he moved up to morning and
weekend anchoring. When Mr.
Schechter left the station a few
months ago for his current job, he
was the main anchor on the 6 and
10 p.m. newscasts.
Today, Mr. Schechter is a re-
porter for a Youngstown, Ohio,
station. "You have to go to these
little towns and it's an eye-open-
ing experience," said Mr.
Schechter about his experiences
in Iowa. "I was never totally on
my own and, boom, I was in the
middle of nowhere, I had a job in
a field I had never worked in, and
I didn't even know how to get to
work. But I got to know and re-
spect the community."
There were times when view-
ers would stop him on the street
to talk about a story. "People who
worked at the station were in a
way the only celebrities in the
community," he said.
Now, Mr. Schechter works be-
tween 40 and 55 hours a week.
Currently, he is putting together
a special report on food safety and
recently used a hidden camera to
examine the sanitation of some
Youngstown restaurants. The
piece, scheduled to air in Febru-
ary, also includes a segment on
cross-contamination in home
kitchens.

"You have to go to
these little towns."

— David Schechter

Through the use of a chemical
and special U-V light, Mr.
Schechter will show how the im-
proper handling of raw meat can
contaminate other foods.
"I like to come up with my own
ideas and look at things in a way
they've never been shown before,"
he said.
Mr. Schechter's favorite story
was a piece he did on an Iowa cow
that was the state's No. 1 milk-pro-
ducer and, incidentally, liked to be
milked to Beethoven's music.
"It was a funny story to work
on," he said. "We showed how
many gallons of milk the cow pro-
duced in a day by filling up a gro-
cery cart with several gallons of
milk."
Although Mr. Schechter has
been at his on-camera job for 2 1/2
years, he still gets a little anxious
on the job.
"Nervousness — it happens all
the time," he said. "You definite-
ly develop a certain comfort level,
but if you're working on a big sto-
ry or live report, you get butter-
flies in your stomach. It's good
energy, though, because you know
you're excited about something."
Added Mr. Schechter: "What
I'm doing is not brain surgery, but
it's an important job and I cannot
imagine doing anything else. My
first love is storytelling." ❑

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