What’s one thing broadcast journalists can never get enough of? Time. But Stephanie Haney, digital anchor and legal analyst at Tegna-owned Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC, has all the time — and space — she needs.
If Jonathan Adkins, who oversees the broadcast news operation at Cleveland’s WKYC, wants to see the dramatic effects of COVID-19 on TV news production, all he has to do is go downstairs. “If a year ago, you had told me I could sit in my basement in my house and see 16 live feeds from the field, have direct interaction with the talent on the set, and be able to watch feeds and our broadcasts with less than a half second delay, I would have thought you were crazy,” he says. Adkins can even re-set the teleprompter from home. “If we go back to the way things were, we failed.” Above, part of the makeshift control room in Adkins’ basement.
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Wife Of Browns Quarterback Joins WKYC
WKYC Reporter Reveals Brain Tumor Diagnosis
WKYC News Intros New Graphics, Breezy Vibe
WKYC Rebrands Newscasts, Morning Show
Meteorologist Jason Frazer Joins WKYC Studios
WKYC Adds Romney Smith To News Team
Journalist Romney Smith Joins WKYC Studios
Investigative Journalist Rachel Polansky Joins WKYC
Stephanie Haney Joins WKYC As Digital Correspondent
WKYC News Hires Comedian Mike Polk Jr.
WKYC’s ‘The Investigator’ Tom Meyer Retiring
WKYC Adding Jay Crawford As 5 P.M. Anchor
Doug Adair, Longtime Cleveland Anchor, Dies
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.
Robin Swoboda Returning To WKYC Cleveland To Host YouTube Show
WKYC Adds Dave Chudowsky As A.M. Co-Anchor
WKYC Names Adam Miller Content Director
Tegna’s NBC affiliate WKYC Cleveland is adding a key management position, director of content, and Adam Miller, senior producer at NBC’s Today, will be taking on those duties starting in October.
WLTZ Meteorologist Matt Wintz For WKYC
WKYC Adds Meteorologist Matt Wintz
WKYC Adds Dorsena Drakeford To News Staff
WKYC Promos Show Clevelanders At Work
Retiring WKYC Reporter Has Street Named For Him
WKYC Knocked Off Air By Lightning Strike
Cleveland NBC affiliate WKYC reports many of its viewers have lost access to the station’s signal after a lightning strike. The station’s transmitter tower was struck by lightning Wednesday night, leaving over-the-air and satellite viewers without access to NBC programming and WKYC’s newscasts.
WKYC Political Reporter Tom Beres Retiring
News-producing stations in the country’s 18th largest TV market have been hard at work preparing to offer comprehensive coverage of next week’s Republican National Convention that’s relevant to area viewers, while also ensuring staff have flexibility to cover unexpected activity and stay safe.
When Donald Trump and other Republican luminaries take their turns at the podium next month at the Republican National Convention, the reporters and producers of hundreds, maybe thousands, of television news organizations will focus their efforts on the messages emanating from the Quicken Loans Arena stage. The exception, though, will be the handful of hometown broadcast stations, whose cameras will be trained elsewhere.
