When I ruminate on the first newscast of the semester I find myself irresistibly drawn to memories of the first scene of “Bambi.” I recall from an early age watching that little deer try to walk, knees together, wobbly and spinning sideways in what was more of a controlled fall than anything. This first newscast was not dissimilar – while we did not lose our footing we also weren’t the most graceful and frankly, I’m happy about that. If there were no room for improvement there would be little point to continuing down this path.

          I was very pleased to get some camera time last week and help Kendall Lewis gather footage for the Sunnyside Up story. The most difficult part for me was keeping up on the technical side once the interviews started. Kendall wasted no time diving into questions and creating candid moments that I was obliged to capture. I was equally impressed by the rest of the team out creating their packages and, most importantly, communicating. My poor beleaguered phone was overwrought with notifications on GroupMe, Twitter and SMS as reporters requested and offered help. That was a real testament to the work ethic of our team and I could not have been more proud.