I have mixed feelings about the way this guy from Scotland educated people about this issue in Syria. I’m all about spreading the word for human rights. My passion for this comes from Love146. I try and spread the word about this amazing organization striving to help abolish human trafficking every chance I get. I think that this guy would have got just as much attention if he had been honest all along instead of creating a fake person to prove a point. People feed off other peoples passion. I truly believe that passion is a contagious feeling. So I guess I have mixed feelings about if what this guy did is morally justifiable. He lied for a good reason, but does that make it right? What’s your take on this story?
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The weekend atmosphere.
Normally I get into work around 9am during the weekdays and see Michael and Yasmin. They look my way as I pass, flash me a grin and a “Morning Logan” and on they go with their business. By then they have been there for hours along with eight other OMN crew members so things are always buzzing and people are everywhere.
I worked my first weekend shift this past Saturday and the atmosphere was a total 360 from what I’m used to. Charlie, Jimmy, Elyse and Gary greeted me. Still with smiles of course, but what was so different was there was only those four in the whole office. And boy, was it quiet. I was able to do all the work I do in a normal weekday in half the time on Saturday. Slowly, but surely new faces walked in and by 1pm more people filled the office and fun was in the air. Gary was playing some oldies tunes in the background and everything was just so laid back.
Speaking of Gary, he’s the weekend producer and a very interesting guy. He gave me a little lesson about the editing bay, which of course I loved! He told me the importance of making the visuals match what the anchors are talking about because the second you make the viewer “think” is when you loose them. Gary likes to take his time with the editing aspect of the production. During the week there are so many upcoming news stories that being fast is key, but Gary made it clear that editing the piece and taking a little extra time is what makes the news the anchors deliver entertaining to watch. Gary really knew what he was talking about and I could tell he really took pride in his job. It was interesting to see how differently Gary and Aaron produce the show. What I thought was going to be a VERY slow day at the office turned out being one of the most interesting days here!
The Town Magazine did a photo-shoot for the One Minute News team talking about all the great things to come from these guys. I love this picture of the anchors. Paul Mehaffey did a great job bringing out their personalities:
Vanessa, she’ll tell you what she’s thinking in a heart beat.
Scott, I bet you five bucks he was really screaming. You can hear him coming from a mile away.
Yasmin, she’s serious about news but has a playful side you wouldn’t expect. Not to mention her hair is to die for.
Elyse, I think I’ve seen her make this face when she sees there’s an Entertainment segment coming her way. It’s not her favorite topic to cover.
Jennifer, she did a segment on doing the “duck face” so it’s quite ironic she’s making one here. Total sweetheart by the way.
This is Mack’s best, “I’m the boss, fear me” expression. Don’t let it fool you though, he’s a big kid at heart.
Oh Krittika. She was the first anchor to befriend me. This is probably just the first thing that popped into her head. Which is weird because she normally walks around with a skip in her step and a grin on her face.
Jim, he just became a proud new daddy not too long ago (hints the goldfish).
Julia, she’s crazy about sports.
Charlie, this might be the first and only picture that doesn’t give his good looks justice.
Mark, I haven’t worked with him enough to make an assumption but I’m intrigued. I can’t read his expression.
And last but not least Elizabeth, she’s a feisty one when it comes to talking about news she’s passionate about.
Okay so, I know I haven’t worked with these guys for long but this is what I read from this picture of the gang.
Women in Egypt were forced to take virginity tests after camping out at a protest where men and women were present. One woman refused—was tied up, beaten and verbally abused until she agreed to take the test. These women were stripped from their dignity just to cover the authorities and is in no way justifiable. Instances like these are part to blame for why woman fear coming forward after being raped.
Leaving work at work is harder than it sounds.
At the dinner table growing up I always hated it when my mom would talk about work. I couldn’t understand why she couldn’t leave work at the office. I can hear the conversation now; “All you talk about is work, work, work. Hairstylists get to leave their work at work, why cant you, Mom?” A few years later I realized that keeping a business afloat is a little (okay, a lot) different than being a hairstylist. And now, I can reason that when you are at work for eight hours (sometimes more) a day and are thinking about it the whole time it takes a while to clear your mind from the work day. Ever since I started at One Minute News all I can think about are different ways to help them out, spread the word or just blog. For instance, I’ve been trying to think of ways to get people involved with the news. One option I was brainstorming is to take One Minute News to college campus’s. One Minute at Clemson. One Minute at Winthrop. One Minute at NYU! It’s just a thought. Got any ideas?
News worth covering.
Well, I’m back at One Minute News on this Monday morning so I guess by now you should know the rapture didn’t happen. It’s time to start talking about some real news that’s worth covering. The natural disasters that have been sweeping our nation since April are devastating. Deadly weather and more tornadoes hit Missouri early this morning. 75% of the city is destroyed. I sometimes talk about how their is never any good news in the media. However, covering stories like these can make a difference. It gets the word out that these people are desperate for help. Without these stories people other than those affected might not even know about it. So I’m trying to look at the news differently this morning. As a way to help those who need it most. Call me naive, but I believe we can use the news to save the world one story at a time.
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