{"id":20628,"date":"2019-01-31T08:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=20628"},"modified":"2019-01-31T08:10:47","modified_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:10:47","slug":"chicago-tv-news-warms-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/01\/31\/chicago-tv-news-warms-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago TV news warms up to common sense"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_20629\" style=\"width: 771px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2019\/01\/31\/chicago-tv-news-warms-common-sense\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-20629\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20629\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gaynor-Hall.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gaynor-Hall.jpg 761w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gaynor-Hall-300x168.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gaynor-Hall-500x280.jpg 500w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gaynor-Hall-150x84.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gaynor-Hall-400x224.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Gaynor-Hall-200x112.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-20629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Gaynor Hall (Photo: WGN)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Often criticized for putting reporters and news crews in hazardous situations unnecessarily, Chicago television finally got smart this time.<\/p>\n<p>Local stations covering this week\u2019s dangerous deep freeze wisely avoided gratuitous live shots of reporters standing outside in subzero temperatures even as they admonish viewers to stay inside.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour safety is of the utmost importance to us,\u201d Jennifer Lyons, news director of Tribune Broadcasting <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\">WGN-Channel 9, <\/a>wrote in a memo to staff. \u201cOver the next few days, please take all precautions to stay safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Typical of the common sense exercised by local news managers was this directive from Lyons: \u201cI ask that there be NO outdoor live shots Wednesday and Thursday. Try to find a location where you can be inside and see outside behind you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the most part, local stations showed reporters standing inside buildings or sitting in their vehicles rather than on the streets. National networks reporting from Chicago appeared less accommodating, requiring their correspondents to brave the bitter cold for their standups.<\/p>\n<p>In her memo Lyons also reminded WGN crews to leave cars and trucks running to avoid batteries dying and to pack extra batteries for cameras.<\/p>\n<p>One more thing: \u201cWe are going to leave hand-warmers at the assignment desk for everyone to take out with you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2019\/01\/30\/robservations-jim-derogatis-write-book-r-kelly\/#comments\">Wednesday\u2019s comment of the day:<\/a> <strong>Eric Field:<\/strong> <em>May Mr. [Jim] DeRogatis accomplish the following: A. Win a Pulitzer; B. Go on a national book tour; C. Co-write the screenplay; D. Earn lots of money; E. Donate generously to multiple \"Abused Women's\" charities.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Often criticized for putting reporters and news crews in hazardous situations unnecessarily, Chicago television finally got smart this time. Local stations covering this week\u2019s dangerous deep freeze wisely avoided gratuitous live shots of reporters standing outside in subzero temperatures even as they admonish viewers to stay inside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20628"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20628"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20633,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20628\/revisions\/20633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}