Thursday, August 18, 2005

Alaniz covers vice president's visit

As I have written before, I like it when TV reporters are able to take the time to talk about their jobs, not necessarily about how tough they have it, but in a way that gives the viewers some insight into the story.
KSN anchor Tiffany Alaniz, covered Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to Springfield today. The visit wasn't too exciting (we are talking Dick Cheney here), but I was interested in Ms. Alaniz' conversation with 5 p.m. co-host Gary Bandy about the security at the visit. Since this is the kind of thing that any viewer would run into while attending a visit by the president or vice president, it is useful information.
I also appreciate KSN's wisdom in putting Ms. Alaniz out in the field, especially on a hard news story.
I wasn't that thrilled by the Mariah Carey/Eminem conversation that followed. Oh, well, one step forward, two steps back.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

are you worried that a station which you already criticize for news content always chooses to send its anchors to the big stories, instead of letting its reporters do their job. last i knew, anchors sit behind desks, reporters report.

it's not fair to only leave your chair when the spotlight's at its brightest. i don't think we'll ever see ms. alanis in a chicken field in chanute

Randy said...

You have a valid point, but at the same time, the networks also sent the anchors to report from the Berlin Wall and the Olympics and Tiananmen square. It shows the anchor can get in and do some reporting and besides, the last thing I would have wanted to cover was a speech by Dick Cheney. I covered one of his speeches at Leggett & Platt when he was considering running for president a few years back and it was nothing special.

Anonymous said...

PLEASE! obviously, you all have no knowledge about this market. Alaniz has been reporting since 1997 or 1998. She's been in her share of chicken fields, dumpsters and all night manhunts. I co-anchored with her in the old weekend days of 1998. She's paid her dues and then some. She will leave her chair gladly at anytime spotlight or no spotlight. That's how she was when I worked with her and I'm sure she's the same now. She started as a reporter...and as anyone who has a true passion for the business knows..you are always a reporter. Anchors who sit behind a desk and have no knowledge of the news or how it works are called newsreaders. If you don't know that, you aren't in this business for the right reasons. As I said, she's a reporter at heart and one who has earned her spot at that desk.