Below are scripts written for voice-overs, as well as voice-overs featuring interview sound on tape for newscasts. I had the fantastic opportunity to work closely with many talented producers throughout my time at FOX 2 - often writing multiple stories per newscast from 7:00 am to our 6:00 pm newscast and beyond.
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TODDLER SHOT IN NEWPORT
VO/SOT
((ANCHOR ON CAM))
A THREE YEAR OLD IS DEAD AFTER MISTAKING A GUN FOR A TOY.
NOW THE GUN OWNER FACES SERIOUS CHARGES.
((VO))
IN JUNE -- THREE-YEAR-OLD, CAMERON DILLARD WAS PLAYING WITH A GROUP OF FRIENDS AT THE NEWPORT ARMS APARTMENT COMPLEX IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP -- WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE SIDE.
HIS PARENTS RACED HIM TO THE HOSPITAL -- BUT SADLY -- IT WAS TOO LATE.
POLICE SAY, THAT GUN BELONGED TO TWENTY-NINE-YEAR OLD, LAMONTE JOHNSON.
HE SAYS THE GUN FELL OUT OF HIS POCKET.
NOW -- HE'S CHARGED WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
((PAUSE FOR SOUND))
((SOT)) Child Witness
15:42:10 I heard a big boom sound. I plugged my ears because it was making my ears hurt. I turned back around, Cameron was bleeding, and he was just running, crying and his arms were moving up and down. 15:42:22
((VO))
JOHNSON IS A CONVICTED FELON WITH A LENGTHY LIST OF PRIOR OFFENSES.
HE FACES ADDITIONAL CHARGES BECAUSE HE WAS ON PAROLE AT THE TIME OF THE SHOOTING.
Better Business Bureau of Eastern Michigan hosts 'Secure Your ID' Day
V/OSOT
((ANCHOR ON CAM))
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM IDENTITY THEFT - AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE SAME TIME!
((VO))
JOIN THE FOX TWO ENERGY TEAM AND THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU FOR SECURE YOUR I-D DAY!
BRING UP TO THREE PAPER BAGS OF DOCUMENTS TO BE SHREDDED AND RECYCLED FOR FREE BY SHRED-IT.
MICHIGAN HAS THE HIGHEST RATES OF I-D THEFT IN THE COUNTRY ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION - AND SHREDDING THOSE DOCUMENTS CAN HELP TO PREVENT IT.
((SOT))
BBB PRESIDENT & CEO
MELANIE DUQUESNE
00:01:56:06 What we're finding is that especially with identity theft, it's one of the hardest things for police and law enforcement to trace.
00:02:01:26 You wanna make sure you've taken all of those pieces of information that can be used against you . . . and make sure that it's well secured.
((VO))
JOIN US TODAY AT SOUTHFIELD HIGH SCHOOL STARTING AT NINE A-M TO SECURE YOUR I-D.
STARBUCKS BATHROOMS
V/O
((HUEL PERKINS))
YOU NO LONGER NEED A LATTE TO USE THE BATHROOM AT STARBUCKS.
((TAKE VO))
THE BATHROOMS WILL BE OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO USE THEM, WHETHER THEY'RE A PAYING CUSTOMER OR NOT.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES IN THE WAKE OF THE INCIDENT LAST MONTH INVOLVING TWO BLACK MEN WHO WERE ARRESTED AT A STARBUCKS AFTER BEING DENIED BATHROOM USE FOR NOT BEING PAYING CUSTOMERS.
THE COMPANY HAD A "LOOSE POLICY" AROUND ONLY LETTING CUSTOMERS USE THE BATHROOM, BUT THE ULTIMATE DECISION WAS UP TO INDIVIDUAL STORE MANAGERS.
POOL DISEASE
V/O
((ANCHOR ON CAM))
THE POOL MAY NOT BE THE BEST PLACE TO ENJOY A STRESS-FREE SUMMER AFTER ALL!
((TAKE VO))
HOTEL POOLS AND HOT TUBS CAN BE A CESSPIT FOR WATERBORNE DISEASES ACCORDING TO A STUDY BY THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL - ACCOUNTING FOR A THIRD OF ALL OUTBREAKS.
BETWEEN 2000 AND 2014 THE C-D-C RECORDED NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED DISEASE OUTBREAKS RELATED TO RECREATIONAL WATER USE.
THIS RESULTED IN MORE THAN TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND ILLNESSES AND EIGHT DEATHS.
A PARASITE THAT CAN TRIGGER DIARRHEA CAUSED MOST OF THE ILLNESSES.
OUTBREAKS SPIKED DURING JUNE, JULY AND AUGUST.
((ANCHOR TAG))
TIPS FOR NOT GETTING SICK THIS SUMMER ARE TO SHOWER BEFORE AND AFTER SWIMMING AND AVOID SWALLOWING THE WATER.
USA GYMNASTICS
V/O
((ANCHOR ON CAM))
U-S-A GYMNASTICS HAS CUT TIES WITH FORMER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT RHONDA FAEHN.
((TAKE VO))
FAEHN CAME UNDER FIRE AFTER THE VICTIMS OF NATIONAL TEAM DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR SAID SHE DID NOT SPEAK OUT FAST ENOUGH AFTER FINDING OUT ABOUT HIS HISTORY OF ABUSE.
NASSAR IS SERVING THREE PRISON SENTENCES - GUILTY OF OWNING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY AND MOLESTING THOSE HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TREATING.
((ANCHOR TAG))
FAEHN TOLD THE FORMER U-S-A GYMNASTICS PRESIDENT BUT DID NOT PERSONALLY GO TO AUTHORITIES OR ALERT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, WHERE NASSAR WAS A FACULTY MEMBER.
HARVEY WEINSTEIN
V/O
((MONICA))
MONTHS AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT -- HOLLYWOOD MOGUL HARVEY WEINSTEIN FACES A JUDGE.
((TAKE VO))
WEINSTEIN SURRENDERED TO NEW YORK CITY POLICE ON TWO COUNTS OF RAPE AND ONE COUNT OF A CRIMINAL SEX ACT.
HE WAS ARRAIGNED THIS AFTERNOON AND DENIES THE CHARGES BROUGHT FORWARD BY TWO WOMEN.
THE CHARGES COME AFTER MONTHS OF INVESTIGATION.
THE ACCUSATIONS SET OFF THE GLOBAL "ME TOO" MOVEMENT.
WEINSTEIN POSTED HIS ONE MILLION DOLLAR BOND AND WILL HAVE TO WEAR A MONITORING DEVICE.
MORE CHARGES ARE EXPECTED AS A GRAND JURY CONTINUES TO HEAR TESTIMONY.
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