Making of a Newscast: 24 hours in the newsroom
KVAL news broadcasts live at 5 a.m., 6 a.m., noon, 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. The newsroom never sleeps. By KVAL Web StaffEUGENE, Ore. - Have you ever wondered what it takes to get the news on the air? The week of April 28 to May 3, KVAL is giving you a behind the scenes look at the making of a newscast. It's midnight, and the sound of typing fills the nearly empty newsroom. KVAL news goes live in five hours. The producer writes stories. The editor assembles the video on a computer. Meteorologist Al Peterson checks the satellite images for his forecast. Just before 5 a.m., Shelley Kurtz arrives with coffee and a smile. "I'm ready," she says. Out in the cold, reporter Laura Rillos prepares for her live report. "Mic check, 123, we're here at Autzen stadium," she says. From 5 a.m. to 7 a.m., Shelley and Al wake up Western Oregon with news and weather. News and weather updates follow until 9 a.m. As they finish, the dayside crew plans which stories to cover.
It's now after 10 and the noon show crew is getting their newscast together. Just before noon, a live crew prepares to break the news of a stabbing.
Shelley starts her fifth hour of live television. Joe Raineri's on weather. The producer and tech crew make sure the show times out right. As the morning shift leaves, another crew kicks into high gear with the 5 p.m. deadline looming. It is always a race to get the latest news on the air and get it right. It's almost 5 p.m. as David Walker and Jennifer Winters walk to the studio.
Some days they run to deliver a half hour at 5 p.m. and another at 6 p.m. Now 19 hours into this news day, and the night crew gears up for another half hour of fresh information at 11 p.m. with anchors Denae D'arcy and David Walker. By 11:35 p.m., another news day is done -- and another is about to begin. |
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