Atlanta is where CNN's headquarters locate. Totof and I drove to Centennial Park and decided to participate the CNN tour. CNN Center did not look fancy. It w
as ordinary. The inside was huge. We took 2 min to cross the corridor and arrive the atrium. We found the ticket center. We looked at the price. Wow. $12. One thing we learned from Atlanta was that tickets were expensive. For example, the sky ride for Stone Mountain is $9. The Atlanta aquarium is $27. The CNN tour is $12.The Studio tour was behind-the-scenes type. Our group had a guide with us. The first stop was a long escalator (we were told this was the world's longest escalator.) The second stop was a cinema room. The guide introduced the basic CNN program shooting. We learned how executive producer, director, and technical director led the CNN team. We saw CNN's robot cameras. Then, we went to the third stop which was CNN Headline News. We saw through a glass. Of course, CNN staff could see us but not hear us. They must be quite familiar with tourists. They might be annoyed by tourists sometimes. Or maybe just feel distracted. The fourth stop was CNN (no real time news were produced in Atlanta at that time.) We were told the supervisor editors had the power to select, edit, link, and air videos (and supportive stories.) The fifth stop was CNN International Network. Then, we were led to CNN Espagnol. Along with each stop, the guide briefed the histories. By all means she tried hard to insert some jokes. The last stop was in another cinema room. This time, we saw four main CNN anchors. The guide told us that the salary among anchors varied. From $300,000 to $14,000,000. Larry KIng was the most expensive anchor.
If you are interested in journalist type work, then try to attend one of CNN's studio tour. You can see more reality about anchor, journalist, editor, technical editor, lighting control, audio control, and program producer.
