Preview: Channel 3 News Today (11/9/08)

Channel 3 News Today weekend producer Caitlin Kollar and friends let you know what is coming up on this morning's show.

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Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "A Somber Sunday"

Following the unfortunate fatal shooting of an officer over night, we decided to send Jeff out to cover a press conference to find out more details. Kim held down the fort in Studio A. With Dawn directing the last hour of the show, director Matt was able to post video to the web and stream the press conference live with the help of Julie at the desk. Producer Caitlin did a nice job of pulling together the changes for the show at the last minute. Great job to the weekend morning show team for pulling together to get the coverage on the air and web so our viewers were able to find out the latest information.

During the show, we had our live webchat up and running, as well as a live stream of the press conference. Jeff and Kim did a great job with covering the story in a respectful and professional way, as WKYC always does. The mood in Studio A was somber and serious today. Some of you may have been watching the live video from Studio A and could see all was calm here. Anytime we have a fallen officer, the newsroom is aware of the impact on the community and the atmosphere here shows this. We stay busy and bring you the latest coverage, but we all keeping the situation in perspective.

Although we didn't have too much time to chat here at WKYC with all of the breaking coverage, we appreciate all of you who logged on to share your thoughts and feelings on this tragedy, especially the family and friends of this fallen hero.

Stay Tuned,

Jess Starr
jstarr@wkyc.com

Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "Saturday, June 21st"

Hope you are having a great weekend! It's beautiful outside. Inside today, we had another great morning show. We missed Kim because she is off today, but we had some fun. Jeff needed her for the trivia answer! She may have to participate in our live webchat from home to help us with Bruce's trivia questions!

We had quite a few visitors in and out of the studio today. It's always fun to have people come in and experience news from a perspective they don't get to see at home.

Our live webchat continued today. Also, we continued to have live feed from our studio camera online so that everyone at home can see what happens in the studio. Let us know what you think about these features and let us know what else you'd like to see. Email us at weekendmorningshow@wkyc.com.

Stay tuned,

Jess Starr
jstarr@wkyc.com

Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "Day 2"

Another successful day for our new live webchat! It's day 2 and I really enjoy this feature. Yesterday was busy in Studio A and I didn't get to chat much but I had a little more time to follow along today. Thanks to all who joined in the chat! I think Bruce, Jeff and Kim are really having fun with it, and I know the crew is. Looking forward to next weekend. Hope you'll join us then!

Happy Father's Day to all including my dad, Mike, and my grandfather, Carl.

Stay tuned,

Jess Starr
jstarr@wkyc.com

Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "Bianca"

As promised awhile back... here are a few pictures of my puppy, Bianca. She is a teacup Pomeranian, chocolate in color. She has white markings on her chest and toes. She is the sweetest, happiest dog I've ever met. I love her!






Here she is! All 4 1/2 pounds of her. She won't get any bigger. In this picture, she is in the car with me.




Bianca in her yellow polka dot bikini. Before you comment... just know she actually likes it! Look at her posing. She loves to hang out by the pool and on the boat with me. :)





Stay tuned (I may post more),

Jess Starr
jstarr@wkyc.com

Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "Live Webchat"

Today we did our first live webchat on the weekend morning show. I didn't get to post much because it was a busy show in the studio... but what a great thing to have. I love seeing viewer responses come up on the screen as things are happening on the show.

I call my part of the blog "Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A" but now you can see inside the studio for yourself! The crew set up a bump shot of the studio so you can watch what happens during the show. You can see Jeff, Kim and Bruce do what they do best. You can also see me running around getting the sets ready and interacting with the anchors. You may not need my part of the blog anymore because now you can watch inside the studio each weekend. But I'll keep on blogging and fill you in on what you can't hear!

I only lost Jeff once today, which isn't bad for a hectic Saturday! However, he walked through the chroma key again. It was funny, though! Other than that, I think Jeff was at his desk a lot because he was chatting with everyone. This could work to my advantage.

Stay tuned,
Jess Starr

jstarr@wkyc.com

Starr Sightings: Inside Studio A - "And Studio B!"

It has been a typical Saturday morning. Not too much out of the ordinary, but still busy. Mr. Gadgets was on the show to tell us about the latest in technology, but we found out 10 minutes before the show that he needed a large demo table and extension cords, so we couldn't keep his segment in Studio A. The crew hustled to set up Studio B. As soon as I was finished setting up, I ran back out to the newsroom to finish filing the scripts I was still missing for the anchors and director and finished marking my own rundown for the show.

I got into Studio A with a little over a minute to spare. No worries, right!? Cutting it a little close, though.

Are you ready to hear the events taking place in the minute before the show? Well, once in the studio, I put my stopwatch and headset on, grabbed the teleprompter cord (I roll prompter as I floor direct) and asked Bruce which graphics he'd like to use for weather. I let the director know Bruce's answer and asked Matt to put the teleprompter in "camera 11." I made sure the anchors were standing on their marks so that the camera would be centered on them. I gave the anchors the countdown and heard Matt say, "up on camera 11! Cue the anchors!" We were live and the show was up and running. Working in television has taught me that more can be done in one minute than many people think!

Show Promo: Saturday, May 31st

Watch as anchor Jeff Maynor and floor director Jess Starr talk about what's coming up on today's broadcast.