Recently I was fortunately enough to get to talk with former Ten O'Clock News reporter John Hashimoto. He answered some of my questions about his work on the TOCN and changes in the news industry since the early 1990s. Sadie Roosa: How long did you work on the Ten O'Clock News? John Hashimoto: From 1990-1991. I believe I was the last reporter hired by TOCN before its unfortunate cancellation after 15 years on the air. SR: How did working on TOCN compare to other news reporting you did before or have done after? JH: By the time I joined WGBH as a cub on-air reporter I had already spent nearly a decade in local TV news -- but behind the camera. I produced newscasts and field reports in San Diego, Los Angeles and at WNEV-TV (now WHDH-TV) in Boston before joining TOCN as a general assignment -- and very unpolished -- reporter. As you might expect, The Ten O'Clock News was unlike any local TV news operation I had experienced. The newsroom was small (maybe 10 desks in a cramped room), the equipment dated and the atmosphere decidedly quaint compared to the "Action News" world I left behind. But what TOCN lacked in sizzle it more than made up for in substance. more
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