Rundown Rationale

October 14, 2010, 3:15 p.m.
By Luisa Ardila (Team 1, NCC News)

Our show began with the Chilean miners—an anchor actuality—because of the importance of the story. We continued with 2 readers and an anchor actuality on local crime (a woman stabs her ex-boyfriend, an employee at an elderly home steals checks and a local college student steals a credit card). We then followed with a reader on the evacuation of a local high school due to a possible gas leak, because it happened today.

Next was a wrap on anti-gay hate crimes in New York State by Kenneth Connolly—one of the only stories of the day with audio. That was followed by a reader on a federal verdict against a Syracuse-based company that falsified asbestos reports. These stories were placed like this because they were regional; not just local.

The next story was a live wrap by Dan Cohen on the NBA players that are coming to the area. Again, it was difficult to find any other worthy audio.

The last two stories were readers on new developments in the Carl Paladino gubernatorial campaign. The first one was on pornographic emails he is again being accused of sending and the second (which was ultimately cut during the taping of the show) was on his comments about closing roadways to Turning Stone Casino.

The kicker was a feel-good story on a high school student that went from homeless to football star. The weather included a short forecast for the next two days and an optional week ahead.