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Monday June 01, 2009 at 12:30 pm
Jumping In Head First


There was no gradual reacclimation for me today. I was just beginning to reorganize my desk and get things in order for the week, when we got word two people had been shot at the Army Recruitment Center in West Little Rock. Breaking news inside a newsroom is always an interesting thing to watch. It's always handled best when people stay calm and do their job. But there's an adrenaline rush you have to fight to do that.

Immediately we sent Michelle and a photographer to the scene. Then Angela (assignment editor) dispatched photogs across the city while we listened to the scanners as police chased the suspect. Our news director, Randy and I jumped in the car and headed to Interstate 30 and 630 where police had pulled over the suspect vehicle. I know I'm bias, but I think we handled the story well. It's just such a sad story. Violent acts like that always leave me so disappointed in people.

That story is just starting to calm down, so Photog Brian and I are heading out to Malvern to interview a woman who trains bomb dogs for various law enforcement organizations throughout the state. I'm very excited to meet her and hear her story. It will also be interesting to be back in Malvern post Road Trip. I feel like I know my way around a lot of these towns now. Maybe I'll run into some of the people I met when I was there a couple of weeks ago.

It's great to be back. Don't forget, if you've got any CYN story ideas, send them to me at jdean@katv.com.

JD

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