October 13, 2010, 5:45 p.m.
Chilean Miners Rescued
I decided to lead with the story about the Chilean Miners being rescued from the collapsed mine in San Jose, Chile. The miners had been trapped for the last 69 days, and were finally being brought to the surface. First of all, the story was the most timely, because the rescue started late the night before and was still continuing as our rundown was being produced. Also, this story had the most prominence and significance to listeners. The story had been widely followed for the last two months, so many people already know about the situation. Also, this is an international event, and is important to the world, not just to the Syracuse Area. We used ABC NewsCall to do an Anchor Actuality on the story.
County Budget
Our second story was on the new Onondaga County Budget plan. The new plan was passed by a vote of 15 to 3, calling for $45.5 million in cuts to Joanne Mahoney's initial plan. Many art programs were cut, while salvaging the Sheriff's Department's Air One Emergency Helicopter Program. We decided to have this as our second story because it was timely, as the meeting occurred late Tuesday afternoon, and because it was significant to people living in the Syracuse Area. Had the Chilean miners not been rescued, we would have lead with the County Budget story. This being said, it was difficult to find a reader that could connect the two stories from an international level to an important local issue, so we went with this as our second story because of importance, even though there was a lack of "flow". Kit Rodophele did a live reporter wrap on the story.
Syracuse Schools
Our next story was about the Syracuse City School District's plan to move students while schools will be renovated next year. The School Board held a meeting the night before, with a midnight deadline, and voted not to use the Syracuse Developmental Center as temporary classroom space. A new plan is being proposed to send the students into three separate sites during the renovation period. We decided to use this story after the County Budget story because it was timely, because the meeting happened Tuesday Night, and because it had local importance just like the story before it. The budget story and the Syracuse school story were both significant local stories that deserved to be at the top of the rundown, and connected to each other because they were both local decisions. Maddie Dockery did an anchor actuality on the story.
Abuse Walk
Following the two local stories, we decided to transition into another local story as a reader. People were walking on Wednesday from Crouse Hospital to the Criminal Courthouse to raise awareness for child abuse. The reader was a good transition because it was another local story, with importance to Syracuse.
Church Renovation
Next, we went with a story on a 200 year old church that is being renovated in Fabius. The story was timely because the renovations were beginning, but it was not as important to all listeners so it was not a lead story. However, it maintained the local angle, so it was a good transition from the previous three stories. Gino Zarrillo did a recorded reporter wrap on the story.
Medicare Fraud
Following the local stories, we had two readers that were both related to the medical care. Manhattan Prosecutors charged several people in a $100 million Medicare Fraud Scheme. It was a national story because the men are being charged in federal court with racketeering felonies, yet it had a state angle because many of the men were arrested in New York City and were being charged by Manhattan Prosecutors. We decided to pair this story with the following medical story, and placed it after the string of local stories to have a transition from local stories to state medical stories.
Retiree Health Benefits
The second story was a reader about a study that the Empire Center for New York State Policy found showing that state and local governments have not set aside the $205 billion in health care benefits promised to retired public-sector workers. The center is calling for an end to the promise for future employees. This story had a medical care transition from the previous story, and was not as timely or significant, so it was placed at the end of the rundown.
Carl Paladino Clubs
We ended the A block with the story about Carl Paladino owning buildings that held two gay bars in Buffalo. The story was timely because Paladino had made anti-gay statements over the weekend, and apologized for the comments on Tuesday. The story was a state story, that connected to the state angle's of the two stories before it. However, we knew that this story was the least significant and was the easiest to cut from the rundown, so we placed it last expecting it to get cut if we were short on time (which we ended up doing).
Michael Jackson Videos
For our kicker, we went with a story of the "entertainment wire" that said Michael Jackson's music videos will be restored and re-released with never before scene footage and music. Many people took a higher interest in Jackon's music after his death, and it was an interesting kicker to see that new material was being produced even though Jackson passed away a year ago.
Weather
We broke down the weather into today, tonight, tomorrow, and current temperature, but ended up having to cut tonight and tomorrow due to time restrictions.
END OF SHOW
Floaters:
Fort Carson Memorial: We placed a 10 second reader about a memorial service being held for 9 troops who died in Afghanistan. The story was timely because the service was being held on Wednesday, and had an interesting aspect to it because all 9 of the troops were from the same combat unit. Five of the men died in the same car bomb explosion.
Kidnapping: We placed another 10 second reader about a kidnapping by a North Syracuse man. The story was local because of the location of the kidnapping, but it did not really flow with any of our stories in the A block and was not really significant to anyone, so it was just an extra floater in case something went wrong with one of our longer stories.
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