batteries.
Anyway, I knew about the motorcycle accident. I called Dispatch. I got the story. Motorcycle accident on 441, also with a car. evacuating by air. no other details presently available.
For starters, an accident on highway 441 is no longer news. There are accidents on 441 EVERY DAY. EVERY SINGLE DAY. EVERY ONE. If there IS NOT an accident on 441, that's news worthy.
Since it was a state highway, I will need to call the Toccoa State Patrol post for any other details. But state troopers do not rush home to the post just because there was an accident. They do the report, then they truck around doing their job, until the end of their shift. Some times they don't do the paperwork then, they do it the next day. Chances are good if i call around 4pm today, I'll be able to get the details on the accident. Then I might be able to provide details on the story that any idiot with a scanner does not know... Than the story is news.
I am NOT David Shideler, the Traffic Dude. I'm the NEWS DIRECTOR. Now news is a subtle mixture between what people should know, and what people want to know. I personally feel like the people of Rabun County have been getting catered too with "all the news that you want to hear" for a little to long. There are important things going on that I'm going to tell you about, whether you want to know about them or not. I WILL have an educated audience, if I have to drag them kicking and screaming.
In the mean time, if you want me to go live with every single traffic jam.. don't buy me a scanner, buy me a traffic helicopter.
Send the Money to David Shideler, C/O SKY 104 Action News Chopper, 18 Radio Lane, Clayton GA 30525.
I can't tell you how many times i get told, "you should put such and such on the air.. or you should do a story about _____." Just this morning I came into the office with a note informing me of a motorcycle accident, and the suggestion that I might get a scanner so i'll know "What the locals know."
I do have a scanner. Unfortunately it was eaten by battery acid, after I tried to charge unchargeable batteries.
Anyway, I knew about the motorcycle accident. I called Dispatch. I got the story. Motorcycle accident on 441, also with a car. evacuating by air. no other details presently available.
For starters, an accident on highway 441 is no longer news. There are accidents on 441 EVERY DAY. EVERY SINGLE DAY. EVERY ONE. If there IS NOT an accident on 441, that's news worthy.
Since it was a state highway, I will need to call the Toccoa State Patrol post for any other details. But state troopers do not rush home to the post just because there was an accident. They do the report, then they truck around doing their job, until the end of their shift. Some times they don't do the paperwork then, they do it the next day. Chances are good if i call around 4pm today, I'll be able to get the details on the accident. Then I might be able to provide details on the story that any idiot with a scanner does not know... Than the story is news.
I am NOT David Shideler, the Traffic Dude. I'm the NEWS DIRECTOR. Now news is a subtle mixture between what people should know, and what people want to know. I personally feel like the people of Rabun County have been getting catered too with "all the news that you want to hear" for a little to long. There are important things going on that I'm going to tell you about, whether you want to know about them or not. I WILL have an educated audience, if I have to drag them kicking and screaming.
In the mean time, if you want me to go live with every single traffic jam.. don't buy me a scanner, buy me a traffic helicopter.
Send the Money to David Shideler, C/O SKY 104 Action News Chopper, 18 Radio Lane, Clayton GA 30525.
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