On Friday, after arriving at the station around 2:00 pm, I received the three international stories from my producer and headed to Studio B (home of the touch screen and mapping program) to make the maps for each story. The first story was about Prime Minister Putin praising Obama's decision to scrap plans for a missile defense shield in Europe. Putin made the announcement in Sochi, Russia. The second story took place in Lisbon, Portugal where the defense leaders from the 28 NATO member countries met to talk about progress in the war in Afghanistan. They began their talks with a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the troops killed in recent operations. The final story took us to Perugia, Italy where the Amanda Knox trial continued. Amanda Knox is the American accused of sexually assaulting and murdering her British roommate. New developments include the defense calling a crime scene investigator to refute claims that bloody footprints found at the crime scene belong to the defendant.
After learning the map-making system last week, setting up the touch screen with the different graphics was much easier. There was some indecision at first as to what international stories were newsworthy enough and then what order to put the stories in. The final decision was made by about 4 pm so I had time to make the maps for the third time and practice with the touch screen to make sure everything ran smoothly.
Unfortunately, during the actual live spot in the show, the touch screen had a program glitch and after the first map, it skipped all the way to the final map. Thankfully the skip did not throw me off completely and I was able to cover the technological mishap by continuing the stories as usual. It was extremely frustrating since the screen was working when I practiced, however it was a good learning experience to be able to think on my feet and not let the technical problems ruin my report.
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