Journalism

A trip to WNYW’s Tape Room, where the station keeps its archives, sparked an idea for reporter Dan Bowens. In the Tape Room, Bowens found old reports of crimes from the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut area that have remained unsolved to this day. Bowens has produced 13 audio-only podcasts so far. Of those, four were made into TV stories and then those four were stitched together for a 22-minute special called The Tape Room.

Branding is a tool that has been used to promote and market everything from soft drinks and automobiles to political campaigns and sports. It has been an essential part of television news for decades, growing in importance as both technology and viewing options have exploded.

She will succeed Dennis Milligan after his retirement on May 24.

Scripps-owned Newsy has added five more bureaus and expanded beyond a collection of online and mobile news packages to an OTT channel and to 38 million cable homes. And while Newsy bills itself as a “next-generation news network” aimed at millennials, its distinctive approach has valuable lessons for local broadcasters striving to adapt to a changing competitive landscape.

Jose Andino has been hired in the newly created role of SVP Human Resources at CBS News, the latest move at the division trying to revamp its culture in the wake of […]

The Weather Channel was knocked off the air Thursday morning by what it said was a malicious software attack on the network.

Journalists are battling a rising tide of hatred, violence and persecution around the world, an international watchdog has warned, as authoritarian regimes clamp down on press freedom and leading democracies including the United States move down the global rankings.

It’s certainly possible that the news media will do a nuanced, accurate job Thursday of helping citizens understand the redacted version of the Mueller report. But don’t count on it — especially on live cable news in the initial burst of coverage but also as print news organizations and the broadcast networks struggle to get something up immediately on websites and on social media.

A president accustomed to friendly coverage from the network has been finding things to complain about of late.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar will follow Sen. Bernie Sanders as the second Democratic presidential candidate to hold a town hall meeting on Fox News, while Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro and Sen. Cory Booker are also considering the same move. Sanders’ town hall meeting reached 2.55 million viewers on Fox.

A redacted version of the Mueller report will be released Thursday, leaving reporters with the daunting challenge of speed reading some 400-plus pages in real time while avoiding the temptations and perils of taking shortcuts.

The first Peabody Awards of 2019 were announced today, with eight documentaries being honored and Kartemquin Films (Minding the Gap, Hoops Dreams) set for an Institutional Award for its “commitment to unflinching documentary filmmaking and telling an American history rooted in social justice and the stories of the marginalized.”

The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation will honor Sandra Oh, Tisha Thompson, Rachel Maddow, Connie Britton, Elizabeth Perkins, Patricia Arquette, and Leah Remini among others on May 21 in Los Angeles. Local and student award winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 26 in New York.