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CBSNews.com Broadcast Producer Mike Wuebben is the liaison between CBSNews.com and CBS News broadcasts. He also produces Katie Couric's web-exclusive content, including the daily rundown show "First Look" and Couric's long-form interview show "Eye To Eye."

Prior to his position at CBSNews.com, Mike was the line producer for "BET Nightly News with Jacque Reid." He has also worked as an associate producer for the CBS News magazine "48 Hours" and started as a desk assistant at CBS Radio News.

What do you do at CBS News?

I mostly look for opportunities to use material collected and produced by the CBS News broadcast units on the CBSNews.com site. Sometimes this means requesting special video or text from a reporter in the field. Other times it can be just monitoring the inflow of information to various news desks in the building. I also produce Katie Couric's web-exclusive video content, and I write a weekly humor column for our entertainment site, TheShowBuzz.com.

What single issue should be covered more at CBS News?

High-speed car chases on L.A. freeways. Just kidding. I don’t know if there’s one issue I would like covered more. I would rather see more follow-ups on the stories that do get reported that end with some dire prediction. I wish someone would go through all the gas prices stories over the last four years and see how many analysts predicted I would be paying $4 a gallon right now.

It's the same with medical coverage. How many researchers said in x-number of years we’d have a vaccine for something? Let's dig those up, or at least start a policy that right now when someone on one of our broadcasts or Web sites says something is likely to happen at a certain time we’re going to flag it and see what happened. I’d watch that.

Give us a great behind the scenes story.

I don’t know if this is a great story but it’s one that sticks with me. I was working at 48 Hours when 9-11 happened...

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