Election Special Pt 1: The Newsroom

BTS with CTV News Vancouver

Elections are often called "news olympics" by journalists and the province-wide municipal elections on October 20th was no exception for the dedicated team at CTV Vancouver.
In Part 1 of our Election Special, host Penny Daflos discusses the challenges of anchoring a fast-moving and scriptless multi-hour broadcast with co-hosts Mi-Jung Lee and Scott Roberts, while Show Producer Philip Sedlacek outlines the many moving parts the producer team had to stick-handle, as Results Host Bhinder Sajan and Results Producer (and math whiz) Jon Woodward explain exactly how we got the results on the air so quickly -- while Managing Editor Ethan Faber describes the complex and incredibly stressful process of deciding when to make the big call on who won the biggest races.
This is the insider account of how CTV was first, fastest and most compelling in coverage of a major change election -- including how the apple slices got on the desk.