Story and photo by Anthony DeVera, Reporter and Editor in Chief
ACC journalism professor Paul Brown anchors Capitol Tonight, a local political talk show on Time Warner Cable. A typical day includes meetings, follow-up phone calls on leads and editing video packages.
QUIET MOMENT — Looking out from the studio’s balcony, Brown takes some time to enjoy peanut M&M’s.
MASTER CONTROL — The technical director monitors taping from multiple camera angles in the control room.
CASUAL CONVERSATION — Brown and Capitol Tonight guest Harold Cook share a moment of casual conversation between takes while recording the show.
BETWEEN TAKES — Sitting at his anchor desk in studio B, Brown checks his phone while waiting to continue recording footage for the evening’s broadcast.
PRESHOW STRATEGY — Frequent guests of the show, (from left to right) conservative commentator Ted Delisi and liberal commentator Harold Cook sit at a conference table with Paul Brown to go over the topics to be discussed during that evening’s episode.
QUICK UPDATE — Journalist Paul Brown (left) momentarily interrupts a rundown meeting taking place in a conference room to clarify details with his producer Ryan Catanese (right).
NEWSROOM OVERVIEW — The Capitol Tonight team shares the newsroom with the rest of the broadcast anchors, producers and reporters on the second floor of the Time Warner Cable News building in downtown Austin.
STAYING CONNECTED — Brown checks his cell phone for emails and text messages outside of the control room for Studio B at the Time Warner Cable News station in Austin, Texas.