If you're still wondering what's happening with CTV

The piece finally aired tonight. Although I didn't have a chance to watch it, I will try to catch it online and will set my VCR to tape it, so the footage can be uploaded to the In Action section of the website. I've been on Facebook with the owner and chair dance instructor and both are very happy with the piece. They have both been having friends write great comments all over their walls. I will post a link to the piece online, as soon as I can get one. Now, one day away from Christmas, I am going to bed. I want to dream of all the wonderful food I'll be eating and the great memories I'll be living this Christmas season.

If you're wondering what happened with CTV...

...your answer is as good as mine. I have been anxiously awaiting the end result of my santa baby piece. After a few days of not seeing it on the news, I called to follow up. What I found was that the piece apparently needed more to be complete and make the news. I thought it was weird that at the end of filming there was no instructor or participant interview. I thought perhaps becuase the focus was less on fitness and more on Christmas fun, that perhaps interviews weren't needed. I feel very disappointed at myself right now. I should have asked more questions and clarified with the assignment editor, so something like this wouldn't have happened.

I also had no reply from the reporter from the Waterloo Wellington record that I pitched this story to. We had touched base but as soon as I mentioned that CTV was also involved, she stopped returning my emails. I did try to assure her that I would try to make it work so no one was scooped and every form of media had a side of the story to tell. Now I try and pull off miracles in a few days to try and salvage what's left of the story and try to get excited about the new opportunities it will bring!

If you're wondering why I'm grinning like a chesire cat

CTV came in last nite and filmed the Santa Baby chair dance piece. I will post the link to the story as soon as I have it. I tried to get The Waterloo Region Record involved but the reporter I was talking with doesn't answer her phone or return my emails. I know she has small children and it's possible that they may be sick. She may have taken time off to stay home with them and I hope we can connect in the next few days.

Although this is a visual story, there is also a subtext, which can be best expressed with words. I feel like the studio doesn't have the same kind of relationship with The Waterloo Region Record that it does with CTV and I'd like to change that. Stay tuned as I figure out just how to do that!