September 30, 2024
I loved this story! I’ve done lots of mental health/healthcare reporting, so it surrounded an issue I was confident on. The biggest struggle here was time management. The event was happening from 3-5pm, and I had prior commitments at the same time in Athens (the race was held at Madison County High School, about 30 minutes away from UGA). Plus, I was driving in from my hometown earlier that day and hit horrible traffic. I got to my house at about 1:45pm and drove over to the high school as quickly as I could just HOPING they were setting up or that some runners were there already. When I got there, I had about ten minutes to get as much b-roll as possible and talk to runners or volunteers before I had to head back to Athens.
I wish I would have been able to stay for the entire event. I would have loved to get shots of people crossing the finish line or of community members enjoying the festival.