I started off with Phil's wrap about the Chittenango man who is accused of hitting and killing a pedestrian with his car. I chose to lead with this story because there was a brand new angle in the story - the man was not only looking at his cell phone when he hit the pedestrian, but he was on drugs and now faces DUI charges.
Then we moved to a car crash that killed a five-year-old boy in Otsego County. His 28-year-old mother was driving when she lost control of her car in an attempt to try to avoid hitting a deer. The new angle in this story was that the son passed away in the hospital this morning, even though the crash happened yesterday.
We then went to a story about Veterans Day and how and where it was being observed in Syracuse. I chose this story because it actually is Veterans Day today and I thought it was important to highlight where it was being observed publicly, and which specific groups were being honored.
The next story was about the American Flag returning to Syracuse. I put this story here because I thought it was a cool transition from talking about veterans who served the country to the flag returning, and the flag is a symbol of the country that the veterans served.
Then we transitioned to the story about the soup kitchen in Syracuse. I thought it was good to keep the stories both about Syracuse. But i also liked how it transitioned from two stories about people helping others for the betterment of the country to a soup kitchen which does the same thing. And i found it really interesting that there has been such a drastic increase in the amount of people that need assistance from the soup kitchens in this area.
I kept the next story local as well, talking about the Syracuse man who was originally pulled over for littering, but ended up getting busted for cocaine possession. He threw a soda bottle out his window, and when he was pulled over for littering, a records check revealed his license had already been suspended. Upon getting out of the car, the officer noticed a bag of cocaine sitting in the front seat. He was pulled over for simply littering, and ended up getting busted for three separate violations.
I kept the next story local with the Uitca bar shooting. This had a second day lead in it, as the shooter pleaded guilty today for a shooting that happened back in January. This was the last of the local stories in the newscast.
I started out the national/international with Leonardo's anchor-actuality about the Israeli peace talks. I put this here because it broke up 3 readers in a row.
At the very end, before the break, I had a story about a power line in Ohio falling the wrong way when it was being demolished. I thought this was a good story to go into the break with, but we were running a little short on time, so I ended up cutting this story during the actual newscast.
Our kicker was about the ship that had floated adrift after an engine room fire. The catch in this story was that the passengers on the ship were forced to eat SPAM and pop tarts for the remaining 2 days while Mexican tugboats pulled the ship 200 miles back to San Diego. I thought this was an interesting angle on the story, because normally the food on cruise ships is lavish and extravagant...not canned meat and boxed pastries.
The floater story was about a local doctor who pleaded guilty to charges of sending indecent material to a teenage boy. The ironic part of this story was that this particular physican was a part-time medical director for the Syracuse City School District.
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