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What a fantastic question! News program employees scurrying around behind the anchors has been a tradition for decades. You can see office figures moving in the background during Walter Cronkite's famous announcement of the assassination of JFK. Ostensibly, the background hubbub lends an atmosphere of excitement and "This just in!" drama to nightly newscasts. It's what the professionals call "production value," and places the anchors at the center of a storm of news-gather activity, all for the discerning viewer's benefit. But don't trust us -- ask the real experts. The CNN Studio Tour in Atlanta, Georgia,
features a "one-of-a-kind re-creation" of CNN's main control room, as well as several other Universal Studios-type entertainments. However, it also promises to pass by actual working environments. If you can't make it down to Atlanta for the tour, you may want to drop them an email at sturner@studio.com or call toll-free at (877) - 4CNNTOUR.
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