Staging is not the real thing.

In Dave Wertheimer's article about staging, I thought it was outrageous how the TV guy had the family reenact the happiness they felt. It is a lost moment in time, and it is his fault for not making it there on time. As journalists it is our job to be on scene on time and ready at any given moment. Instead of having them reenact the scene he could have just interviewed them about how they felt. I liked Wertheimer's idea about even leaving the room, just to come back to the interviewee doing something natural. The interviewee should forget that cameras are set up in order to make the story as natural as possible.