Saturday, March 13, 2010

News Channel 8 Visit

Two weeks ago, we embarked on our visit to the News Channel 8 news center to meet with Senior Investigative Reporter Steve Andrews.

Before I get into what we learned from Steve Andrews, I want to say that I was pretty amazed with the newsroom, the set and everything that made news channel 8 work. To be up close and personal at the newsroom was pretty gratifying.

Andrews showed us some of the investigative stories that he and his fellow partners put together throughout their tenure at news channel 8, the most intriguing being the abusive spending of tax payer's money by the Tampa Bay Workforce Alliance.

This company was spending hard working people's money for themselves rather than helping needy people find necessary means of work. When Andrews was first beginning this story, he felt that there was something very suspicious about some of the information that he was given.

The main point for why Andrews has had a successful career comes down to three points: Be Persistent, Be Patient and Be Polite as it will go a long way for your career.

He went on a hunch and his hunch was right as he later realized that the tips he was given were false tips and from there he used those false tips to put the pieces together and put together a wonderful piece that got the attention of the public.

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