Brian_Kerhin's Blog

After today's editorial meeting - and seeing the long list of Veterans Day events - I wanted to talk a bit how we select the stories we cover.

Unfortunately, on a day like today there are many more events happening than we can possibly get to. So how do we choose?

Some of it is based on location and timing - Can we get a crew to that event when it's happening given the other events of the day and when our staff is working? But it's also based on the event itself: What's happening? Is it unusual in some way? What's the story that would be told?

At some point, we simply have to make choices. A different meeting with different people might make different decisions, but we do try our best to make sure we cover a variety of stories, and ones across the viewing area.

In order to cover an event, however, we need to know about it ahead of time.

The best help for us includes the following information: What is the event? When? Where? Who? Why should we be interested? And please include a contact name and phone number; you would be surprised how often that information is not included.

And how to get it to us? There are a few ways:

* Email: fox11news@wluk.com

* Regular mail: Assignment desk, PO Box 19011, Green Bay, WI 54307-9011

* Fax: 920-494-9109.

If you want to call the assignment desk to see if we got a news release, that's OK. (920-490-1407). However, as I mentioned, we generally don't make advance commitments and more than likely we won't be able to tell you if we are going to cover the event tomorrow, next week, next month, etc.