Steve is the Executive Editor and Executive Producer of CBS News, in charge of producing the CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley. Steve talks to us about the breakdown of a workday and broadcast as well as what it’s like for a news brain to always be “on”. If you’re a news junkie and a storyteller, television news might be for you!
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>> My name is Steve Capus. I'm the Executive Editor and Executive Producer of CBS News. Well at CBS News, I'm the executive producer of the Evening News with Scott Pelley. So in that role, I am responsible for the evening news cast that we put on every night with Scott and the CBS News journalists all around the world. As the executive editor, I help run the news division and work closely with my boss who's the president of CBS News. News is one of those businesses where you're always on. You know, the day never really ends, because there's something happening all around the world. But I'm in the office normally around 8-8:30 in the morning and then leave usually around 8:00 at night, 7:30, 8:00, so it's a long day and these broadcasts have to be dynamic and you have to be able to both respond to breaking news, but also have a roadmap for the broadcast in case things don't necessarily break. So we begin the day with an editorial meeting with bureaus all around the world from CBS News, pitching stories that they would like to offer for the broadcast. We start, we create a lineup for the broadcast early in the day but it, there is rarely a day where the rundown that we put in at 10:00 in the morning actually shows up on the air at 6:30. Things are going to change. Sometimes that means a whole massive amount of change where we toss out stories and begin new. Other days it's a matter of tweaking and maybe changing presumptions and responding with hopefully an aggressive amount of coverage of breaking developments or new story aspects.
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