Learning Anderson Cooper's language, in case you have a chance of a chat!

Have you ever wondered what Anderson is listening through his earpiece when he is on the air? You can bet is not the new Scissor Sisters CD! A first time visit to a Master Control Room can be quite a an experience. You will probably not understand half of the things the Director and Producer are SHOUTING into their respective microphones and to the crew. These are common PG-Rated Control Room Jargon from CNN. It may vary from different markets in both terms and nastiness. It is a stressful job after all!

• "What's the bird gonna cost?" How much is the satellite time going to cost?


• "Faster, Prompter, faster!" The TelePrompTer operator is not keeping pace with the anchor.


• "Lose the bug." Remove the CNN logo from the bottom right corner of the screen.


• "That package is crashing." That story is fast approaching its deadline.


• "He's a donut." Use a reporter's live remote between two stories.


• "Send a crew to spray the room." Send a camera crew to shoot video without a reporter and producer.


• "She's on the beeper." The reporter is broadcasting live via telephone.


• "Go with rolling coverage." Continue extensive coverage of a breaking news story over a period of several hours or more.


• "Feed it from the pool." Sending video to CNN from a pool camera that is shared by the competitive news and broadcast networks.


• "Big box, little box." Divide the screen into a little box for a person (anchor) and a big box for live video.


• "Roll the SOT." SOT stands for Sound Over Tape.


• "Let's use the weather as an accordion." Use the non-scripted weather report to either shorten or lengthen the show to end exactly on time before local or commercial breaks.


• "He's out shooting a standup." A standup is the reporter's on-camera appearance during a package.


• "She's a live pop." A reporter is giving a live report.


• "The package is a hot roll." A package broadcast live from one of CNN's bureaus.


• "Feed the tape." Broadcast video from one of CNN's many video feeds.


• "Roll on the feed." Record video that is coming in from one of CNN's many feeds.


• "Is that tape raw or cut?" Is the tape edited or unedited?


• "The bird's going down." CNN is about to lose its time on a satellite.


• "Kill the package." Pull the story before it is broadcast.


• "What's the slug?" What is the name of the package?


• "Float that package." Postpone the broadcast of a package.

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