In my reporting shift this week I had no idea of what my story truly entailed... I knew employees from the Mid-Missouri Mental Health Center were going to Jefferson City, but until I called the lady with the tip, I didn't know what they were trying to accomplish. When I got there I basically followed them around as they went to different legislators trying to get answers. I thought they were going to be campaigning about their jobs, which I think they were but didn't want to talk about, and said they were advocating for their patients. When I interviewed them I kept asking them about their jobs, but they kept saying it was for the patients. And it wasn't until it was off camera that they would kind of talk about their job status. I think for the story I had, it turned out pretty well. I got a lot of really good sound and tried to really use that because the video wasn't as compelling.
On the flipside, I didn't had the hard numbers like I would of liked, but that's because I was going off a Tribune article and they couldn't even say where the one cut was coming from. None of the legislators had any idea either. My video wasn't the greatest because the lighting in the capitol stinks and the light just wouldn't get bright enough (I had fresh batteries in it too!) I would of improved on getting those hard facts and my video in this story.
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