Mexican independance day today. So I worked on the broadcast of the "El Grito" celebration in Huntington Park. It's said to be the biggest congregation of Mexicans outside of Mexico. Most of the day I worked as a utility, running cables and helping out my fellow camera operators. At 8 PM I relieved Armando who was running the main camera shooting the stage. It was awesome because my shot was wired directly into the huge screens on both sides of the stage and broadcast internationally. I was able to use the big screens as my monitors. The largest monitors I've ever worked off of. I was working the camera as Vicente Fox yelled, "Viva Mexico" and my shot was seen around the world as the network cut to the Los Angeles feed.


Photo of my favorite reporter, Ruben Luengas anchor for "En Contexto" as he goes live with members of a Mexican military band by his side.