St. Louis TV stations pool resources, coverage for inaugural
Witness this unusual sight a few yards from the state Capitol:
– A Channel 5 reporter using a Channel 2 cameraman during an interview with a button-seller.
After a few queries, Political Fix learned that the three major St. Louis TV stations have merged resources for covering the state inaugural in Jefferson City.
As a result, Channel 2’s camera is providing pool video. Channel 5 has the truck. A Channel 4 staffer was on the truck doing some video while the Channel 5 reporter was querying the button-seller, a guy from Springfield, Ill., who was just setting up shop on the corner of High and Jefferson streets around 9 a.m.
Some of those involved said they couldn’t recall such a pooled effort for earlier state inaugurals. Perhaps this is just another example of media cooperation, at a time of financial strife in the industry.


Freudian slip: “fool video” should be “pool video,” right?