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 | | The first thing that became obvious was that, although the newsroom may have five or six full-time reporters (and often fewer since at least two work weekends, thus have days off during the week), they have the exact same news hole to fill as stations with five times the staff. |
 | | With a morning program, noon, five, six and ten, KBJR needs to fill the same amount of time as many other stations around the country. |
 | | So while it may be fascinating to have a view from the center of the swirl that is a major market newsroom, and see the challenges that are unique to those situations, as a teacher I found that sitting in KBJR’s newsroom at 1:00 p.m. |
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