Tim

Tim

Author's details

Name: Tim Waller
Date registered: October 24, 2008
URL: http://timwaller.com

Biography

Tim Waller lives in Greenville, South Carolina. He is a news reporter at Hearst Television station WYFF-TV.

Latest posts

  1. Coco: Off To See The Wizard — April 20, 2011
  2. Day 4: Lost Camera Mystery — August 26, 2010
  3. Day 3: Planning Day — August 25, 2010
  4. Day 2: The Egg Lady — August 24, 2010
  5. 100 Days of Television News — August 23, 2010

Most commented posts

  1. A Penny’s Worth of Fun. — 7 comments
  2. The Great Peppermint Stick Ice Cream Shortage. — 7 comments
  3. Press Tab to Lock Ends. — 6 comments
  4. The View from My Refrigerator. — 5 comments
  5. All the Wii to Tennessee. — 4 comments

Author's posts listings

Apr
20

Coco: Off To See The Wizard

Coco Waller

On the Yellow Brick Road, of course.    

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Aug
26

Day 4: Lost Camera Mystery

Larry and Jane Conklin examine the camera found in their luggage

I consider myself a lucky reporter when I get to do a light feature story. I’m usually assigned to murder, mayhem, scams or schemes. It’s always been that way. But not today.

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Aug
25

Day 3: Planning Day

junk desk

I had a feeling this would happen when I decided to chronicle 100 Days of TV News. I’ve been given what my bosses at WYFF News 4 refer to as a “planning day.” That is, no on-air reporting. No electronic news gathering. Just a day to sit at my desk and develop promotable stories for the sweeps month of November.

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Aug
24

Day 2: The Egg Lady

Donna Putney of Honea Path

Today’s assignment took us to Honea Path where Donna Putney raises “free range” chickens. The question before us was, are local egg producers seeing an increase in sales because of the nationwide egg recall?

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Aug
23

100 Days of Television News

Mark shoots the obligatory "postcard" shots of downtown.

My biggest regret as a TV reporter is that I haven’t documented my travels very well. It’s a shame, because in 26 years, I have been almost everywhere, and I’ve seen almost everything.

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Oct
30

Much Ado about Clouds.

Cirrocumulus or altocumulus?  You decide.

My wife and I were in our car last weekend when we came across the most awesome display of clouds. She’s a cloud-lover. A regular student of clouds. She loves naming the different types of clouds. And me? It takes something special for me to get all gaga over clouds.

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Jul
10

Adventures in Summer Canning.

A bevy of bell peppers from our garden.

I know.  Snooze.  Canning sounds boring.  But canning is one’s only option when the garden produces too many vegetables.  Sure, you can always give some away.  But I’ve always wanted to see if try my hand at this time-honored practice of preserving homegrown veggies. But can what? According to my trusty canning book (thanks Amazon!), …

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Jul
04

How to Be a Cool Parent.

Hippyesque wristband.

It was Father’s Day in Folly Beach. The girls had been promising to buy me an “awesome” gift. But three days into the family vacation, we were hemorrhaging money like there was no tomorrow. What this dad needed was a cheapie gift. Something in the $5.99 range.

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Jun
29

Forget Sharks. Beware of Seaweed!

Two sets of legs wash up on shore.

The beach was covered with rotting seaweed, and it was still washing up on shore. Watching it was amazing. Swimming in it was downright creepy!

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Jun
14

Does Zucchini Bread Taste Like Zucchini?

The garden where it all began.

For that matter, does banana bread taste like bananas? And does carrott cake taste like carrotts?

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