Making deadline

Remember the scene from Broadcast News?  Where the producer makes a sprint thru the newsroom to get a story on the air?  That isn't just something that happens in the movies...

On a road trip?  Even more challenging.

Tonight I was at the team hotel, waiting for the Vols to arrive here in Providence.  The plan was to get a quick interview with Bruce Pearl, feed the story back to WATE-TV6, and call it a day.

Slight problem.  An estimated time of Tennessee's arrival of 9:45pm turned into 10:10pm.  I had to feed at 10:40pm from the local ABC affiliate.

While editing, there is a clock ticking in my head.  The clock is speeding up... will I make it in time?  I made the edits, got in the car, drove to WLNE, and fed the story back to WATE-TV6.

With 3 minutes to spare...

Anyone in this business will tell you that sequence of events is one of the most stressful, and at the same time, most fun parts of the job. 

And I'll do it all again... on Wednesday.