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Monday, July 11, 2016

Behind the News

By Cate Guempel

Just recently, I had the privilege of visiting ABC’s Channel 7 newsroom. As we were led through the newsroom, I witnessed flurries of action, all parts of an efficient system. But for the heavy workloads that everyone around me was responsible for, the room was quite calm.

To my right, a news anchor recorded a clip to be aired to millions of people; further down, an alcove contained people editing news reels to be used in the next broadcast, listening to police scanners, and searching the web to find what newsworthy events occurred during the past hours of the night. Everyone in this room had long to-do lists and because of that, the world is brought their news.

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