Normally my news shifts are pretty confined to my assigned duties on the Web and in the KUJH TV newsroom. However, last Friday, however, my news shift was anything but that.
Myself and one of the KUJH reporters went out to shoot video on a gay rights and anti-gay rights protest, taking place at the same time, in front of Free State High School. When myself and the reporter arrived on the scene it was like "mass chaos," literally. It was chaotic and it was on Massachusetts Street. Protestors on both sides of the street waved signs and flags, while screaming at one another as cars zipped past, shouting out their support or disapproval at either side.
The protest was non-violent, even though the students were a little rowdy, however the police and school administrators were standing nearby. We even interviewed some of them (police and administrators) as well as students and by-standers. I really enjoyed shooting "live on location," so to speak, overall. This will be, without a doubt, one of my more memorable shifts.
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