Chasing a Scoop

Last night at TSN Radio 690 provided a good example of looking for a break in a big story. Throughout the show last night, myself, Matthew and Moe Khan were scouring the internet, while Matthew and Moe were in contact with their sources to see if Marc Trestman was indeed leaving for the NFL. Some reports were tweeted and pulled. I found that they showed great restraint from reporting something that wasn't yet confirmed. In fact the news wasn't confirmed until 2 am, but unfortunately the show was already over. Still, it's a good example of seeing someone look for a development in a big story, while still doing their job and hosting. Once again, I found they showed responsibility in not reporting it until it had some merit. Too often, sportscasters just throw any report out there, without trying to verify it, in sacrifice for 'the scoop', but I'm glad I learned that there's a way to look for a story while being responsible. I feel it was a valuable lesson for me. As for myself, my job was to look for reports throughout the net about Marc Trestman and do my part in searching for news with the story. I also helped in the sports updates, informing the producer of news and scores throughout the night. I got to do my Tweet 10 list again. It was a lot of fun and challenging for me. Following the show, I posted the segments from the show on the show's website and cut clips from interviews and uploaded them to the station's server for the next day. We had Scott Cullen from TSN.ca on as well as John Hoven from 'Mayor's Manor' in L.A who covers the Kings. It's something I'll be doing every show for them.