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Jimmy Kimmel reports on the death of a Hollywood legend … and how the media seemed a little confused about it.

TV stations are more likely to woo young adults by fostering online conversation about news stories rather than by posting hard news headlines. Another tactic is to hire people in their 20s to whom social media is second nature.

NAB Show panelists say there’s a myriad of challenges in covering crises — logistics, safety and emotional impacts are some — but that having a disaster plan and putting the necessary tools and protocol in place to execute it are essential for broadcasters to help keep the public safe in such situations.

The Fox Washington O&O boosts its local news lineup by eight hours a week by adding an additional hour to both Good Day D.C. and Fox 5 News Morning Sunday, plus a new two-hour Saturday morning newscast, bringing its weekly total to 56 hours.

WXIX Is Official Weather Provider For Cincinnati Reds The Cincinnati Reds have Fox affiliate WXIX’s chief meteorologist Steve Horstmeyer keeping a close eye on the weather for the season.  WXIX […]

Fox-owned KDFW Dallas (DMA 5) has added Zahid Arab as a general assignment reporter, beginning April 25. Most recently, Arab was a reporter for KING Seattle. Prior to that, he […]

Gannett-owned ABC affiliate WZZM Grand Rapids, Mich. (DMA 39) today announced that Greg Ghering is joining it on April 21 as nightside Connection Desk editor. Ghering is currently the news […]

The Washington CBS affiliate will now offer the 24/7 service on its First Alert Weather subchannel.

Tribune Broadcasting-owned Fox affiliate WGHP Greensboro, N.C. (DMA 46), today announced that on April 21 it will launch the Fox8 4:00 pm News. Following the success of its recently expanded […]

Two new news director openings, and two new news directors are featured this week. That means 25 stations, according to our unofficial list, are looking for a news director.

Starting Saturday, April 26, Fox-owned KSAZ Phoenix (DMA 12) is expanding its Fox 10 Arizona Morning is expanding by one hour. Anchors Ty Brennan and Kristen Keogh will be on […]

Fox-owned WTTG Washington (DMA 8) has appointed Emily Miller chief investigative reporter. Beginning April 28, she will contribute to all station newscasts, primarily Fox 5 News at 5, 6, and […]

Hearst Television-owned NBC affiliate WESH Orlando, Fla. (DMA 18) announced that Michelle Imperato will be joining its anchor team on June 2. She will be co-anchoring WESH 2 News Sunrise […]

Hearst Television-owned ABC affiliate WCVB Boston (DMA 7) today named Karen Anderson to its NewsCenter 5 team beginning this week. The station said Anderson, an investigative and political reporter, “will […]

News of Yahoo’s talks to acquire News Distribution Network, which syndicates clips from local news affiliates across the U.S., indicates Yahoo is looking to make local TV news a big part of the online landscape. “Local online video is treacherous ground, a field that wrecked would-be disruptors in the last technology boom, but Yahoo might just have the scale, the expertise, and the hunger to finally make it work,” he observes.

Veteran News Director Ron Bilek is back in a newsroom. He’s been named the interim ND for Gannett’s WCNC Charlotte, N.C. The station is currently without both a news director and general manager, and the assistant ND is about to leave for a new job (if she hasn’t already left.)

Tribune-owned Fox affiliate KCPQ Seattle (DMA 13) announced today that Liz Dueweke will co-anchor the Q13 Fox News This Morning alongside anchor Bill Wixey, meteorologist M.J. McDermott and Kaci Aitchison […]

What WTVF, WBZ, KING and WVUE did to win the coveted broadcasting award.

Post-Newsweek Stations-owned NBC affiliate WDIV Detroit (DMA 11) today announces that Jeff Wattrick will become managing editor for ClickOnDetroit.com, the station’s website. He starts his new position next week. In […]