Thank you for your commment. I agree with a great deal of what you said. But what you're talking about is entierly transforming the entire local TV news model... something that is deeply entrenched in every city across the country.

I would give anything to be able to have two or three days to fully research a story, to work my sources, and to set-up my interviews in advance. I would much prefer to tell a six minute story every two days than a two minute story every single day. Unfortunately, that's just not realistic (especially in this economy). The job of every local TV station is to produce multiple newscasts every day, and that means daily deadlines for reporters.

With that said, I can assure you that all of KATV's reporters are trained in the ways of good old-fashioned journalism (and I promise we never run a story unless it is fully sourced). As for me, I believe the quality of my stories when I'm doing CYN are identical to when I'm a regular General Assigment Reporter. The idea behind the blogging and Twittering to simply accent the reporting. In this ever-evolving 21st century media environment, we have to find a way to have our cake and eat it too.

Personally I hope TV reporters choose to do a few other things first, before worrying about whether they've updated their blog today. Such as:

- Choose not to run to the grocery store parking lot to get "local reaction" to a story. When did a man on the street interview become useful information? - Choose to run a story when it's complete and sourced, not just run it because the show is about to start. - Choose to do some research on a topic before conducting an interview -- not just winging it until you get an interesting soundbite. - Choose not to let the local newspaper dictate what's news that day. Can't it be the other way around?

If KATV is looking for new ways to engage viewers, maybe some good old-fashioned journalism would be a good start.