Not Every Lead Should Be Chased

Friday, 23 July 2010 | by Pat's Picks

Here’s some advice for aspiring TV reporters: Sometimes, it’s not a good idea to chase down a story. Like, for example, if your interview subject is in the middle of a busy skateboarding halfpipe and you are several times the size of him. Someone sent me this clip of an over-zealous reporter in Florida. Instead of interviewing him, the reporter manages to body-check his teenage subject. I think I’d have given into the instinct to throw it back to the anchor desk. But this guy marches on: