Now that the games are about to get underway, our jobs have changed a little bit. Instead of running all over Torino, one crew will be doing live for a good chunk of the day. Today was my turn!



The live shot platforms aren't that far away from our workspace, and they're just outside the Fiat plan we work in. The building is so massive that it blocks out the sun on one side of the building, keeping it at arctic temperatures. It has to be the coldest place in Torino. The photo below is an example of one of the locations, this one being the Telemundo tent - all alone in the cold tundra of the Paravella skating complex.



We are doing live shots for nearly all the stations in our media group, and some of them twice. Between each shot, the reporter hustles to switch out mic flags. Sometimes it was hard to find the one we needed, as there were at least a million.



While the mic flags are getting switched, the field producer calls the next station and I quickly dial into their IFB system (so the reporter can hear the control room folks in his/her ear) with a handy little dialer attached to my tripod. As soon as I get that done, I have to quickly write down the anchor's names and the station's outcue on a dry erase board and hold it under the camera. There are dozens of stations and each one has thier own catchy action news outcue.



During the 4 hours of non-stop live shots, I thought it'd be interesting to see if Geoff would read whatever I ended up writing on the board.


But, he was a professional and wasn't easily fooled.