Hopefully, many of you realize we then switched to a daily (weekdays) COVID-19 update, which Chris hosted as a Facebook live event. We felt good about what we were doing and felt we were on track to finally achieving our goal. But, it was all done by design to prepare for weekday Clark County TODAY news updates.Įarlier this year, we moved to Tuesdays and Thursdays and without any announcement, we rebranded the Week in Review as Clark County TODAY.
Years ago, we started this effort in the form of our Week In Review video, which we shared with you each Friday afternoon or evening (which by the way, is the slowest news moment of the business week because most of you have your attention diverted elsewhere at that time). Most of you have no idea what a Herculean effort that is for one person, and her creativity and artistic vision are a vital element of what makes our presentation what it is. Andi Schwartz, our graphic designer/webmaster/superhero, only spends morning, noon and night producing every element of the updates, keeping the train on the tracks and getting it to the station on time. You hear the voice of Heidi Wetzler in the updates and she also fills an administrative role in the production and planning of the reports. Many of the visuals you see in the updates, both photos and videos, are the work of award-winning photographer Mike Schultz, who has become a skilled videographer as well. His personal approach to covering the achievements of area athletes, coaches and teams is truly unprecedented. Paul is nothing less than a Clark County icon, a local treasure, beloved by the local sports community. As many of you recognized by viewing his documentary on the Yacolt Mountain Quarry, Jacob is a very talented filmmaker. You also see reporters Jacob Granneman and Paul Valencia on the updates, sharing the efforts of their reporting. He is also vital in the production of the update. Many of the stories in our reports, he has also reported on himself. On whatever device you use to access our news updates, you see Chris Brown capably filling the role of host. Each of the seven members of our Clark County Today staff contributes to our evening news updates. Other members of our staff have really gone above and beyond acquiring new skills and we’ve also been given significant support from the digital news team at US Digital. Thankfully, over recent years, we have been blessed with the additions of some very talented individuals with diverse skill sets. I will just say, it’s no easy task for a staff of seven, the majority of whom had little or no experience with video and digital media before coming to Clark County Today. I’m not going to go into a litany of excuses as to why it took us this long to get to the point where I am confident enough to announce to you that we are in the process of fulfilling David’s vision, but we are.
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