Car runs into live truck during live shot...WWYD?

[Focker]

Video (http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_157101638.html) from live feed on station's website. Kudos to the reporter for keeping her composure (for the most part), but I didn't like the whole "Look what happened to us and I ALMOST DIED!" live shot later in the day. Glad the photog in the truck was OK (altough he was transported for back strain). Ironic, though that the story was about possible increase in cab fare and the accident involved a cab.

So, would you have kept going or stop the report to see if everyone's OK?

[ June 06, 2007, 03:18 PM: Message edited by: Focker ]

[Ferrycrossthemersey]

I would have immediately interrupted the live shot, explained why, and gone to check on those involved in the crash. If the shooter wanted to follow and see what I was doing, fine. But there was no reason to continue with that particular live shot; there was no brain surgery being conducted that I could see.

[TVMattNYC]

There's no "y" in "Kristen".

[Ralphie the buffalo]

I thought it was handled in an appropriate fashion.

[SpxGrunt]

Originally posted by TVMattNYC:
There's no "y" in "Kristen".Nor is there an "I" in team. But there is a "me" and a "meat" and a "tea" and a "mat"...

[Sir Dropham Pants]

Originally posted by Ralphie the buffalo:
I thought it was handled in an appropriate fashion.I agree. Did the station handle it appropriately also? IE no 3 minute pkg the next day about what went through her mind, complete with an on-set debrief with the anchors and second by second graphics. From the link posted above, it looks like the station did none it - and thank goodness for that.

[Roy Hobbs]

I'd lift the hold on hiring per diem writers and/or actually use a male at some point in some role during their weekend morning newscasts tongue.gif

[LittleBabyPuppy]

I want to know why she was framed up to a scaffold...and not the street.

That's the first thing I noticed when I saw the shot. And if the photog framed it to where the street would be visible...we'd probably get to see the wreck.

[LENSCRAFTER]

Originally posted by LittleBabyPuppy:
I want to know why she was framed up to a scaffold...and not the street.

That's the first thing I noticed when I saw the shot. And if the photog framed it to where the street would be visible...we'd probably get to see the wreck.My thoughts exactly. She ws doing a story on cab fares... not construction. Strangs... but glad everyone is ok.

[Focker]

Originally posted by Sir Dropham Pants:
I agree. Did the station handle it appropriately also? IE no 3 minute pkg the next day about what went through her mind, complete with an on-set debrief with the anchors and second by second graphics. From the link posted above, it looks like the station did none it - and thank goodness for that.Actually, there was a second live shot later that day (there's a link to that video on the same page) where it was all about the reporter, with her showing a piece of bumper "...that landed right next to me!" ((GASP! THE HORROR! graemlins/face_banghead.gif ))

As for the live shot, I would have interrupted it as well to check on everyone. As for the location, I agree with the questioning of putting her in front of the scaffolding...would rather have been in a cab or in front of the dispatch building or something like that (unless that WAS the dispatch building under construction...but I doubt it).

[Clever Login Name]

Originally posted by Focker:
Actually, there was a second live shot later that day (there's a link to that video on the same page) where it was all about the reporter, with her showing a piece of bumper "...that landed right next to me!" ((GASP! THE HORROR! graemlins/face_banghead.gif ))
[/QB]No kidding. It's not like someone threw a microphone at her or anything.

[Picture This ...]

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[ June 07, 2007, 08:02 PM: Message edited by: Picture This ... ]

[imported_Mr. Vengeance]

That was interesting. I am sure she would have incurred the producer's wrath had she come out of the SOT and referred directly to the accident. She may have even been suspended for "interrupting the flow" of the newscast!

God forbid we break format to report on real breaking news that's literally right at our feet.

[The Mockingbird]

Originally posted by SpxGrunt:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by TVMattNYC:
There's no "y" in "Kristen".Nor is there an "I" in team. But there is a "me" and a "meat" and a "tea" and a "mat"...</font>[/QUOTE]I think he wants your meat over tea, Matt.

[Clever Login Name]

This is definitely the Richard J. Daley Plaza.

That's where they got that Picasso.

http://www.milton.k12.wi.us/schools/mhs/teachers/Crofts_V/blues.brothers.jpg

[Focker]

Originally posted by TVMattNYC:
[qb]There's no "y" in "Kristen".http://img.search.com/7/73/Simonshaundead.jpg ...As Mr. Sloan always says, "There is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team..." I don't know what he was talking about.

[Kace]

I spent the first 19 seconds thinking, "Up here...camera's here...hey, over here!"

[The Fedora]

The reporter addressed the situation in a post over on TVSpy.

The video we are seeing is the "live ingest" back at the station. She was reading her VO script until the SOT rolled. She apparently had just been in a serious car accident and that's why it took her a few seconds to recover and finish the Continued Vo portion of the script.

I thought she handled it as well as she could given the circumstances.

[ewink]

Originally posted by Ferrycrossthemersey:
I would have immediately interrupted the live shot, explained why, and gone to check on those involved in the crash. If the shooter wanted to follow and see what I was doing, fine. But there was no reason to continue with that particular live shot; there was no brain surgery being conducted that I could see.There was someone in the truck calling 911. Why bother?

Seriously, look at the crash. It's nothing. I've seen hail to more damage to a car than that.

[The Mockingbird]

Originally posted by Picture This ...:
http://www.geocities.com/california_state_unfair2002/my_make-up2.jpg

Here! ...Now Back to You! at W W Whit'D'ey!Ha ha, I hadn't actually watched the video until I saw this picture, I used to work with her. She always did a good job for me on my shows.

And that's not the first time by any means that a live truck and Chicago was involved in a traffic accident. I once had a reporter do a live with the van as a backdrop at a completely different site because the live truck got hit halfway to the live.

We just went live from the accident scene, used the generic live bug, didn't use any locator supers, and treated it like a newsroom. graemlins/icon_kidra.gif

[lost]

If they need a new one, they could buy this:
Live truck on eBay #1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130125251690&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:11)
http://i3.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/a5/23/ad53_12.JPG

or this:
Live truck on eBay #2 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180129750914&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:US:11)
http://i11.ebayimg.com/02/i/000/a4/80/477a_12.JPG

amazing things you'll find on eBay.

[ June 17, 2007, 04:02 AM: Message edited by: lost ]