KRISTINA SAID TEACH AND FEED
YOUR KIDS WHAT VEGETABLES ARE.
WE PAY FOR IT IN THE END WITH
THE HEALTH PROBLEMS.
THERE'S INTERESTING AND
UNUSUAL --
NOW A FORMER WCCO REPORTER
HAS A NEW BOOK OUT.
IT'S BASED
IN MINNEAPOLIS ABOUT A TV NEWS
PHOTOGRAPHER.
JIM NEWMAN'S NEW
BOOK, "A HABIT OF MIND."
IT SOUND S
S LIKE THE GIG -- IT SOUNDS
LIKE THE GIG HERE ALL THE TIME.
I CAN SEE YOU WERE HAVING A
GOOD TIME.
BACK IN I DAY WHEN I
WAS HERE, I REMEMBER THE FUN AND
EXCITEMENT OF DOING THE JOB.
YEAH.
AND SO WHEN I STARTED
WRITING, I THINK I WANTED TO
RETASTE ALL THAT.
SURE.
AND I DID, BUT THERE'S ALSO A
HUGE AMOUNT OF TENSION IN THE
BUSINESS.
OH, YEAH.
THERE'S A LOT OF PRESSURE
BECAUSE YOU HAVE SO MANY
DEADLINES, AND THAT, I NEEDED TO
EXPRESS TOO.
SO I CREATED A
MAIN CHARACTER WHO IS GOOD
LOOKING, HE'S BUILT, HE IS LAZY,
HE'S --
MODELED AFTER ANYONE AT WCCO.
NOT TODAY, BUT IN YOUR TIME.
IT'S REALLY BASED ON ME, BUT
THIS PERSON IS MADE AN ESCAPE
GOAT WHEN THERE'S A TRAGIC
ACCIDENT HAVING TO DO WITH A
HELICOPTER AND BECAUSE HE IS
SELF OBSERVED AND HE ISN'T VERY
MATURE, HE REACTED BADLY.
HE WAS BLAMED AND HE WAS
FIRED.
HE WAS BLAMED AND HE WAS
FIRED, EVEN THOUGH IT REALLY
TRULY WASN'T HIS FAULT.
HE WAS
AN ESCAPE GOAT.
IN RETALIATION
FOR THAT, AFTER INVITING SOME
GOOD SCOTCH, HE TAKES ONE OF
YOUR NEWS VANS, ONE OF -- AND
DRIVES IT INTO THE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER AT WHICH POINT -- YEAH.
HE'S NOT KIDDING AROUND.
AT
THAT POINT, HE IS NOTORIOUS.
THERE HAVE BEEN HEADLINES
BECAUSE OF THE ORIGINAL
ACCIDENT, BUT NOW THERE ARE MORE
HEADLINES BECAUSE OF WHAT HE
DOES.
AND HE'S ON THE RUN THEN.
HE TAKES HIS NOTORIETY AT
THAT POINT, AND RUNS OFF AND
ANOTHER COMPETING STATION
ANXIOUS FOR RATINGS USES
FACEBOOK FEEDS AND HIS YOU TUBE
FEEDS ON THEIR SHOW.
AND THAT'S
THE WAY FOR THEM TO GET
ATTENTION.
THIS SOUNDS SO FUN, NOT ONLY
BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS
AND IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF
THAT BEHIND OF SCENES, BUT I
THINK PEOPLE WHO WATCH THE NEWS
WILL REALLY ENJOY THIS TOO.
I THINK SO TOO.
ONE OF THE
LITTLE TRICKS THIS MAN USES IS
HE DOESN'T BOTHER WITH THE -- I
DON'T KNOW IF YOU USE SONY
CAMERAS, BIG 24-POUND, GREAT
LENS.
YEAH.
WE USED TO.
NOW IT'S THAT.
BECAUSE IT'S A LOT EASIER.
HE PUTS IT IN HIS POX SXET -- HE
PUTS IT
IN HIS POCKET AND HE WORKS
NIGHTS AND HE'S BITTER BECAUSE
HE WORKS NIGHT.
BECAUSE OF
THAT, NO ONE IS GOING TO TELL
THE DIFFERENCE.
JIM, TELL PEOPLE ABOUT YOUR
TIME AT WCCO.
WHEN WERE YOU
HERE?
FROM 1975 TO 1989.
SO THE --
I KNEW DAVE WELL.
HE WAS A
TERRIFIC HUMAN BEING AS WAS BUD
CORALING.
THOSE ARE THE NAMES
MOST PEOPLE KNOW.
RJ FRITZ AND
SCOTT, AND SKIP --
HE WAS AT CNN FOR A WHILE.
GREAT.
DOUG -- JIM, I CALL YOU
THE CHARACTER.
JIM, YOU HAVE A
READING COMING UP FRIDAY.
I HAVE A SIGNING AT BARNS AND
NOBLE IN ROSEVILLE AT THE MALL
TONIGHT AT SUB TEXT STARTING AT
7:00 ON FRIDAY.
I HAVE A
READING SCHEDULED.
I CAN'T WAIT TO READ THE
BOOK.
THANK YOU.
WE'LL PUT A LINK TO YOUR
WEBSITE ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE SO
PEOPLE CAN GO AND BUY THE BOOK.
TWITTER TOO.
WE'LL HIT ALL
THE SOCIAL MEDIA SITES.
YOU GOT TO DO THAT.