Director's Cut Blog with Frank Macek

As part of the WKYC Information Center, several of our staff members are taking a cue from the popularity of the Director's Cut Blog to do a little bloggin' of their own. Here are a couple of new blogs to check out when you get a little web surfing time. Swing By and Spray - a blog from our evening Assignment Editor Danielle Fink about what goes on while at the desk when talking to viewers and listening to the scanners in the WKYC newsroom. WKYC Fantasy Sports - WKYC Producer Chris Hyser and Overnight Assignment Editor Russ Simeone talk fantasy baseball as the season gets underway. For more blogs from the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center: CLICK HERE Many of our staff members also have profiles on Facebook. You can sign up for a free account and then join our groups and interact with many of us online about the station and the news stories we cover. Just search "WKYC". To join Facebook: CLICK HERE

by Frank Macek The last few weeks have been quite busy here at the WKYC Digital Broadcast Center. The whole station is involved in a new project called "The Information Center" we'd like to share with you. WKYC has become the latest of the Gannett Broadcasting stations to convert to this company wide iniative - a whole new way of bringing news and information to our viewers and readers on-line. Earlier this year, each staff member at WKYC was asked to consider joining groups that would be responsible for a component of our on-line presence. These duties would be in addition to an employee's regular duties as the tv industry enters a new reality of multi-tasking. We were not told which groups to join or how many to participate in. That decision was left to the individual who could join those that interested them most. The response was tremendous and met with enthusiasm by most employees who realize they have a little time in their day to contribute to the station in no...