A torrent of news
April 26th was a very exciting day at work. Central New York was hit by some very strong and very sudden thunderstorms, complete with flood waters and damaging hail. The newsroom became a bustle of activity, even long after the downpour had ended.
In the Web Unit, we crushed our previous record number of visits by nearly 1/3rd. (It was the fourth time we’ve broken that record in four months) We also added a few hundred Facebook fans as hundreds of people shared photos and videos of the storm and damage.
With my peers, I worked to collect and curate that user generated content. Then, when things slowed down, I wrote and produced this segment for the 11PM news using the UGC submissions.