| News and Comics: Trib Reporter on the Beat II | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1386 |
| Catalog #: | 493547 | |
| Clip Number: | 493547-1 | |
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| Location: | Chicago, IL | |
| Year Shot: | 1999 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | JOURNALISM: Newspaper | |
| Description: | 02.00.21.- tight LS's of a tractor shovel sitting atop a large snow drift, digging and moving mounds of snow after a snowstorm. Cut to MS of a relatively young newspaper reporter in a ski parka and knit cap, sorting through a small notepad while standing by his car; he pulls out a cell phone, dials the Trib news room to report his findings; a tractor trailer hauling more snow arrives in the area, passes by in FG. Cut to tight LS of another Mack tractor trailer reversing into the area to dump more snow. Cut to wide MS of the reporter driving his salt & snow-battered Chevy compact into the snow dump area. 02.06.00.- MS's of the journalist interviewing a young man at another snow dump; reporter writes furiously into a small notepad while asking questions about where the snow is coming from and how the snow removal process is going. 02.08.14.- MS's & CU's reporter interviewing 2 old men about the snow dump at Humboldt Park. 02.12.20.- MS reporter walking along snowy sidewalk and to doorstep of greystone; knocks on door. 02.12.36.- MS's reporter interviewing a Latino woman who angrily says race & class factor into city cleaning policies. 02.14.31.- MS's reporter interviewing another Latina about the storm's effect on her child's safety. 02.16.25.- MS reporter trying to solicit interviews from passing mothers & their bundled children. 02.16.47.- MS reporter interviewing teen girl about the snow dump in Humboldt. | |
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