LAS VEGAS HILTON, LAS VEGAS — I’m finishing up my lunch break at the RTNDA Convention. I forgot my cell phone in the newsroom, however, I remembered my Powerbook. So, I’ve been chatting with Mark to coordinate dinner ideas and to ask my dad to give me a ride home after my last session.
What a trip to be blogging in on the edge of the casino, surrounded by gamblers, journalists, businessmen and tourists. My lunch neighbor’s doing web phone calls with a webcam. Cool beans.
It’s been an action-packed week: TV news icon sightings like Tim Russert and Chris Matthews, helpful sessions on writing and web production, plus meeting other broadcast journalists from around the country. I’ve soaked up so much information and I have some serious inspiration for my producing gig back in Kansas. Tonight, I’m heading to dinner with my boss. It should be interesting.
Last night at Paris, we shared a table with two radio directors attending NAB. We discuss Imus and his PC faux pas with Rutger’s women’s basketball team. I showed them how to use the camera function on their new Razors. They tried to snap pictures of what they described as a call-girl hook-up at the bar. “…checking out the under-arm action.” When they found out I was a news producer, one said: “As the producer, you should see The Producers.”
We told them we had ticket’s for that evening’s performance.
And we had a blast! Imagine, Knight Ridder’s David Hasseloff playing the cross-dressing director. He made a fabulous entrance in a sparkling black and silver dress. I had no idea he could sing…and he did that so well.
OK — time to head back to the convention.