Longtime ‘AC 360’ Writer Faith Kleppinger Dies

Vice World News To Launch ‘Transnational’ News Series About Trans Issues

NBCU Academy, NBC News Studios Tap Seven Filmmaker Projects For Documentary Fellowships

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CBS Launches CBSN Sacramento

It marks the newest expansion of major market local news streaming services from CBS and features local news content produced by KOVR and KMAX.

Outcry Over Abuse Of BBC Editor At Shutdown Protest

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Get Creative — TVN Is Looking For ‘How To’ Ideas

TVNewsCheck is sharing installments of “How To,” our original video series that solicits innovative, practical and actionable advice from TV experts in news, technology, sales and marketing. TV creatives, put your thinking caps on and tell us what topics you’d like to see explained.

Wait, This Is Why Ivory Hecker Sabotaged Her Career?

Ex-ESPNers Kenny Mayne, Cari Champion To Host Olympics Show On Peacock

CNN’s Starr An Unlikely Target In DOJ Probe

Regular CNN viewers know Barbara Starr as the network’s veteran Pentagon reporter, a straight-shooting correspondent who delivers periodic news reports on topics like NATO, counterterrorism efforts, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. So it was striking when Starr was revealed last month as one of the journalists whose email and phone records were secretly seized by the Justice Department amid a Trump administration push to discover who was providing classified information to journalists.

AP Says It Will No Longer Name Suspects In Minor Crimes

NEW YORK (AP) — The Associated Press said Tuesday it will no longer run the names of people charged with minor crimes, out of concern that such stories can have […]

TVN Webinar To Explore AR/VR State Of The Art

Executives from CNN, The Weather Channel, Brainstorm and Planar will talk about how broadcasters are using augmented reality to enhance storytelling during a July 15 TVNewsCheck Working Lunch Webinar that will also explore how broadcasters are using virtual reality to create the next generation of news, weather and sports sets. Register here.

KRIV Houston Fires Reporter Ivory Hecker For Going Off Script, Denies Her Allegations

KRIV Houston reporter Ivory Hecker on Monday went off script during a 5 p.m. broadcast, alleging that she is being muzzled by the network and will release secret recordings of “what goes on behind the scenes at Fox.” The station on Tuesday confirmed that she is no longer with Fox 26. A station spokesperson said: “This incident involves nothing more than a disgruntled former employee seeking publicity by promoting a false narrative produced through selective editing and misrepresentation.”

WLWT Cincinnati Adding 4 And 7 P.M. Newscasts

Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WLWT Cincinnati will add two new weekday newscasts at 4 and 7 p.m. WLWT News 5 at 7 p.m. will debut on Monday, July 26, during the […]

Why CBC Is Turning Off Facebook Comments On News Posts For A Month

WXIX Cincinnati To Add 3 P.M. Newscast In Fall

NBC News Hires Politico’s Carrie Budoff Brown As ‘Meet The Press’ SVP

Carrie Budoff Brown is leaving Politico and heading to NBC News, where she’ll work on expanding the reach and impact of the Meet the Press brand as its senior vice president. The Meet the Press franchise includes not only Chuck Todd’s Sunday show on NBC and daily MSNBC offering, but podcasts, streaming and events like a film festival, too.

Dan Boers Named WXMI Grand Rapids News Director

He joins the Scripps Fox affiliate from cross-town rivals WOOD-WOTV-WXSP.

WPVI Philadelphia Moves Sarah Bloomquist To 4 P.M. Anchor Team

ABC-owned WPVI Philadelphia has named Sarah Bloomquist to its 4 p.m. Action News anchor team, effective immediately, joining Brian Taff, Alicia Vitarelli and meteorologist Adam Joseph. Bloomquist, a 19-year veteran […]

ABC O&Os To Stream ‘Our America: Black Freedom’

ABC Owned Television Stations embrace the heritage and tradition of Juneteenth in the upcoming multiplatform documentary, Our America:  Black Freedom, available to stream now across the owned stations connected TV apps on streaming platforms […]

Lester Holt To Join NAB Hall of Fame

The anchor and managing editor of NBC’s flagship news broadcast NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt will be inducted into National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame on Oct. 11 during the 2021 NAB Show in Las Vegas.

Scripps Launching Florida Statewide News Network

The Florida 24 Network highlights reporting from Scripps’ six stations in the state and is available over-the-top in every TV market across the state.

Media On The Mend

About 963 newsroom jobs have been lost so far this year — down 91% from the 10,576 cuts through the same period last year, according to new data. Other factorslike record advertising growth and the speedy return of live events, suggest the media industry is rebounding quicker than it originally anticipated.

KRIV Reporter Starts Live Shot By Telling Viewers Fox is ‘Muzzling’ Her

KRIV Houston reporter Ivory Hecker started her live shot Monday by telling viewers that the station’s owner, Fox Corp., is muzzling her and she is releasing tapes to prove it. “I am going to be releasing some recordings about what goes on behind the scenes at Fox, because it applies to you, the viewers,” she said. “I found a nonprofit journalism group called Project Veritas that is going to help put that out tomorrow, so tune into them.” She then went on with her live shot.

NPR Deputy National Editor Laura Smitherman Moves To CNN

Hearst College National Championship Winners Announced

Winning college journalists in the National Writing, Photojournalism, Audio, Television and Multimedia Championships were announced on June 14 by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards Program. The Hearst Championships […]

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Al Jazeera’s ‘Between Us’ Mines Human Side Of Reporting

Between Us, a digital-only series from Al Jazeera, aims to generate “more of a human story” from veteran correspondents using animation, illustration and other novel storytelling tools.

Bloomberg Names Jodi Schneider Political News Director

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Why Has Local News Collapsed? Blame Readers

Despite all the impassioned pleas to salvage local news coverage, the reality is there’s a demand-side problem.

Meteorologist Art Jarrett Joins WDSU New Orleans

Hearst Television NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans has hired meteorologist Art Jarrett to join Randi Rousseau and Chad Sabadie on WDSU News This Morning, weekday mornings from 4:30 to 7 a.m. He […]

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour Says She’s Being Treated For Ovarian Cancer

Veteran CNN correspondent told viewers Monday that she recently had surgery for ovarian cancer and will undergo chemotherapy for a period of weeks. Amanapour, who has not been hosting her program for CNN’s international outlets for the past four weeks, returned to the air Monday and opened her program with remarks about her condition.