AuthorJosh Benson

Dinosaurs in Central Florida

I have enjoyed living in different parts of the country. From the Midwest to the Southwest and now to the Southeast, I’ve learned a lot about the lay of the land and what LIVES on that land. I’m talking about creepy, regional creatures. In Minnesota, there wasn’t really a threat from one, main creature. I guess a black bear would come to mind, but I bet I’ve seen one in 25...

Denis McDonough: Center Field to Center Stage

By now you’ve seen the famous image released by the White House of President Obama and his staff watching and hearing elements of the mission that took out Osama Bin Laden. When I first saw the image, it wasn’t the Commander in Chief who caught my eye, or even Hillary Clinton’s terrified facial expression to which she later remarked, “I am somewhat sheepishly concerned...

Down for the count

I hate being sick. It just sets you back. Usually you can work through it and ignore aches and pains of a cold – but when it starts messing with your internal road map – then you’re in trouble. Flu or food poisoning – I usually have to consult Web MD to find out some kind of diagnosis. This seems to be a new one – not so pleasant – so I’ll spare you the...

The run for Sweeps

This is always a busy time of year. Sweeps periods fall during four different months of the year. While we continually run hard ALL the time at WFTV, we focus on putting together stories for sweeps that really get to the bottom of a topic – we put some extra ‘oomph’ into it. Today my photographer Dan and I were in Daytona Beach meeting a computer forensics pro – a truly...

Breaking and Entering

Today my photographer Dan and I were on a shoot for an upcoming story. We stopped by his house after the shoot was over and I apologized to his neighbor. Let me tell you why… Last week while Dan and I were rushing to finish up a story, we had to stop at his house to get a special camera. I was on the phone. He ran in to grab the camera. I had to use the bathroom. I finished up the call as I...

Saved Script: Let the chase begin!

Sometimes I just have to save scripts from the news – some stories in Florida just blow my mind. This one was classic: -MARTIE/CAM- THERE WAS A RATHER UNUSUAL CHASE THROUGH THE STREETS OF SAINT PETERSBURG TODAY, INVOLVING A COUPLE OF HORSES, A GOLF CART, AND A BICYCLE! -VO/ST PETE- THE EXTREMELY LOW-SPEED CHASE BEGAN, WHEN POLICE CAUGHT WILLIAM KUNCZ, VANDALIZING A POLICE GOLF CART WITH A...

Golf Stop: Grand Cypress | New Course

I’ve always loved the game of golf. Maybe love is a strong word, but I care a lot about it – how about that. Since Florida is home of some of the most amazing golf courses in the world, it’s only fitting to take the little free time I do have and explore them. It’ll promote good health, fun and fixing the many bullet holes in my game. It’s a work in progress. So with...

iPhone: AT&T vs. Verizon

For those of you who are loaded down with questions about what to do about getting an iPhone or changing plans if you already own one, there’s a great article on Lifehacker that can help you out. Thanks to our tech guru WFTV’s Dave Sirak for pointing the link out to me. I have an iPhone with AT&T and I loathe the signal strength and dropped calls. However, I was not aware that you...

New jobs for some great guys

My buddy Kenneth Moton is heading to a colder climate – but a hot television market. Kenneth is a reporter at our station WFTV and he just landed a job at WPVI, the ABC station in Philadelphia (Market #4). Kenneth works night-side on the same shift as me and is often going live in some dark, spooky places covering crazy stories! He’s always been a happy and positive guy in the...

Lets ‘run some dirt’

When I was a kid, I used the family ‘camcorder’ (as they were called) to tape movies of Lego characters playing out a scene across movie sets I built with plywood, cardboard, flowing rivers with garden hoses and anything else I could think up. When I’d dig dirt for the sets, I happened to find an old dump site from the early 1900s. One summer I spent my summer vacation...

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