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Hey Babe,

My best intentions of writing you at least one love letter a month haven't exactly panned out. Things have been crazy, as you well know - what with being on call 24/7 for 13 days straight and my news director dying unexpectedly. To be perfectly honest, this blog was nowhere near my mind. Through everything, all I wanted to do was just be with you.

I don't think I could have made it through all of that without you. You're my rock, you know. You're the anchor that keeps me from getting knocked about during stormy seas. Corny, I know. But it's true.

I love that I'm starting to rub off on you, and you on me. I love your little quirks, and I like that now I'm not the only person who 'calls' for lost items. I'm so glad we can be silly together.

I know a lot of people don't believe in a higher power, but when I look at us, there is no other explanation. Finding you was fate. Loving you was destiny.

I am so excited about our future. I can't wait to be out of this little apartment and have our own place. It's going to be an adventure!

I love you so much.
You're my favorite.
You're my only.
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Normally I'm not one for self-promotion, but I'm pretty satisfied with the way this A block turned out. This was one of the shows I produced during the Dale County hostage situation. My goal was to have a double-anchor show with one of them live in the field. So here's a look at what I do. Enjoy!
 

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R.I.P.
Jeffrey S. Raker
WTVY News Director
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Since I started working with my station nearly 4 years ago, I've had the opportunity to organize coverage of many breaking news stories. If there's one thing I've learned about breaking news, it's that no two situations follow the same rules.

There are two types of breaking news - spot news like a car crash or fire and continuing coverage like a hostage situation.

Spot news situations happen and then they're over. You have a limited window of opportunity in which to act. You send a reporter, they shoot some video, interview witnesses, the people involved and maybe some officials if you're lucky. They bring it back, you put it in your show, it's over.

Continuing coverage is just that - coverage that lasts for days, weeks or even months. It gives you more time to plan. You may even go to some sort of 24-hour rotating schedule that involves everyone. Then the big day comes when everything finally culminates and nothing goes as planned.

It sounds so cliche but in breaking news situations, you should always expect the unexpected. Sometimes the authorities actually have a game plan and shut you down at every turn. That's just one reason why you shouldn't be attached to one plan. Don't get me wrong - having a plan helps, but it's always smart to have a backup plan ... or two.

I've been in more than one breaking news situation where we knew it was going to happen and we had all these grand plans, but once our reporter(s) got to the scene, nothing was actually happening. I've actually produced a two-hour show with 8 live shots from a scene where police had contained absolutely everything and my reporter said the same thing 8 times.

Sometimes you just have to accept that things aren't going the way you want them to, that maybe you allotted more time than you needed to or anticipated there being more to cover than there actually is. In those cases, it's extremely important to remember that the people you sent to the scene are your eyes and ears and you have to trust them.

Breaking news is loud, often times crowded, always rushed and never at an opportune time. And through it all you're trying to remain grounded. You want to report the most recent information, but you understand the importance of letting that information come from the authorities. In most cases, your viewers won't thank you for that bit of ethics. They'll accuse you of hiding things and being slow. But you know the truth.

You only have one shot to get it right, and when you do, you'll realize how totally worth it everything was.
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