Election week

This was a very busy week for everyone everywhere, I'm sure. Especially for those in the news - and those of us working on the news here at WC were no different (except we didnt have to stay up and live until 3 am or so waiting for results. hehe.)

What I did this week in BC: Like I said, busy week. On Election Day I went to nearby Hermitage to do a live report on the iniative on the ballot that would consolidate 5 municipalities in the Shenango Valley. As expected, it failed. However, the live went pretty well. I also had my usual radio shifts - and some really funny material this week! And radio news went over just fine.

Career planning: Well, it's mostly official now that I'm going to spend a week in North Carolina as an intern at WBT- AM. I'm kinda nervous! But I'm sure things will go great. Also, I'm putting together my resume tapes and things are going pretty well there. I need to go buy some cds though, so I can burn them from minidisc to CD to get them sent out.

This week in the 'biz: This week's big story was of course, continuing coverage of the election. Part of this was speculation in part due to exit polls, which were showing Sen. Kerry ahead of President Bush. Most networks avoided announcing results until facts were checked and double checked, especially because of the mess last election, and obviously the exit polls turned out to be pretty wrong. Now, exit polls are not concrete evidence, but its interesting to see how they were misleading. This article talks about exit polls and people in the business's reactions to the way things happened Tuesday night.