more episodes of ‘River City Roundup’

Under the perpetual cloud of layoffs that hover over every metro newspaper in the country, a lot of us are hard at work adding multiple feathers to our already stuffed hats. That last sentence needs an editor, I’m afraid. And the hat analogy is lame. But we continue.

I can officially say that I’m not only a web producer at pjstar.com, but also a show producer. Yes, I’ve contracted TV-itis and now shoot, edit and produce ‘River City Roundup,’ our weekly entertainment show with editor Danielle Hatch and arts reporter Gary Panetta. We’re at week seven now, a milestone I really didn’t anticipate, and I’m starting to see how much work this really is.

Although usually behind the camera, we’ve started to occasionally place me in public view. As you’ll notice in Week 7, I gamely went face to face with a giant 3D pin toy. “Keep your glasses on,” my coworkers yelled. And I did. My brain, however, turned off at the last second, and my mouth opened wide… and a fist-full of pins went into my mouth and almost down my throat. All I could think of were the multitude of little kids picking their noses and scratching their butts; all that in the back of my throat.

But damn it, I’m proud.