This week at KBIA, Jen and I were confident that we had all the information we needed and were ready to finish up our deer/car accidents story. Easier said than done. We finished writing on Tuesday and cut all of the soundbites, but it was not until the end of our shift that we got a staff person to look over our story and give us changes. The hostage situation in Jefferson City made the newsroom go crazy, so a lot of people were tied up.
By Thursday, somebody had looked over our script and we were ready to finish up. We voiced and the story was running a little long, so we cut a lot and added in our natural sound and other formatting things for radio stories. Janet listened to our story and suggested that we cut out all of the nat sound because our interviews were phone interviews, so she said it didn’t flow naturally with the nat sound in it. I’m a little resentful that a spent a Saturday afternoon getting the nat sound that is now useless, but that’s okay.
Janet really liked the story and it’s going to air soon! I’m excited that our three-week effort has not gone unrewarded.
Jen and I apologized that the story took so long to complete and did lack a focus when we initially began. Janet acknowledged that it did take longer than normal, but she said that since it was our first feature story it was okay and that our next story will be easier since we’re more experienced.
Jen and I also pitched a trend story about the fact that chiropractors are reaching out to families and children. Janet told us that Kirksville is a big area for chiropractors and actually founded the practice of chiropractors, so maybe we’ll be able to get out of the newsroom for this story. We have a lot of phone calls and research to do in the next couple of days, but hopefully this will be a nice second feature to keep us busy during our second half at KBIA.
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