Fast forward to middle school years. The tvnews bug's bite is still having an affect on me. When in middle school, I had to go to some event where 13 WMAZ TV was the sponsor. I believe it was a can drive for charity. The location I was at ended up being a live shot location at a grocery store.
Wow, was I amazed when the live truck showed up with the reporter and photographer. I, again, watched in awe and amazement as the photog set up the truck; rolling cables and tuning in his shot. I believe the reporter's name was Jennifer Hazelton, in fact. They did numerous cut-ins during the morning news show. Little did I know that years in the future from that day, that I would be doing the same exact thing in a much bigger market that Macon, GA.
After the cut-ins, I became a hero to Jennifer and her photog. When they were packing up the gear. The photog grabbed a grocery cart from the grocery store that he could put all his gear in and take it to the live truck. Of course I followed him out to the truck. He parked the cart to unlock the truck all the while busy flirting with the reporter. Well, the grocery cart took off across the parking lot loaded with a Betacam w/ wide angle adapter, tv monitor, mic, wireless ifb, cables, etc..... I risked my young 13 year old life to run out in the parking lot and stopped it just before it plowed into a concrete light base. I wheeled it back up as the photog thanked me for saving his &$$. I left that day feeling like I had done ad incredibly good deed. Sadly it I did not have this feeling of "good deedness" for working at a can drive for charity, but for saving a photogs gear...... and job.
Don't forget to stop back by because I have many more stories and I haven't even gotten to my days actually spent in the "biz" I believe I could write a book just on that! May I also encourage you other photogs to keep posting about your news adventures. I really enjoy reading them.
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