[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox DC anchors may have to be athletes

2009-10-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Oct 14, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Bob in Jersey wrote: WTTG, per Paul Farhi at the WaPo, intends to train its newscasters to operate prompters using a series of hand levers and foot pedals, all while they're reading the news as it scrolls by... A series of hand levers and foot pedals? An actual

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox DC anchors may have to be athletes

2009-10-14 Thread Kevin M.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:14 PM, Jim Ellwanger train...@ellwanger.tv wrote: In the summer of 1993, I worked as the script coordinator and prompter operator for the hourlong 10:00 newscast on then-independent WTOG in the Tampa Bay area.  (It's now a CW affiliate, and no longer has a news

[TV orNotTV] Re: Fox DC anchors may have to be athletes

2009-10-14 Thread Ben Scripps
On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Bob in Jersey bob.in.jer...@juno.com wrote: WTTG, per Paul Farhi at the WaPo, intends to train its newscasters to operate prompters using a series of hand levers and foot pedals, all while they're reading the news as it scrolls by... I love this bit from the