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Reporting Live and Remembering Kathy Fiscus
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Apr 11, 2009
Reporting Live and Remembering Kathy Fiscus
Sixty years ago today, three-year-old Kathy Fiscus fell down an abandoned well in San Marino. Kathy's disappearance marked a transformation in journalism: the beginning of live reporting. Patt Morrison talks to veteran KTLA reporter Stan Chambers, who reported the event and USC historian Bill Deverell.
Reporter Stan Chambers reports live from the well Kathy Fiscus fell down.
Reporter Stan Chambers reports live from the well Kathy Fiscus fell down.
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Sixty years ago today, three-year-old Kathy Fiscus fell down an abandoned well in San Marino. Kathy's disappearance marked a transformation in journalism: the beginning of live reporting. Patt Morrison talks to veteran KTLA reporter Stan Chambers, who reported the event and USC historian Bill Deverell.

Sixty years ago today, three-year-old Kathy Fiscus fell down an abandoned well in San Marino. Kathy's disappearance marked a transformation in journalism: the beginning of live reporting. Patt Morrison talks to veteran KTLA reporter Stan Chambers, who reported the event and USC historian Bill Deverell.