Change At The Fair

Today I investigated a story on the Callaway County Sheriff's Department not sending deputies to the county fair this year. I called the sheriff and he was very willing to talk with me. I also was able to talk with the man at the company that set the sheriff over the edge by agreeing to have a show at the fair, Mid-Missouri MMA. This company is up in Moberly, so it took some thinking about how to schedule the interviews. I decided to head to Fulton and the sheriff's department first. I talked with the sheriff and got in contact with officials from the Callaway County Fair. I was able to talk to the officials at the fairgrounds and I was able to get some b-roll as well as a stand-up there. I then headed out to Moberly to talk with Ricky Davidson from Mid-Missouri MMA. I got some quick b-roll with good nats sound there and did a quick interview. I got back to the station a little after 8:30.

Writing and editing went pretty well. I wish it would have been a little quicker, but I was still done with about 10 minutes left before the show. I was upset to see a little bit of the camera shadow in my shot on my stand-up. I didn't see this in the viewfinder when I was shooting. It was only in the HD portion, so it wasn't too big of a problem. I also wish I would have made it clearer that the Mid-Missouri MMA company is the one performing at the fair next week. It did kind of seem to me that the company I talked to was just another company and not the one actually performing.