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In South Bend, A TV-Newspaper News Partnership Takes Off
Gray-owned WNDU has partnered with the Gannett-owned South Bend Tribune to share content and collaborate on a wide array of reporting projects. The upshot has been a win-win for both outlets and the broader “Michiana” community, says the Tribune’s executive editor. Read a full report here in addition to the video above.
NBCUniversal Local’s WNJU New York (Telemundo) is adding Yaimee Bell to the station’s news team. She begins work as a weekday and weekend general assignment reporter on July 10, with […]
This year, Pittsburgh declared homelessness a public health emergency. “This Chronicle episode will focus on the issue of homelessness in Pittsburgh and what our city is doing to improve the situation,” says says Charles W. Wolfertz III, GM of Hearst’s ABC affiliate WTAE.
In this repeat of the Talking TV episode from Feb. 17, Andrew Heyward, a research professor at ASU’s Walter Cronkite School and co-author of a new report, Beyond Objectivity, explains the problems with aiming for “objective” news and what alternate goals newsrooms would do better to pursue. A full transcript of the conversation is included.
Has Scripps’ Symson Offered Local News’ Best Path To Reinvention?
E.W. Scripps President-CEO Adam Symson has laid out a bold way forward for local TV news to reengage with substance, backing it with investments and more reporters. Will the market let him stay on that path?
Gray Television’s CBS affiliate KCTV Kansas City announced several new hires: Blake Bowers from WCPO Cincinnati as assignment manager. Zoe Shriner from Gray Television’s Dakota News Now as assignment desk […]
Birmingham’s newsroom denizens remain hungry. It’s a competitive news battle, and an audience eager to tune in. “It’s a fun place to be in the television business,” said Susana Schuler, president-GM of WVTM. “The community is very interested in consuming a lot of local television.” Pictured: Gillian Brooks reporting for WBRC.
For TV Station Groups, National Collaborations Increase And Improve
Station groups including Gray, E.W. Scripps and Nexstar are increasingly drawing on their stations to contribute stories for their national reporting projects. The ensuing collaborations are having a transformative effect on news production. Pictured: Susan Campbell reporting a story for one of Gray Television’s “consumer franchises” — Did You Know? — from KOLD Tucson.
‘Film At 11’ Parachuting Into TV Stations To Help With News Marketing
Rick Lewchuk, former CNN marketing VP, is working with several TV stations to help them with their news marketing. “We talk about focusing on where they need to have growth right now.”
Gray Television’s CBS affiliate KSMO Kansas City has signed Neal Jones to a multi-year deal extending his role as sports anchor/multimedia journalist. Jones joins Sports Director Scott Reiss, anchor/producer Jared […]
Hearst Television’s ABC affiliate WCVB Boston is adding Emmy-winning journalist Brittany Johnson to its investigative unit, 5 Investigates, beginning June 12. She will join investigative reporters Karen Anderson and Mike Beaudet. A […]
Hearst Television’s ABC affiliates KHBS-KHOG Fayetteville, Ark., have appointed Melissa Hall weekday morning traffic and breaking news anchor for 40/29 News Sunrise. Hall joins anchors Yuna Lee, Phil Reed and […]
Rather than simply reporting on the increase in youth crime, Scripps Fox affiliate WXMI Grand Rapids, Mich., is leading an initiative, A Path Forward, that seeks to connect families with crucial resources, address obstacles, celebrate successes and create lasting change.
After publishing an exposé, journalists in New Hampshire faced broken windows, vulgar graffiti and a legal brawl, with important First Amendment implications.
The union representing the company’s newsroom employees criticized the CEO for cutting jobs and hurting local journalism.
