Oct. 17, 2022
A mass shooting in Raleigh
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"Active shooter" prompts all-hand-on-deck news coverage
“And that’s when I knew my worst nightmare was happening.” When tragedy strikes, our first glimpse of it often comes from a police scanner. A helicopter gets re-routed, news crews drive toward uncertainty and it’s coordinated by WRAL’s assignment desk. In this episode of the Daily Download, Assignment Editor Mary Alice Bell walks you through the controlled chaos background behind major breaking news.
