Word: newsdesk
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...boat capsizing in the Torres Strait by swimming 3 km to an island through dangerous waters. Whittaker's only half-joking when he reminds the reporter how crucial a photo of the island is: "If you can't get a boat there you'll have to swim." The newsdesk gets the photo, and the copy, filed painstakingly by payphone, on time. It's one puzzle piece in a day dictated by deadlines. Whit-taker's soon hurrying to meet the first of the day: 11 a.m. news conference. The media likes pointing the spotlight but doesn't court the same...
...young girl has been set on fire in a Sydney park. The only reporter on deck in the Sydney bureau is hurriedly contacted and sent to the hospital where the girl's been taken. Media are not allowed inside, so he waits in the wintry darkness. All the newsdesk has is the name of the couple who doused the flames. A search of the phone book provides no clues, but electoral roll records yield an address for someone with the same surname and an unlisted number. It's miles away but near the park, so the reporter is rung again...
...local fort. At least two Americans were trapped in the fort when it happened and at least one is dead. American and British forces have now joined in trying to quell the attack. Perry is on the scene and provided these details via satellite phone to TIME Newsdesk editor John Flowers as the fighting raged...
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