My first lead news story

It's kinda hard to believe that after being at KUAM for six years and having reported thousands of stories, one of my creations has never led the news. That's no longer the case. I had my first lead story of my career tonight (download video as an WMV or an MP4) - place at the table, baby!

I'm not an everyday reporter, having worked mainly on editorials, sportswriting and covering the technology sector. But I've spent the duration of my time at Camp Happy filling in when colleagues can't go, reporting various beats. That's how it went down this morning.

The funny thing is that I was covering the event for a completely different matter entirely. I picked up on a line duting the opening remarks of a luncheon that the local hotel and restaurant association wanted to, in essence, establish a red light district for Guam, so I whisked the speaker aside and interviewed him on it, giving the a venue to expand upon his concept. Our news director liked the presentation so much we led our newscast tonight with it. First time for me!

That's why I love journalism - never the same thing twice.