Friday, January 4, 2008

WHY A PACKAGE?

Marcia Braveboy at CNC 3, what was the rationale in doing a package for the 12pm news on Friday from Martin Joseph's press conference held on Thursday?

Granted newspaper reports said the "news briefing" lasted no more than seven minutes, but does that mean you did a story on the first three and a half minutes for the 7pm news Thursday and left the other half for midday Friday??

And why did your midday news producer re-use the exact same package that Rosemarie Sant did on the CJ's meeting with the Attorney General which was run in the 7pm news Thursday?
What? Is there a shortage of creative ideas for news stories?