A Little Background
Welcome to the Newscenter 11 blog. Thanks for stopping by. I know that many of you have been enjoying the Newscenter 11 Weather Blog. Josh and the rest of the Weather Team do a great job with it.
Let me start out by giving you an idea of what I plan to do here. I assume that most of you know what a blog is. For those of you who don't, this is pretty much just an online diary or journal. I will be try to post everyday, or at least the days that I work (my schedule is Saturday through Wednesday). It will not be very likely that I will update on my days off.
The purpose of this blog is just to give you an insight into what I do when I come to work. For those of you who don't know me, let me give you a little introduction. My name is Chris Brennaman and I am a Reporter for WTOK. I am originally from Kansas City, Missouri but I have lived in Meridian for more than half my life. I started working at WTOK in 1999, right after I started college. I began as a production assistant, worked my way up to director, and now have made the move to Reporter.
Today's Story:
Today, my story was about Amtrak getting back to normal here in Meridian. Click here to read it. If you've been keeping up with the news over the last week, you know that there were two train accidents in Alabama. One of those, a derailment, occurred in Cuba, Alabama. That was also a story that I covered. Because the stretch of track that was damaged is used by Amtrak, their service was disrupted. Just as it was about to get going again, there was a train collision in Lincoln, Alabama. Amtrak finally got "back on track" today. I met a couple of guys that were both headed to New Jersey. One had planned to leave on Friday and the other on Saturday. Neither of them seemed to mind that they would be travelling over a newly repaired stretch of track because of the accidents. I don't think that I would have had any problem boarding the train either.
Well, that was my story today. I will be back in tomorrow for another exciting day of work. And then, I'll let you know about it. A lot of times it is hard to fit all the information into our stories, I will occasionally post some extra background information for some stories. I will also try to give you a little insight into what it takes to get a story on the air.
I hope you enjoy reading. In the meantime, check out all of our news stories on our website.
Let me start out by giving you an idea of what I plan to do here. I assume that most of you know what a blog is. For those of you who don't, this is pretty much just an online diary or journal. I will be try to post everyday, or at least the days that I work (my schedule is Saturday through Wednesday). It will not be very likely that I will update on my days off.
The purpose of this blog is just to give you an insight into what I do when I come to work. For those of you who don't know me, let me give you a little introduction. My name is Chris Brennaman and I am a Reporter for WTOK. I am originally from Kansas City, Missouri but I have lived in Meridian for more than half my life. I started working at WTOK in 1999, right after I started college. I began as a production assistant, worked my way up to director, and now have made the move to Reporter.
Today's Story:
Today, my story was about Amtrak getting back to normal here in Meridian. Click here to read it. If you've been keeping up with the news over the last week, you know that there were two train accidents in Alabama. One of those, a derailment, occurred in Cuba, Alabama. That was also a story that I covered. Because the stretch of track that was damaged is used by Amtrak, their service was disrupted. Just as it was about to get going again, there was a train collision in Lincoln, Alabama. Amtrak finally got "back on track" today. I met a couple of guys that were both headed to New Jersey. One had planned to leave on Friday and the other on Saturday. Neither of them seemed to mind that they would be travelling over a newly repaired stretch of track because of the accidents. I don't think that I would have had any problem boarding the train either.
Well, that was my story today. I will be back in tomorrow for another exciting day of work. And then, I'll let you know about it. A lot of times it is hard to fit all the information into our stories, I will occasionally post some extra background information for some stories. I will also try to give you a little insight into what it takes to get a story on the air.
I hope you enjoy reading. In the meantime, check out all of our news stories on our website.
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