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Behind the Scenes: Video from the Set
Posted in behind the scenes, video, wdsu
Tagged behind the scenes, fletcher mackel, margaret orr, norman robinson, scott walker, tout, wdsu
[VIDEO] Trial Date Set for 10-Time DWI Offender
George Semmes, a New Orleans man with 10 DWI arrests since 1984, has managed to avoid prosecution for nearly 30 years. That lengthy streak is scheduled to end later this month when he goes on trial for two of the DWI cases. In this I-Team follow up to my original story in February, we hear from George Semmes (briefly), his lawyer and a legal analyst.
Posted in reporting, video, wdsu
Tagged clif stoutz, dwi, george semmes, new orleans, wdsu
[VIDEO] When Anchors Attack
An hard-working and unsuspecting Travers Mackel is ambushed in the newsroom by a rogue news anchor (me).
In the News: Half Marathon Coverage
Thanks to Dave Walker at the T-P for continuing to spread the word about my half marathon run for Tripp Roth. The following appeared Monday on NOLA.com:
Appropriately enough, WDSU anchor Scott Walker reported his finishing time in Sunday’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon via Twitter at 12:40 p.m.:
Finished my first half marathon in 2:12. A great payoff after 10 weeks of training/fundraising. #TeamTripp was well represented. A great day.
Like this:
Tagged eb, in the news, rock n roll half marathon, tripp roth, wdsu
Previewing WDSU’s Fat Tuesday Coverage
WDSU has a huge production planned for Fat Tuesday. It all begins at 4:30 a.m. with Randi Rousseau, Jay Galle’ and Rose Flores on WDSU News This Morning. Norman Robinson, Mardi Gras Guide Arthur Hardy and I pick up the coverage at 7 a.m. from the Hotel Intercontinental downtown. WDSU reporters will be stationed across the city to bring home every aspect of the climax of the Carnival season during the most extensive coverage in town.
We’ll be live on the air and online at WDSU.com until 3 p.m.
I’ll also be updating Facebook, Twitter and this website all day from our perch at Intercontinental.
Here’s a preview:
Posted in mardi gras 2012, out in nola, video
Tagged arthur hardy, fat tuesday, jay galle, norman robinson, randi rousseau, rosa flores, scott walker, wdsu
[VIDEO] I-Team: 10-Time DWI Offender
This is my story that aired Sunday night. I spent about four months working on it.
A New Orleans businessman has been arrested 10 times for DWI and avoided prosecution for nearly 30 years. Things got really interesting once we started asking questions — he was arrested.
[VIDEO] I-Team Promo: 10-Time DWI Offender
Check out the promo for my I-Team story running Sunday night on WDSU News after the Super Bowl. It’s jaw-dropping.
[VIDEO] Shoes, Makeup & Hair Questions
Viewers posed questions on the WDSU Facebook page and Camille, Margaret and I answered.
Posted in behind the scenes, video
Tagged camille whitworth, margaret orr, scott walker, wdsu
[VIDEO] Inside the WDSU Newsroom
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Tagged camille whitworth, chris miles, norman robinson, travers mackel, wdsu
Lions/Saints a Big Winner for WDSU, NBC
Early numbers for the Saints-Lions prime time matchup on WDSU show it was a huge ratings-winner. New Orleans led all markets with a 58.2 rating/76 share. Detroit was next with a 41.1/61.
Nationally, the game drew a 19.3 overnight rating and a 32 share, the third-best overnight for a Wild Card Saturday game since the 1999 playoff season.
Tagged detroit lions, new orleans saints, saints on 6, wdsu
New Orleans Ratings Race: November
In the recently concluded November sweeps period, WDSU showed year-to-year growth in newscasts at 5 a.m., 4 p.m., 5 p.m. and 6 p.m.
WDSU News at 4 registered a 4.6 rating, up more than a full point from last November.
Here’s the full story from the T-P.
Jazz Half Marathon and 5K
What a great morning downtown on Saturday. ‘Team 6′ participated in the Third Annual Jazz Half Marathon 7 5K benefiting the Cancer Program at Children’s Hospital. ‘Team 6′ was comprised of 44 WDSU employees, including our general manager, Joel Vilmenay, who spearheaded the effort. All of us competed in the 5K, with the exception of reporter Heath Allen who ran the half. Showoff.
WDSU also broadcast the event, pre-and post race, from 6-10 a.m. Approximately 2,500 runners participated this year.
WDSU is very involved with Children’s Hospital and the race is a great opportunity to raise a lot of money. Last year we helped raise nearly $150,000 for Children’s. This year’s total should eclipse that number.
I finished the 5K with a personal best, which didn’t take much. I placed 39th among men with a time of 28:34:6.
> Click HERE for full race results.
> Click HERE for WDSU’s 10 p.m. story on the race. Yours truly appears at 1:52 in the video.
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Tagged children's hospital, jazz half & 5k, wdsu
Viewer Photoshop Fun
Our main studio is undergoing a top secret upgrade this weekend, so we used the virtual set in Studio B last night at 6 & 10. I tweeted a picture of our setup and a viewer (@ianhoch) had some fun with Photoshop. Extra points for creativity!
New Orleans Ratings Race
WDSU’s promo proclaiming it is “Louisiana’s NEW News Leader” seems to be ruffling some feathers at the other stations in New Orleans. The results of the July ratings period show that WDSU won at 4, 5 & 6 p.m. in the 25-54 key demographic, the age group most important to advertisers.
In an article in today’s T-P, WWL’s general manager says, “I think ’DSU is grasping at straws. The simple fact is that more people watch our television station for news than theirs.”
That is a fact. WWL still has more total viewers than any station in the market. But here’s another fact — WWL hadn’t lost a newscast in any way shape or form in generations. When it happens, as it did in July, it’s news. It’s not grasping at straws. WWL’s stranglehold on this market isn’t nearly what it once was, and the news race is the tightest it’s been in decades.
The November ratings period begins October 27th. Buckle up.
