SHOCKING SECRETS OF THIS WEBSITE REVEALED

BY DAN MILLER
(originally posted November 8, 2004 on WSMV website)

Today, I'll explain the complicated process I go through to get this little column (blog) posted on the WSMV website.

Here's what I do. I type it on the computer, and I send it to the young man pictured here. Then I go get a cup of coffee.

Scott Sutton is the TV station's Website Manager. And today, I'm revealing his secrets.

Scott never meant to be a website manager. He has a degree in Broadcast Journalism from the University of Miami. He planned to be a sports reporter, working in front of the camera.

After graduation he sent out 20 or 30 audition tapes and resumes. Then - as young people eager for a paycheck are prone to do - he jumped at the first offer he got..... this one..... running our website.
It was also near his family in Lafayette.

Scott never claimed to be a computer whiz. In fact, he'll admit he took only one computer class in college.
"Sort of a Computer 101 thing", he told me.
He even confesses that his sister Stephanie used to make fun of him because she was better than him on the computer. (Makes me wonder why we didn't hire her!)

Not to worry. Scott has emerged as one of the premiere computer wizards in the whole Meredith broadcast group, and we're fortunate to have his dedication and ability here at WSMV.

His biggest job aggravation, he says, is Dan Miller (that's me) calling in after the column is posted, wanting to change a single word. That usually happens after my wife reads the blog and lets me know that I've used the wrong word, or that something I've written makes no sense.

As for the best part of his job, Scott says.... "I have no deadline". That's a rare perk in the news gathering business.

Scott is obviously a quick study. He took one typing course his sophomore year in high school and, in his words, "I haven't seen a typewriter since then."

I keep telling him computers are a passing fad, and that typewriters will make a big comeback someday.

As for me, I know how to type this column, and I've learned how to attach a little picture.
Lucky for me, Scott is there to do the technical stuff.

The station website is visited by tens of thousands of people every day.
Both Scott and I thank you - whoever you are - for being one of them.

PS... Scott serves up the latest news, and plenty of features at the WSMV website.... click right here: link

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