Making the News in Santa Barbara

Anacapa students heard the familiar voice of Santa Barbara’s news reporter John Palminteri at breakfast club this morning. John first met Anacapa students as they helped piece together the Moving Wall Vietnam Memorial. He gave the group some insight into a day in the life of a news reporter. Each day, he wakes up at 5:30 a.m. to record a news story from home for two radio stations, then goes to KEYT to work for 8-9 hours there. John says it is a challenging, but exciting job especially today with the changing ways news is reported. His tip for aspiring news anchors: Read lots of news everyday and learn how to tell the same story in many different ways.