This post is from our Afternoon Drive Anchor Wayne Cabot.
The now-familiar “Miracle on the Hudson” was a perfect story from beginning to end. Drama, suspense, exhileration, heroics, luck, skill — all in the middle of my airshift!
To go without a net (no commercials, features, etc) and run with a compelling story is a thrill, even after 22 years of doing all-news.
Getting e-mails from listeners as the story unfolded inspired us to bring on our producer at 6:50 for a behind the scenes rundown of how the news broke.
We in the newsroom all agree — the story was a gift from the news gods.
And we are all thrilled to get such positive reviews:
“Your coverage was much stronger than the nationals, especially early on because you had people all over. Whoever is in charge of putting reporters at the scene did a great job. And actually I was pretty amazed how important traffic and weather reporting became during the story. Great coverage all around.”
- Janet Green, Oldwick NJ
“You guys sounded like you’d really nailed it.”
- Adrienne Mitchell, Washington DC
“Yet again you and the rest of the staff at WCBS-AM kicked the bejeezus out of everyone. Thank you. I had the sound off on the TV and listened to your coverage…which I always do when something happens at home. Thanks again to everyone at WCBS-AM for their unmatched excellence.”
- Richard Flaker, Texas
“Good…..both individually, but also as a team…….you complimented each other very well.”
“You are all doing a extraordinary job of covering this story.”
Today is MLK Jr. day, and ideally everyone would be out performing some sort of service to their community…I, however, am not. Honestly, it’s just too cold to be out doing anything except running from subway to home.
What I’m doing instead is working from home…which I am thoroughly enjoying!
It’s 11:20 am, and I’ve already put up a handful of stories while in my pajamas and watching the Martha Stewart show. Yup, I could get used to this.
My main focus today is our Inauguration Page, which I built a while back…but now has top-billing on our homepage. So, I need it to look sharp and up-to-date.
Tomorrow, I’ll be heading over to Columbia University to check out the scene there as well as Times Square and create a little video for you all to get a sense of what the mood is here in the city.
Lots going on in the world of politics today…Sen. Clinton testified at her Senate confirmation hearing to become Secretary of State, Governor Corzine delivered New Jersey’s State of the State and more.
But, here’s what’s happening specifically in New York State and City.
Yesterday, President Bush delivered what we think may have been his last news conference of his presidency and he took a wide variety of questions and showed lots of different emotions.
I’ve seen many of his news conferences and this one was by far the most interesting.
From his playful “Oh, why me!?!” comment to his defiance on how Katrina was handled.
