On Assignment w/ CT

I was in the News Director's office with a group of colleagues for the 2pm editorial meeting. We were  discussing and reviewing the stories we'd cover for the afternoon and late news. The newsroom computers chirped with an incoming news alert...and then we heard a wave in the newsroom of  "oh no"...  "no way"..."oh no" and then the name; Tim Russert. 

 What? 

Then we all heard that Tim Russert has died of a heart attack in the Washington Bureau.

Such a sudden, sad and shocking loss for his family, friends, his NBC family and his Sunday morning viewers.  He loved politics, journalism. His working class Buffalo roots kept him real and focused while he interviewed politicians, lobbyists and mover sn shakers in D.C. He was the epitome of journalistic excellence.

Godspeed, Tim.