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Six and a half months after Mark Thompson’s arrival at CNN (almost half of Chris Licht’s disastrous tenure), a restless and dour mood is once again enveloping the network. What is Thompson’s true plan, many wonder, and why won’t he articulate it?
There was both praise and criticism of the legal analyst and anchor, Laura Coates, and the network’s split-second decision to show the graphic footage.
The plan aims to support independent news organizations with three years of funding.
Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, died April 21 at 76. (Mark Duncan/AP)
Nexstar’s Chicago independent WGN-TV has promoted Alyssa Donovan to a weather anchor effective April 29. Her forecasts will be seen on WGN Midday News at 11-1 p.m., as well as WGN […]
Michael Abramowitz, a former Washington Post journalist who is currently the president of the nonprofit Freedom House, is expected to start in the role this summer.
CBS News and Stations debuts a multi-part investigation called Anything For Love: Inside the Romance Scam Epidemic Sunday, April 21. Airing across CBS News and station programs, Anything For Love runs through Sunday, April 28. The year-long investigation hears from victims, families, dating app executives and government officials across seven states: California, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Texas
Rod Hissong Named News Director At WAND Decatur
Block Communications moves him from its WDRB Louisville, Ky., to oversee journalism at its NBC affiliate in Illinois.
Essence magazine’s corporate parent Sundial Media Group has agreed to buy women’s lifestyle company Refinery29 from Vice Media, the company said Thursday. The deal offers Refinery29 a lifeline after a tumultuous few years under the Vice Media brand.
How To (Actually) Change A TV Newsroom Culture
The industry’s focus on newsroom culture is critical, but nothing can fundamentally change unless leaders take these active and essential steps.
CBS Stations today unveiled a new California-based investigative initiative, CBS News California Investigates, and appointed longtime journalist Julie Watts as the regional CBS California correspondent.
Gray said the renewal “is the direct result of impressive, double-digit ratings growth in the show’s debut season.” InvestigateTV+ is hosted by Lee Zurik (pictured) and Tisha Powell.
As AI-Created Photorealistic Images Proliferate, Documentary Producers Draw Up Guidelines
On Tuesday, a group of archival producers presented a draft set of best practices for using generative AI tools in Los Angeles, noting a “danger of forever muddying the historical record.” Pictured: In a demonstration of OpenAI’s video tool Sora, this still was created from the prompt, “The camera directly faces colorful buildings in Burano, Italy. An adorable dalmatian looks through a window on a building on the ground floor.” (OpenAI)
The former Scripps exec will be responsible for developing and implementing newsgathering, storytelling and distribution models strategy across all platforms.
Uri Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, said in an essay last week that the nonprofit had allowed progressive bias to taint its coverage.