Tuesday, April 10, 2012

SNAKES IN A STAND UP!!!!!

I’m pretty sure every reporter across the country will go the extra mile to make their story stand out on the evening news. They want to keep the viewer talking about their piece long after it hits the airwaves. Most times it’s from someone that says the one line that will live on and on and on. Other times it’s the use of a creative stand up the will make people ask, “Did you see what (blank) did on the news?”

This leads me to Rebecca Shlien of WAAY 31, in Huntsville, AL. I’m guessing she went to work as always, drew the nice feature assignment of a local person who likes to help animals of all kinds including, snakes. In the words of Indiana Jones, “Why’d have to be snakes?” Not withstanding there was still a job to be done. So how do you get everyone talking about your story… stand up. An element to most stories to help draw the viewer in. But in this case it’s not the final result that will get people talking but what happens when the camera accidentally rolls on.



Ms. Shilen, we here at with The Senator’s Forum salute you. You turned a good day of story and kept people all over the country talking about this one. You showed some courage, since most reporters will not put a living belt around their neck, and got your peers to laugh with you. However, I think Samuel L. said it best.

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