Over a delicious lunch at Ben’s Kosher Deli & Restaurant in NYC’s Garment District, we reminisced about our days together at Fox ten years ago. It should probably be illegal to have as much fun at work as we did.
Shepard Smith: This Fox News anchor fronts the primetime show that I worked onAs we recalled that magical time, I couldn’t help thinking about my former career path.
Before jumping ship to the world of public relations, I spent seven years working in TV news. From taking flight in a golf cart powered by an electric parachute to interviewing newsmakers big and small (Senator Bob Dole, Jared the Subway sandwich guy), I enjoyed plenty of adventures in pursuit of the day’s news. Here are some of the highlights -- By The Numbers:
Number of jobs in TV news: 7
Number of TV news jobs that required moving out of state to small towns: 3
Number of on-camera reporting jobs: 2
Number of TV news gigs abroad (in Sydney, Australia): 1
Number of winter weather disasters experienced during TV news stints: 2
Back in ‘97, I was a morning news producer in Bangor, Maine when a devastating ice storm hit. Later, during a 2003 blizzard in Delaware that shut down the state, I did a live report on the disaster from a waist high snow bank.
Yes, producing the news may not always be glamorous but one thing is for sure --- it’s one hell of a ride.
2 comments:
Love this post! Ah, the things we did in search of news. It makes us better P.R. professionals.
Amen to that! Did I mention the bungee jumping from a county fair crane that I did for one segment? :-)
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