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Pinkie
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posted July 30, 2006 10:39 AM
We can complain all the time, but what are the some of the best things you get out of your job... besides the occasional paycheck? The things that aren't in your job description.
I like helping out the interns. It's the fun of teaching, without the BS like having lunch duty. And my job does guarantee me all the notebooks and pens I could ever want. ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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producer500
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posted July 30, 2006 10:44 AM
Press releases that come with fun stuff. (Payola? I think not...)
And, you can get into almost any show/restaurant/anything if you know the right people.
But, even if you didn't get all that stuff, I'd still love the job. You never really feel like you are out of touch (you learn something new everyday and you are usually one of the first ones to learn it)
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Diplomat
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posted July 30, 2006 11:03 AM
Among the perks are review copies of books and videos that are sent to us. Sometimes we use them, other times they're given to whoever on the staff wants them.
I agree that being in touch with what's going on is definitely a perk.
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William F. Buckley, Jr.
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posted July 30, 2006 01:15 PM
INTERN ![[worship]](graemlins/icon_pray.gif) S!!!!!!!!
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Roy Hobbs
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posted July 30, 2006 02:04 PM
I'll always treasure my book from the guy who played Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley.
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Hack Wilson Fan
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posted July 30, 2006 02:06 PM
Interviewing Sammy Sosa and Mark Grace. Two class acts that didn't really get along for some odd reason.
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Jane Craig
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posted July 30, 2006 03:19 PM
I got to meet Charles Kuralt, Linda Ellerbee, Jay Leno, Morris the Cat, Dr. Ruth, Viscount Lindley, and Tom Fontana, among others. Not at the same time, unfortunately.
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Nigel Wick
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posted July 30, 2006 09:28 PM
Louie Anderson was doing a satellite tour for his CBS (short lived) sitcom several years ago. I happened to be anchoring the noon broadcast at the time. I later received an autographed copy of his book in the mail.
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Charlie Brown
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posted July 31, 2006 12:56 AM
Some little kid came up to me while I was out one man banding a big story in a small town, looked at me in disbelief and said "wow, I've never seen a real-life TV reporter before." So I shook his hand, gave him a business card and his face lit up like it was Christmas. Stuff like that's prety cool.
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mothball
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posted July 31, 2006 02:23 AM
All the free watermelon I can eat every summer!
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Ceasar
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posted July 31, 2006 05:09 AM
Recently I went to a bar with my fiance and some old friends of hers who had come in from out of town. I walk up to the door and walk right by the bouncer, but then he stops my fiance and her friends to card them.
Fiance asks door man why he didn't stop me. He goes thats blank blank the weatherman.
Ah the charmed life of a "local" celebrity!
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FD2BLK
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posted July 31, 2006 05:14 AM
Free coffee in the breakroom.
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photogguy
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posted July 31, 2006 06:07 AM
My favorite perk...
Not clogging up my toilet at home.
(Was that too much?)
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The Mockingbird
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posted July 31, 2006 06:27 AM
Free soda and snacks in the break room, free gym membership, stock options, free Costco membership.
Oh wait... in the business.
I think I got a free t-shirt from CNN once.
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Anne Bonney
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posted July 31, 2006 07:26 AM
Free promo items -- make great Christmas presents. For instance, got Shannon Sharpe to sign a football during a promo shoot way back in the day.
Occasional tickets to the suites at sports venues -- hubby likes those a lot.
Occasional back stage tickets to concerts via radio partners. Played basketball with the band Lonestar before their show.
Let's see - drove James Marsters (aka Spike on Buffy) around when he came to town for a promotion.
And, the fact that other businesses kiss our feet to get included in an on-air promotion campaign. Ooooooh the power ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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The life I touch for good or ill will touch another life, and that in turn another, until who knows where the trembling stops or in what far place my touch will be felt. ~ Frederick Buechner
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posted July 31, 2006 08:08 AM
Every President from Nixon on up!
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Steve Fossett has just set a new record. Winner of the 2007 Nevada "Hide & Seek" Championship.
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No Talent Hack
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posted July 31, 2006 08:57 AM
Best seats in the house for big time sporting events - sidelines, baby!
Plus, questions from my wife - "Did you see so-and-so naked after the game??" Well, yeah, duh...
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Jane Craig
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posted July 31, 2006 09:30 AM
Oh yeah, I remember tickets. Concerts and athletic events -- got to go to a World Series game and an NBA Finals game through the station. I miss that stuff since I've left the biz.
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Clubbeat
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posted July 31, 2006 10:13 AM
For me, having access to an audience everyday, for several hours a day, who are watching my work. It's part of the reason I'm in this biz...Oh Yeah, the free stuff works also!
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News Is Broken
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posted July 31, 2006 11:26 AM
I get 8 hours a day away from my screaming children and their screaming mother..... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
OK, I got nuthin.... ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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ISTHISTHINGON?
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posted July 31, 2006 11:39 AM
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Originally posted by Charlie Brown:
Some little kid came up to me while I was out one man banding a big story in a small town, looked at me in disbelief and said "wow, I've never seen a real-life TV reporter before." So I shook his hand, gave him a business card and his face lit up like it was Christmas. Stuff like that's prety cool.
That one still tickles me on a routine basis. I can be having a really rough day, and some kid or adult can say something like that, and everything becomes a little trivial. Then again, sometimes the older ones are convinced I can bring back something ABC canceled.
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sportzchick
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posted July 31, 2006 01:07 PM
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Plus, questions from my wife - "Did you see so-and-so naked after the game??" Well, yeah, duh...
I used to get that one too... and I'd respond "I'm working... not looking". I hated to go in the locker rooms after games for that specific reason.
Talk about uncomfortable.
As for what i got out of it... I watched plenty of memorable sports moments from the sidelines or press box... free media swag... and plenty of free golf.
What i liked best though was when people (usually HS kids) would call and ask for a copy of thier story that aired and thanked us for giving them recognition.
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Lazlo Toth
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posted July 31, 2006 04:36 PM
I never run out of cheap pens and those skinny notebooks that fit in your back pocket.
[ July 31, 2006, 04:36 PM: Message edited by: Lazlo Toth ]
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AlterEgo
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posted July 31, 2006 05:32 PM
Borrowing the carpet steamer and using it at my apartment.
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LunchPenalty
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posted July 31, 2006 06:19 PM
I haven't recieved mine yet. But I'm really looking forward to that heartattack at 35 in 3 years.
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SpxGrunt
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posted July 31, 2006 06:32 PM
Well, I beeyitch about my job all the time, but when I really think back on the people I've met and the places I've been, it's hard to complain too much. Sure, the pay sucks. Sure, the business is going to hell. But how many places have I travelled and how many people have I met that I never would have if I were a bank teller or an insurance salesman?
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