Monday, August 3, 2009

News Takes No Vacation

We are a news gathering organization. We have reporters who work beats, an assignments manager who checks emails, faxes, phones, and photographers, producers, news management and anchors who take calls, get messages and talk to people. And police scanners are constantly chatting away.
That's the way we find out things. But one of our best sources is you. When something happens, we often get phone calls or emails either telling us what happened or asking us to find out. That's the kind of help we really need and value. We can only hear so much on the scanners, or talk to so many people. But with all of you out there acting as our eyes and ears, we can pass along information that the rest of KTAB Country needs to know. We always verify information that we get from non-official sources.
I bring this up because some of our tipsters are really loyal. I got a call today from a woman on vacation in Michigan. She had heard about an incident in the Big Country and called to make sure we knew about it. That was the lead story on NoonTab,and KTAB News at 5, 6 and 10pm.
News takes no vacation. Its 24/7. A newsperson is on duty all the time. But we can't be everywhere. You don't have to be on call for us 24/7, but when you see something out of the ordinary, keep KTAB in mind. Remember, what happens a minute from now could be "The News That Hasn't Happened Yet."

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