In live news production, everything is done at the last minute. Simon and Dennis are in Pakistan producing and shooting for the NewsHour. Apparently the correspondent was making changes until the very last minute. The piece was suppose to be in by 4:00 pm, but we didn't get it until 5:00. I converted it and exported it to a Beta tape as quickly as I could. Helen waited outside the building with her car running and Malcolm stood next to me cussing at the TV (because the piece was so long). The second it finished he ran down, jumped in the car with Helen and raced to NewsHour headquarters.

When I got home, I turned on the TV just as it was airing. It was neat to see the video go from my computer at work straight to my living room.