@stevenadamswv

I finished up my first week in broadcast television and I think I made the right move, I really did.

Energy. Energizing. That’s what it is. That’s what I needed. The buzz of a busy news room. People talking on phones, talking to each other over cubicles. “Do you have this?” “Who is doing that?” “The story is on the 6.” “Do we have SOT from the press conference?”

I wanted to be part of a team, and that I am. I’m still learning though. I have a new computer system to learn, with new commands, terminology, and a different way of writing. What I’ve been able to do thus far I’ve received encouraging remarks.

A couple of the stories that went out on various Friday broadcasts you would have never known that I wrote. I’m fine with that. I need not be in the forefront to make a difference, and in fact I may make more of a difference by being part of the process, not the front man for the process.

I’ll have two news broadcasts that I’ll get to mold once I get comfortable in this news system. How exciting is that? Getting to decide what people see and hear. Making sure people get the news they need, and keeping their attention.

Moving to television was definitely a good move. I feel like the kids dressed up like a bee in the Blind Melon music video for “No Rain,” which you can listen to below but not see, because Vevo took it over on YouTube and they don’t like their videos being embedded.

Took in Huntington this weekend with the Girl and her mom. Went to my first Marshall University home basketball game. The Girl graduated from Marshall, and though I never did I have always had a soft spot for Marshall. In this state, our government and media establishments are highly biased towards West Virginia University. Marshall is like the red-headed stepchild. But I like underdogs, and for that reason I like Marshall.

The game itself was a travesty of lazy defense and almost unethical calls by the referees. Either the refs in this game were extremely stupid, or they were in on the Memphis win. Either way, at a certain point the team just gave up. I still had a pretty good time though with my glow stick and frozen lemonade.

I’m back to work tomorrow, likely traveling to Huntington to shadow producers as they put the evening news shows together.