Gum wrapper keeps the news flowing
Barack Obama, candidate for the Democratic nomination for president, came to Beaumont today and our world stood still, or at least seemed to for a few brief hours.
The Enterprise, competing with national print and electronic media the likes of CNN and network reporters, sent four reporters and four photographers to record the events at the scene.
They were equipped with digital cameras to capture both still shots and video, and laptop computers to write and post continual updates on BeaumontEnterprise.com
A couple of photographers even had their power inverters available when a laptop battery died and one discovered, the hard way, that his double inverter wouldn’t handle two laptops at one time when the inverter blew a fuse.
But, ever the valiant news gatherers, one of the reporters was able to supply a foil inner wrapper from a stick of gum to make the fuse temporarily provide the needed power link . . . and the news went on as usual.
So, you may hear and see the stories of the crowds, the speech, the questions and the traffic elsewhere, but only here do you know the story of the gum wrapper.
The Enterprise, competing with national print and electronic media the likes of CNN and network reporters, sent four reporters and four photographers to record the events at the scene.
They were equipped with digital cameras to capture both still shots and video, and laptop computers to write and post continual updates on BeaumontEnterprise.com
A couple of photographers even had their power inverters available when a laptop battery died and one discovered, the hard way, that his double inverter wouldn’t handle two laptops at one time when the inverter blew a fuse.
But, ever the valiant news gatherers, one of the reporters was able to supply a foil inner wrapper from a stick of gum to make the fuse temporarily provide the needed power link . . . and the news went on as usual.
So, you may hear and see the stories of the crowds, the speech, the questions and the traffic elsewhere, but only here do you know the story of the gum wrapper.
posted by Sheila Friedeck at 3:21 PM
1 Comments:
This is not for any particular blog but an attempt to reach the Enterprise staff online coordinator. I have been reading the online Enterprise and am impressed.
I retired in 2003 after 40 years as a writer for the employee-owned Omaha World-Herald. That was my second professional job. My first was with the Beaumont Journal, then the afternoon half of the Enterprise company. I worked there from 1958 after graduating from the University of Iowa until 1964 when I returned north. I would like to hear how things are going now and could trade stories about how Beaumont and its newspapers were back before your time there.--Gerald Wade, jandjwade@msn.com
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