WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:01.440 Hi, my name is Chantee Lans. 2 00:00:01.440 --> 00:00:05.669 I'm a news reporter at WBZ-TV CSB Boston. 3 00:00:05.669 --> 00:00:07.006 A lot goes into a full day of news. 4 00:00:07.006 --> 00:00:09.269 line:15% Starts off with the morning meeting. 5 00:00:09.269 --> 00:00:10.648 line:15% As a reporter, you're supposed 6 00:00:10.648 --> 00:00:12.248 line:15% to come with new new story ideas, 7 00:00:12.248 --> 00:00:14.739 line:15% pitch story ideas, sometimes enterprising, 8 00:00:14.739 --> 00:00:15.987 line:15% sometimes follow-ups. 9 00:00:15.987 --> 00:00:19.195 line:15% From there, the producers will decide if you 10 00:00:19.195 --> 00:00:21.776 can pursue the story you pitched or they'll reassign you. 11 00:00:21.776 --> 00:00:24.324 line:15% You'll go out with your photographer, 12 00:00:24.324 --> 00:00:27.776 line:15% or some people, one-man band who work on their own, 13 00:00:27.776 --> 00:00:30.125 line:15% cover the story, gather information, 14 00:00:30.125 --> 00:00:34.555 line:15% and be ready to go live at noon, five, six, seven, 15 00:00:34.555 --> 00:00:36.805 10 and/or 11 PM. 16 00:00:38.055 --> 00:00:39.605 When I come into work, or I should say, 17 00:00:39.605 --> 00:00:40.933 just before I come into work, 18 00:00:40.933 --> 00:00:43.780 first thing I check is Twitter. (laugh) 19 00:00:43.780 --> 00:00:46.489 I don't...when I first I entered the field, 20 00:00:46.489 --> 00:00:48.143 everything was all about checking the newspapers, 21 00:00:48.143 --> 00:00:50.450 checking the New York Times, New York Post, Daily News. 22 00:00:50.450 --> 00:00:53.303 No, now... I'm from New York, by the way, 23 00:00:53.303 --> 00:00:54.800 That's why I listed those. 24 00:00:54.800 --> 00:00:57.480 Now, it's all about what are those 25 00:00:57.480 --> 00:01:00.551 newspapers posting on Twitter? 26 00:01:00.551 --> 00:01:01.751 So first thing we have to do is figure out 27 00:01:01.751 --> 00:01:04.312 if there's this thing that's called legs. 28 00:01:04.312 --> 00:01:05.542 Does the story have legs? 29 00:01:05.542 --> 00:01:08.622 line:15% Meaning I have to confirm what's 30 00:01:08.622 --> 00:01:11.694 line:15% happening is actually happening and that it's true. 31 00:01:11.694 --> 00:01:14.443 line:15% I need to find my sources and my contacts, 32 00:01:14.443 --> 00:01:17.254 reach out to them, set up interviews 33 00:01:17.254 --> 00:01:20.332 to interview them, do that, come back, 34 00:01:20.332 --> 00:01:23.282 log it, write it, make sure I'm writing 35 00:01:23.282 --> 00:01:26.095 to the video because it's TV, not radio or print. 36 00:01:26.095 --> 00:01:29.265 And then watch my photographer do his magic 37 00:01:29.265 --> 00:01:32.814 and hopefully we'll both agree on the finished product. 38 00:01:32.814 --> 00:01:35.975 So I feed off of people, and I think that's 39 00:01:35.975 --> 00:01:38.815 what makes a great writer, not being 40 00:01:38.815 --> 00:01:40.843 in the way of what someone else is feeling. 41 00:01:40.843 --> 00:01:43.575 So if someone's crying, I'll just let 42 00:01:43.575 --> 00:01:45.653 it breathe with my writing if that makes any sense. 43 00:01:45.653 --> 00:01:48.964 line:15% Pauses, the way I talk, if someone's having a good time, 44 00:01:48.964 --> 00:01:50.633 line:15% I'll laugh when I'm tracking my voice. 45 00:01:50.633 --> 00:01:53.142 line:15% Those are little things that can make 46 00:01:53.142 --> 00:01:55.123 line:15% a big difference when someone's at home 47 00:01:55.123 --> 00:01:56.462 line:15% doing their laundry or cooking, 48 00:01:56.462 --> 00:01:59.073 and you need to keep their attention. 49 00:01:59.073 --> 00:02:01.573 So a crazy day for me would be 50 00:02:04.146 --> 00:02:05.659 "Hey, Chantee, there's this kid 51 00:02:05.659 --> 00:02:09.492 who is a Make-A-Wish kid, and I want you to do 52 00:02:11.299 --> 00:02:14.321 a cool feature on him go on out to his house 53 00:02:14.321 --> 00:02:16.913 and do that you and the photographer." 54 00:02:16.913 --> 00:02:18.231 So we're on our way to this kid's house, 55 00:02:18.231 --> 00:02:21.564 and we get a phone call 10 minutes later from the desk 56 00:02:21.564 --> 00:02:25.854 and they say, "There's a huge warehouse fire 57 00:02:25.854 --> 00:02:27.713 and there are people still in there." 58 00:02:27.713 --> 00:02:30.473 line:15% So we immediately go downtown 59 00:02:30.473 --> 00:02:33.056 line:15% and figure that out and someone 60 00:02:34.092 --> 00:02:36.153 line:15% is still missing, and then it just keeps growing, 61 00:02:36.153 --> 00:02:37.281 line:15% and growing, and growing. 62 00:02:37.281 --> 00:02:39.509 That's going to turn into a long day. 63 00:02:39.509 --> 00:02:41.919 It's an important day too because 64 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:46.919 those people in the community need to know what's going on.