Team 3 Rundown Rationale

By Rochelle Scott (NCC News)

November 10, 2010, 7:30 pm

This week’s newscast consisted of Kevin Belbey as the anchor with me as producer, Chet Davis as our recorded reporter and Kimberly Caruba as our live reporter. We got everything together with good timing.

In regards to pacing, I tried to place our readers between both anchor actualities and between wraps.

I thought our headlines hit the most popular topics or something that will hit home for the listeners. This had the:

• · Absentee ballot count for the 25^th congressional district
• · National Grid’s team-up with Verizon Wireless to expand and maintain its network
• · Special Olympics will head to central New York next year.

A2: Absentee Ballot Count

We began the newscast with Davis’ report on the 25th district’s absentee ballot count. Here he spoke with Liza Lowery, Republican Ann Marie Buerkle’s spokesperson on how her campaign is staying positive. This story was a pivotal one because the election is still fresh in people’s minds.

A3: Neighborhood Watch

Residents on Syracuse’s northside have banned together to help strengthen their community’s togetherness in combating crime. With crime levels on a rise, members of the area have taken matters into their own hands by keeping lights on and barring up windows. I felt this was a good transition because it flowed well from the local story previously and provided a good break-up from the actuality given afterwards

A4: Special Olympics

Our anchor, Belbey did his actuality story on the Special Olympics, heading to Central New York next year February. This story kept was good because information was just released on it and it kept with the flow of local stories for a greater cause.

A5: Centro Bus Route Reduction

Centro bus routes are to be reduced starting next year January due to the government’s reduction in sent funds. This story was made into a 20 second reader and due to lack of information on the topic, it worked perfectly as a reader. Also it served as a good break-up from the actuality from Belbey and the wrap from Kimberly to come. I feel that this is something that should be mentioned because most people in the area make use of the Centro buses.

A6: National Grid

Next up was Kimberly Caruba’s report on National Grid’s team-up with Verizon for network maintenance. National Grid feels that this is one of the first steps to ensure that their information systems transform into something even bigger and greater. Kim spoke to media representative of National Grid and said that this will be good for the current employees as well. This still kept local and was a good header for the reader following on cigarette warning labels.

A7: Cigarette Warning Lables

This story was something that was added at last minute because initially there was a wrap in the rundown that was later taken out at last minute with a lot of time left over. This story was based on the Food Administration and Department of Health and Human Services initiative to warn people the consequences of smokine. The labels will be finalized in June of next year. This story was a good story because not only did this stay local, but it could be applied to a national level as well, providing a good transition for the national anchor actuality given by Belbey.

A8: Presdent Obama Arrives in South Korea

This story was found on the wire where Presdident Obama met for the G-20 World Summit to help stabilize the global market with other nation leaders. Belbey found audio from ABC Newscall that worked quite well with the topic. It was a report by a reporter on a debate on international spending and the creation of jobs. This was a good story because it was National and spoke on the topic of global community interest, something quite similar to the reader given previously.

A9: Unemployment

This story was placed in the rundown from the wire to go with the national flow on job market. I thought this was a good way to tie up the newscast before the break.

A10: Teaser- Weather and Tree

A11: Kicker

The Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony was changed a bit this year with a new addition to the celebration. Here an 80 year old tree was donated from Loretta where children interested in lighting the tree were given the opportunity to. This was a light story and I thought it was well incorporated into the flow of the rundown.

Weather:

Our weather only consisted of today’s and tonight’s forecast because we didn’t have time to add the weekened ahead.

Close:

We ended right on time…Thank you guys for Rocking it!!