There’s an axiom of the news business that a reporter should never make the story all about them. Valerie Bell, a television reporter at ABC affiliate Wbma in Birmingham, Alabama, broke that rule recently, but she can be forgiven. With the help of local police, she was lured to a marriage proposal staged by her fiance, Blake Bjornson.
A five-minute clip Bell posted to Instagram on July 1 shows Bell investigating an alleged report of a domestic violence incident near a lake.
As she begins to take notes, the police officer she’s talking to asks her to turn around. There was her fiance holding a ring box.
“Here I was, thinking I was going to breaking news,” Bell posted. “But little did I know, it was all part of a massive collaborative plan to pull off one heck of a surprise.”
The proposal was short and sweet.
“I’m...
A five-minute clip Bell posted to Instagram on July 1 shows Bell investigating an alleged report of a domestic violence incident near a lake.
As she begins to take notes, the police officer she’s talking to asks her to turn around. There was her fiance holding a ring box.
“Here I was, thinking I was going to breaking news,” Bell posted. “But little did I know, it was all part of a massive collaborative plan to pull off one heck of a surprise.”
The proposal was short and sweet.
“I’m...
- 7/6/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
A local TV reporter broke some unexpected personal news while investigating what she thought was a very real tragedy.
Valerie Bell, an investigative reporter for Alabama’s ABC 33/40 News, thought she was meeting with authorities earlier this month to discuss the specifics of a domestic violence call that ended with someone going into a lake. What she didn’t know was that the entire scenario was concocted so that her boyfriend could surprise her with the proposal of her dreams.
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Valerie Bell, an investigative reporter for Alabama’s ABC 33/40 News, thought she was meeting with authorities earlier this month to discuss the specifics of a domestic violence call that ended with someone going into a lake. What she didn’t know was that the entire scenario was concocted so that her boyfriend could surprise her with the proposal of her dreams.
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- 7/5/2023
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday signed police reform legislation today that’s considered among the most aggressive proposals since the national uproar over the police killing of George Floyd. The legislative package outlaws police use of chokeholds, requires all state police officers to wear body cameras, and permits the release of disciplinary records for police officers, firefighters and corrections officers to be released without their written consent.
Another part of the legislation bundle outlaws false race-based 911 calls, a move taken after the highly publicized incident in which a white woman called 911 after a black man, who was birdwatching, requested that she leash her dog.
The chokehold law was named after Eric Garner, the black Staten Island man who died in 2014 while being held in a chokehold by a police officer. The restraint tactic had already been prohibited by the NYPD, but today’s law makes chokeholds punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
Another part of the legislation bundle outlaws false race-based 911 calls, a move taken after the highly publicized incident in which a white woman called 911 after a black man, who was birdwatching, requested that she leash her dog.
The chokehold law was named after Eric Garner, the black Staten Island man who died in 2014 while being held in a chokehold by a police officer. The restraint tactic had already been prohibited by the NYPD, but today’s law makes chokeholds punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
- 6/12/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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