Inside The Control Room Part II

By: Vaughn Ververs
Topics: Behind The Scenes

As promised, more video from yesterday's live broadcast. Following up on our groundbreaking visit to the CBS News editorial meeting, we took a camera into the "Early Show" control room to give you a look inside the nerve center of a live broadcast. Led by Senior Executive Producer Michael Bass, you'll see a team of producers, directors and technicians put on the first half hour of the broadcast.

This is where the show is coordinated, where feeds come in and the orders go out. Pay attention to Bass, who talks with reporters in the field, anchors on the set and guides the army in the control room. But pay particular attention to the director, Mike Mancini. It is the directors who really have these shows in their hands. You know the constantly changing pictures on your screen? The director's the one who switches them, working ahead of the show and paying attention to it at the same time. Of course he and the senior producer have a lot of help along the way.

This video, unlike the 10:30 meeting, has been edited to remove some of the less-appealing moments – wild camera pans, jerky movement, bad sound, etc. Unlike the 10:30 meeting, this video has not been edited for any editorial reason. We wanted to give you a good taste of what goes on in a control room, one that is a little easier to watch.

Video:
Inside The Early Show

We've broken this up into two parts, one of which we posted yesterday, it's about 17 minutes long. As promised, below is part two, it's a little over 11 minutes. Enjoy, and let us know what you think.

Video:
Inside The Early Show Pt. 2

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by arkamus-2009 October 1, 2005 1:04 AM EDT: The BBC has a similar video for its \"10 O\'Clock News\" Show. The quality is also a bit a better. But I love their opening news theme. You can hear it in the background. http://news.bbc.co.uk/aboutbbcnews/spl/hi/day_in_the_life/html/6.stm; Reply to this comment


by magpublisher-2009 September 29, 2005 10:37 PM EDT: You should, have offers it, as a down loadable> So schools could have use it in teaching> I\'ll had very little experience, with what goes on inside a broadcast studio(well there was a very underground radio station, when I was a lot younger). I have sat in on the working of magazines, books, and it is no secret, that I have a \"VERY UNAUTHORIZED\" book, on what goes on inside\" USA TODAY\"(want to bet, some day I be on the Early Show plugging it). In my inexperience ways, I believe that maybe you should show an editorial pitch, the idea meeting( long after the editorial ideas were broadcast, can not give DS and KC any stories idea). My personal morning, viewing habits last as far as \"two cups of wake me up\", and a bowl of farmer\'s work, then the set goes off and sixties music FM, comes on, a long with Billy\'s Gates money maker. Even then, I am surprise, if I spend more then two minute on any one station. You people have a hard job> With four other major network for having morning shows. The two CNN shows, plus a host of local smiling local morning newscaster. Your in a tough news play.; Reply to this comment