Week 7 Reflection

Since this week was pretty slow there isn't much for me to really talk about. I realized how hard it is to come up with stories when there is not a lot going on sports wise for YOUR audience (which in KOIN's case is the mama bear's). Dan was making phone calls all over the place in order to get  something for the show. I learned that it is important to have good communication skills with the other stations because when stuff like this happens you want to be able to call them and have them possibly help you out. Dan is really good friends with a lot of the other stations so it is no big deal for others to send him stories. It made me realize that the business isn't as "messed up" as I thought it was. I always thought that it was just pushing and shoving to get the best stories (which it still is) but stations also like to help each other out. Most of the time each station has a different audience so it's really not a huge deal if one station tells another what story they're doing. Most of the time for KOIN they try to present it in the right way so that the mama bear audience can relate and enjoy it. Because in all reality if somebody is truly into sports they are not going to be watching KOIN Local 6 for sports...they're going to be watching ESPN and Sports Center.