Last night was election night in California, which means it was a busy day for all of us at News10. Pumped full of caffeine and cookies, we were prepared to cover the races all night long –and then, after you had gone off to bed, we were still running around making sure we got the stories and raw interviews on the website, the tapes ingested for the morning team and memorable sound bites ready for follow up packages.
It sounds nuts, but let me tell you, it’s one electrifying experience.
Many of us (like me) started at 9 a.m. and at midnight were still there typing away as others shouted off final race results. Lesha on the news desk kept the rest of us in the loop all night with comments like: “NBA game over in 2 minutes. Lakers up. George on standby.” It’s one of those times where you can see how well our team works together, because even though it’s fast-paced, loud and constantly changing, it just feels right.
At 12:30, just when the last of us were about to call it a day, a fire broke out at Broadway and 5th destroying the building beside the landmark Hong Kong Café.
We took one look at the massive flames and suddenly, got an extra burst of energy. Damien grabbed his video camera, I grabbed the digital camera to get photos and my notebook. Within a minute we were off and running.
Like I said, it takes a certain type of person to be a journalist.
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