I got to write a package yesterday. It was a sad one. A school bus driving back from a game crashed head on into a car. The roads were slick and likely to blame for the accident. Everyone on the bus will be okay, just bumps and bruises. Unfortunately, the mother in the car died. Her husband and three-year-old child survived.
I didn’t do the interviews for this story, infact I didn’t even leave the building. Two of my coworkers did the story earlier in the day. Heather was in Renville, where the accident happened. Paula, a senior producer, interviewed the family here in the Twin Cities. I used their information, video and interviews and wrote the story. Reg voiced it. Then our photographerTony edited it (given we didn’t have much video to work with, he make it turn out so much better than I visioned).
It’s been a long time since I’ve written a package. I love doing it. I hope someday to field produce because I like the challenge of writing longer stories and really telling people’s stories and giving good information.I prefer writing happier stories, but unfortunately, that’s not always possible. Hopefully I’ll get the chance to do more of this in the future.
