I watched the news today, oh boy
Sep. 8th, 2020 01:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
blogcutterOne of the things I'm really looking forward to today is a full hour of local news at 6PM on CBC.
Back in March, quite early in the lockdown, it was decided to scrap the local newscast altogether, and instead broadcast CBC Newsnet at 6PM on our local channel. So I started watching CTV instead, ut turned back to CBC at 7PM to watch Coronation Street.
Then a few weeks later, they wised up a bit and offered a half-hour newscast at 6, re-run at 6:30. Usually that consisted of Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld huddled alone on Sparks or Queen Street outside CBC's downtown studio, where she anchored the show, switching over to the various regular reporters broadcasting from their makeshift home offices. I tried to read the titles on the spines of their bookshelves behind them and I must say was interesting to see what looked like real home libraries, not just shelf after shelf of homogeneous Encyclopaediae Britannica, Hansard or Law Reports! And occasionally you could actually see an interesting picture or two on a wall or a desk. Adrian Harewood's office, for example, has a framed $10 bill - the one with a picture of Viola Desmond on it. A few weeks after that, Lucy actually got to go inside the studio to do her newscast, as did a few of the other regulars on the show, all of them observing appropriate physical distancing standards. Luckily they weren't required to speak from behind masks, though I think they probably had to invest in a few extra-long microphone booms to ensure appropriate distance from anyone they were interviewing.
Today, the day after Labour Day, has meant back to school and back to routine for as long I can remember. Back to school is happening this year too, though routines and procedures look very different from in previous years.
We may have missed out on a lot of great summer festivals, but some of the old routines are back. Including the one-hour CBC suppertime newscast.
Back in March, quite early in the lockdown, it was decided to scrap the local newscast altogether, and instead broadcast CBC Newsnet at 6PM on our local channel. So I started watching CTV instead, ut turned back to CBC at 7PM to watch Coronation Street.
Then a few weeks later, they wised up a bit and offered a half-hour newscast at 6, re-run at 6:30. Usually that consisted of Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld huddled alone on Sparks or Queen Street outside CBC's downtown studio, where she anchored the show, switching over to the various regular reporters broadcasting from their makeshift home offices. I tried to read the titles on the spines of their bookshelves behind them and I must say was interesting to see what looked like real home libraries, not just shelf after shelf of homogeneous Encyclopaediae Britannica, Hansard or Law Reports! And occasionally you could actually see an interesting picture or two on a wall or a desk. Adrian Harewood's office, for example, has a framed $10 bill - the one with a picture of Viola Desmond on it. A few weeks after that, Lucy actually got to go inside the studio to do her newscast, as did a few of the other regulars on the show, all of them observing appropriate physical distancing standards. Luckily they weren't required to speak from behind masks, though I think they probably had to invest in a few extra-long microphone booms to ensure appropriate distance from anyone they were interviewing.
Today, the day after Labour Day, has meant back to school and back to routine for as long I can remember. Back to school is happening this year too, though routines and procedures look very different from in previous years.
We may have missed out on a lot of great summer festivals, but some of the old routines are back. Including the one-hour CBC suppertime newscast.
