TV reporting in the field can be perilous sometimes, notes Grumpy Editor.
A reporter often faces hazards such as standing in the rain, wading through a flooded street, coping with a windy snowstorm and such.
Latest outside live standup event has WSAZ, Dunbar, West Virginia reporter Tori Yorgey getting knocked down after getting clipped by a car. While obviously shaken, she showed what a pro she is by getting up and continuing to report…on the weather.
Yorgey, working solo (as many others in TV), picked up her camera and said, “I am so glad I’m okay” while comforting the woman driver who hit her.
IN CASE YOUR FAVORITE NEWS OUTLETS MISSED THESE…
HIGH RATE OF BANK OFFICE CLOSURES. U.S. banks closed 2,927 branches last year, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence data. It comes after 2020 set the previous high as the Covid pandemic accelerated digital adoption.
BABY PACIFIERS RECALLED. Nearly 334,000 Baby Pacifiers are being recalled because they could pose a choking risk. A posting by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notes “the base of the silicone nipple has a fine slit that can cause the nipple to detach from the plastic shield, posing a choking hazard."
WOMAN TO HEAD L.A. FIRE DEPARTMENT. The Los Angeles Fire Department selects a 22-year veteran --- deputy chief Kristin Crowley --- to become the first woman to lead one of the nation’s largest fire departments.
PET SNAKES LIVE IN HOME. At least 124 snakes and a 49-year-old dead man are found inside his home in Charles County, Maryland. The snakes, some identified as venomous, were in cages.
OUTER SPACE GEM SET FOR AUCTION. A rare gem from outer space is set for a Sotheby’s auction next month. The auction house expects the large 555.55-carat black diamond to sell for at least $6.8 million in Dubai.
TWO TATTOOS POPULAR. Rasmussen Reports, in a national survey, finds 67 percent of American adults do not have tattoos, while 21 percent have two or more tattoos.
RARE OCTOPUS SEEN IN AUSTRALIA. Known for cape-like webs enclosing its tentacles, a rare blanket octopus is spotted in a “once in a lifetime” encounter off the Australian coast.
