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Great questions! I'd be interested in hearing what they have to say too... Rachel, what is a typical day like for you?

Hey RachelRegina....
People are always fascinated by the hours we work, especially at Good Day, because they're so weird. I wake up at 2 am...for many of my colleages, it's even earlier.
There's a lot of preparation before the show starts at 5 am, ending at 9. But the work day isn't over. We have meetings, and then we get ready for First News at 11. I usually leave the building around noon or 12:30. Things change, though, in cases of breaking news and far away locations. And we also do outside appearances at events and such. You gotta love it.....

That was probably too much information for you, but thanks for asking!

You Go, Sue Serio ! I second the "Thanks for answering Rachel's question" !

I've said it before and I'll say it again,

If you look up the term "Nice Lady" in the dictionary, it has Sue Serio's picture.

Hi Rachel,

I'll try to answer your question the best I can. A typical day is pretty atypical :p I work swing shift 11a-7p some days and nightside (2pm-11p) on other days. As Sue mentioned, they're not banker hours and when news breaks or something major happens, I often stay late.

My typical day looks like this: I wake up, walk my big monster dog and then slurp my coffee and read newspapers online to get a feel for what's happening that day. Also, the smaller newspapers provide great human interest stories that might get missed in this very large town. We try to get to everywhere but it is an impossibility. When I get into work, I try to bash the phones a bit to see if any people I've made contact with, police, fire, community groups have anything out of the ordinary going on. We have an editorial meeting and that's when we throw all our ideas out and the head honchos decide what they like. Imagine throwing spaghetti on the wall. It's kind of the same thing.

The photographer and I hit the road on our assigned story. Sometimes, it's smooth sailing, other times it's kind of like pulling out your own wisdom teeth. Sometimes things don't work out, an interview falls through, the story isn't what we originally thought and then you have to work another story. On the tougher days, I'll have worked on anywhere between 3-5 different story ideas. That gets frustrating. But then you just buck up, doll up for the 10pm and it's all done and then I get to do it all over again the next day!!!

I do like that about this job because it varies so much from day to day. It can be s

JULE!!!! im sooooooooooooooooo glad you finally got around to emailing! Sue did an excellent job answering my question. and yeah i think you are a blogging friend, lol! that's why i wanted to you to answer my question.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! your days are unpredictable and then they are. ive always wondered how do you guys get your stories, you know? Now you said you work 3-5 different stories? So i have a few more questions:

are you and the other reporters in competition for stories as well and is it um..."friendly?"

Is it kind of hard to come up with new stories?

What happens if you don't come up with a story or at least with a "good" story according to the big cheese?

how do you go about interviewing people? do you just go up to them and say, "Hey, I'm Julie Kim, etc., can i talk to you?" or do you run after them, lol!





but what i like about your job is that it's just that....it doesnt get boring and not your typical 9 to 5 (whatever that is, LOL!)

Ok, totally off the sub, but your dog, Charlie is adorable! My neighbor has a black lab and hes HUGE! get this...he's only 1 or 2 years old and he's big! he's adorable and i love big dogs like you---labs, golden retrivers, and of course GREAT DANES, lol! im not particular of small dogs, but if i do get one i want a pomeranian. but we were looking at some other small dogs---dachsunds, bassett hounds, and beagles. we all agreed on a british bulldog. they are cute, but i love big dogs.like i said im gonna convince her to get one.

Did someone say BEAGLES ?

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PART 2 AGAIN!!

I don't believe in treating people like walking soundbites or a homework project that needs to be finished. I try to treat people as humanely as possible. As for criminals and other baddies, sure, I'll run after them and stick a mic in their face.

Other times, when we need opinions on weather, shopping or some controversial topic, we solicit interviews or MOS - short for Man on the Street. That's usually when I go up to people and introduce myself. That can be difficult because a lot of people are really camera shy! Or, others often have bad opinions about the media and don't want to talk.

It's not as glamorous as it seems. I liken it to a hotdog, sometimes you just don't want to know what goes into it, you know what I mean? And it's funny sometimes because it's like, whew all that for 2 minutes of air time!!!

I do like what I do alot. It is always what I have wanted to do, tell stories, inform people. I covered an organization recently who had a handwritten poster up, on why people get into journalism or media. Some of the answers they put up were "to be on tv or to be famous" or "to push their own political agenda." I just shake my head because it makes me think, wow people really think we are shallow scum. I felt like saying something to them but I don't know what would have convinced them otherwise.

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