I think the most common question I get from the general public and freinds is: "What time do you go to work?" So in lets get it out of the way once and for all.

1:30pm!

That's right! Now for most of you 9 to 5 people out there it might seem like a cupcake of a day. What you need to realize is that while you are out enjoying "happy hour" I am hard at work. Or when you are climbing into bed I am just heading home.

Each day we have a Newsroom meeting at 1:30. In that meeting we discuss what we are working on for the day. Mostly what we are looking at for First at Five and for the Six O'Clock News. Then the real work begins. Lindsay Hunt and I both have responsibilities in both shows that we take care of everyday. We have Headlines to write. You see those right at the top of the news. Then one of us is responsible for taking care of the Radio Topicals that air on the GAP Broadcasting stations all afternoon before the Six O'Clock News. Whoever does that normally starts looking over First at Five to help with getting that show ready to go. The other of us is busy working on the Evening Webcast you see here on the website.

Once the five and six are both done I start working on Eye on Texas and Eye on Oklahoma. Those are my responsibilities. Lindsay works on Eye on the World. She has to pick normally three or four stories out of all the international news of the day. It's not as easy as it sounds. Sometimes there are 30 really good stories and she has to find the best ones. I have to dig sometimes to find something with some video to go with it. Then there is dinner.

After getting back from dinner break, I normally recheck my email to make sure there is nothing new in it and then I get to editing my Eye on Texas stories and Eye on Oklahoma. By that time our Executive Producer Priscilla Ford has looked over my stories. Then I get to edit the video for those. Once that is finished I look over the rest of the Ten O'Clock show and see what else needs attention if anything. Before I know it we are getting ready to go on the air again. It really can go by fast when were are busy.

So there you have it! A normal day. Oh I did forget to mention that quite often there is a board meeting or an 8am reading to elementary school kids that goes with the job. Those turn into 13-hour days really fast. But, it's all part of the job.