I thought it was important to follow up on the man found dead in a lake west of Columbia. It was reported the man was a severe diabetic and I wanted to know if the family had any more to say to educate others on this disease. I spoke with the man's wife and she gave me an oral statement that I wrote down and used in my package. I also got in contact with an endocrinologist and University Hospital to get an "official" view on hypoglycemia, which the wife said was the cause of the accident. With this interview, the statement from the wife and a few b-roll shots of the hospital, I headed back to the station.
I pulled some file video from yesterday's story and got to work. I had trouble figuring out which order to put my bites in from the doctor. This took me a little longer than I expected. I think I will just get faster with this in time. It is especially hard for me with official sources and one that is my only source on camera. There wasn't much video to work with and it's hard to work with video you didn't shoot. I also wish I would have put my standup further up in the story to engage the viewer better. Again, I wish I would have had better video but I think the bites were very important for viewers to hear.
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