Spray Painter Vandals

I got to the station early today to work on my HFR and received a tip during the morning that there was a rash of vandalism overnight in Moberly. I thought this would be a good story to do nightside. I ended up doing the story and had a very willing source who provided some good sound bites. I also set up an interview with the PIO at the Moberly Police Department and I was off. I got a lot of shots of the spray painting, which provided some great visuals. I was done pretty early and got back down to the station at about 6 p.m.

I edited pretty quickly, but there were a few things I probably would have changed. I think I would have shown more pictures of the swastikas, because that is the most shocking video I had that we could use on air. I think it would have proved the point better visually about how hurtful the images could be to the residents there. I think just one more shot could've helped. I also wish I would have added a nats sound break. I didn't think I could because I didn't have any meaningful sound, but maybe just some outside noise would've helped in the middle. It's something to keep in mind from now on. I also learned that the lighting warning messages can sometimes not appear on the camera if the setting isn't flipped on. That could've helped my shot of the cat that was otherwise a good open shot. I think my on-set went pretty well, hopefully the makeup turned out OK for my first time!