behind the Junior Melissa McDonald and senior Susana Veliz review copy during a Bison meeting Oct. 23. "The best part about being on the Bison staff is seeing my name on the byline," Veliz said. •Amper Bazargani camera TV-16 reports local news on "Live at Five" During the last few momencs before 5 p.m. in theTV concrol room in the Reynolds Cenrer, the behind-the-camera crew ofTV-16's "Live at Five" held their breath and waited for [he anchor's opening lines. Once (he ancho r began reading from [he teleprompter, 30 minutes oflocal news, weather and sports awaited viewers. Four smdem anchors reported the latest headli nes from the day, but viewers rarely thought about the people working behind the scenes. Senior Ann Michael had been a producer, assistant producer and d irector for "Live at Five" for three years. "The anchors for 'Live at Five' have always been remarkably talented, bue since their faces are the ones being shown on air, the amount ofwork that goes into executing a great newscast gets overlooked," Michael said. "Live at Five" aired Monday through Friday evenings. A set of crew members worked each day - a producer, one o r [wo assistant producers, a graphics coordinator, a cape editor, a director and a technical direnor. As a producer for the fall semester, Michael arrived at the Reynolds Center at 2:30 p.m. to start preparing the news. "The producer and assistant producers of each newscast have a lot of work ahead of them if they want to have a successful newscast," Michael said. "We have news feeds from CNN, so the fi rst th ing we do is pull stories from CNN to fill the newscast with natio naJ and incernationaJ stories." Once stories were pulled from CNN, the producers and assistant producRadio-Television News Directors Association Row I : K. Dismuke, S. Shaban, l. Reese, A Michael, K. Moran, M. Haynie. D. Hoggatt (sponsor). ers read the latest issues of local newspapers and checked Harding's Web site and chapel announcements for scories on and around campus. "It's important for us CO report local news," Michael said. "We try our best to appeaJ to our audience, which are college students who want information about the things that are happening that affect them." Jun ior Lindsay Reese also worked for TV- 16 as a producer and assistant producer, as well as providing on-air talent. "I enjoy working behind the scenes because one of the most rewarding aspects is hearing an anchor read the scory you wrote," Reese said. "1just like sitting in the comrol room, watching the newscast on the monitor and seeing it all come cogether." During the newscast, the producer and assistant producer watched the newscast from the control room. "If it's a day that I'm directing, I stand in front of the monicors and tell which cameras CO focus on which anchors, when co cue the anchor and when co cue tapes," M ichael said. "It's a great job because I like having contro l over the cast and helping people fi gure our exactly what I need for them to do." The behind-the-camera crew of "Live at Five" may have remained in the shadows during the newscast, but the credi ts after the newscast ended gave them the recognition they were searching for. -Krystle Boise "TV-16 Staff Row I : M. Orsburn. A. Brown,J. Hix, J. Porter. L. Reese. 8. Henderson, S. Shaban. C. Burke. K. MOrliln. S. Goodale.T. Carr (sponsor). M. Haynie, K. Figueroa, A. Combs. Row 2: D. Arthur,S. Davis. M.Tourlay, C. Helmuth, K. Dismuke, A. Michael. K. Boise, D. Glover, D. D rake, L.Wells. D. Hoggatt (sponsor), R. Hunt. B. Ritchie (sponsor). 207
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