Racing The Clock On Shooting Story

The Hollywood Reporter has the anatomy of the Schieffer shooting scoop I mentioned yesterday:

“A quick-thinking desk assistant and a little bit of luck helped the ‘CBS Evening News’ to a scoop in Monday’s multiple shooting at a rural Minnesota high school.”

Shortly before 6 p.m., the assistant reached tribal fire chief Roman Stately, who had just returned from the scene, and said between 12 and 18 people had been shot. “That made us jump,” EP Jim Murphy said.

“Murphy got CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer into the studio around 6:07 p.m., and Schieffer spent about 10 minutes interviewing Stately by telephone. And with the clock ticking down to 6:30, the “CBS Evening News” staffers cut the interview to three minutes, reshot the opening and threw out one previously planned piece.”