A producer, dreaming of through-the-roof ratings wrote:
"I love the stories about illegal immigrants with aggressive pit bulls and MRSA."
She's a dreamer. What can I say?
The following *love* came from an assignment editor:
"One of my favorite things is covering a storm wall to wall when it's still in the Pacific (our station is located in the midwest). But I think the best is when it gets a little loose in the editorial meeting and a reporter ends up having to track down a random pregnant Hispanic woman who doesn't speak English."
Oh. Nothing like tracking down an urban legend.
Anyway.
A dear reporter friend of mine wrote:
"free food would be tops"
That reporter was the same person who called me, while she was covering a deadly tornado, and told me the best part of her day was when someone brought her donuts, and she got to eat the "biggest fattest donut she saw."
Free anything really, that's the way to woo a reporter. Or a photographer.
Clearly, photographers, like the following wonderful friend, set the bar low and without regard for legal documents:
"Free t-shirts on vosots (interviews). Yes, I will take them despite whatever payola document I initialed."
And... a few folks decided to SAP IT UP with some warm fuzzies... I'll include what they also *love*:"telling stories that make a difference make the job worth all the crap.
"hearing a story I did made some kind of positive impact on someone who needed help"
"Nothing better then a good story that has true raw emotion and the power to move people."
Well, nothing better, besides maybe... free t-shirts, donuts and finding the mythical illegal immigrant who brings his pit bull to cock fights where the roosters shoot weapons at each other while the owners tattoo one another. Man. What a SWEET interview.
HAPPY VALENTINES DAY.
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