Voice Of America Will Get A New Director
Michael Abramowitz, a former Washington Post journalist who is currently the president of the nonprofit Freedom House, is expected to start …
CBS News And Stations Premieres Romance Scam Investigation April 21
CBS News and Stations debuts a multi-part investigation called Anything For Love: Inside the Romance Scam Epidemic Sunday, April 21. Airing …
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 Parent To Buy Refinery29 From Vice Media
Essence magazine's corporate parent Sundial Media Group has agreed to buy women's lifestyle company Refinery29 from Vice Media, the company …
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 …
CBS Stations Create New Government Accountability Initiative
CBS Stations today unveiled a new California-based investigative initiative, CBS News California Investigates, and appointed longtime …
Gray Renews ‘InvestigateTV+’ For 2024-25 Season
Gray said the renewal “is the direct result of impressive, double-digit ratings growth in the show’s debut season." InvestigateTV+ is hosted …
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 …
Veteran News Executive Sean McLaughlin Joins Graham Media Group
The former Scripps exec will be responsible for developing and implementing newsgathering, storytelling and distribution models strategy …
NPR Editor Who Accused Broadcaster Of Liberal Bias Resigns
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 …
Remembering The Time Long Ago When Journalism Actually Meant Something
Adam Buckman: "Robert MacNeil, who died last week at age 93, may have been the last of his generation of broadcast journalists who set …
The Real Story Behind NPR’s Current Problems
Alicia Montgomery: Yes, the broadcaster is a mess. But “wokeness” isn’t the issue.
Pro-Trump Network OAN And Smartmatic Settle 2020 Election Defamation Suit
Voting technology company Smartmatic and the far-right network One America News said Tuesday that they had settled a defamation lawsuit …
NPR Suspends Veteran Editor As It Grapples With His Public Criticism
NPR has formally punished Uri Berliner, the senior editor who publicly argued a week ago that the network had "lost America's trust" by …
Amy Alvarez Named News Director For KULX Salt Lake City
The award-winning local news veteran joins the Telemundo station from the group’s KVDA San Antonio where she was executive producer.
NPR CEO Faces Criticism Over Tweets Supporting Progressive Causes
Katherine Maher, who took over the public network last month, posted years ago on Twitter that “Donald Trump is a racist.” (Armando …
John Sterling Retires From Yankees Radio Broadcast Booth At Age 85 In 36th Season
NEW YORK (AP) — John Sterling, the hyperexcitable New York Yankees broadcaster known for decades of indelible, personalized home run calls, …
Ben Sherwood, Former ABC News President, Will Lead The Daily Beast
Five years after parting ways with the Disney-ABC Television Group, Ben Sherwood is getting back in the media game. The one-time ABC News …
Scripps News In Agreement With Ad Fontes Media To Rate Content For Reliability And Bias
The agreement with Scripps News will allow for Ad Fontes to undertake a more granular audit of content across Scripps News’ TV and digital …
WTTG Ups Jacqueline Matter To ‘Good Day DC’ Co-Host
Fox O&O WTTG Washington has promoted Jacqueline Matter to co-host of Good Day DC. Effective immediately, she will co-anchor the 4 a.m. …
NAB Show: AccuWeather Turbocharges Its WeatherShow Enhancer
AccuWeather is unveiling powerful new updates to its popular interactive touchscreen system, the WeatherShow Enhancer, at the NAB Show in …
NAB Show: Interactive TV News Channel Unveiled Today By ROXi And Sinclair
ROXi’s FastStream technology allows local TV news organizations to create interactive versions of their broadcast TV news where viewers can …
Viewers Say WAVE Documentary About Louisville Mass Murder Is ‘Thoughtful,’ ‘Compelling,’ ‘Real Journalism’
Natalia Martinez, WAVE’s investigative reporter who executive produced the documentary, says “the response has been overwhelming. Viewers …
New Jobs Posted To TVNewsCheck
New jobs posted to TVNewsCheck’s Media Job Center include an opening for an account executive – trainee/new business development and …
News Orgs Urge Biden And Trump To Commit To Presidential Debates
ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, PBS, NBC, NPR and The Associated Press are among those that signed on to the letter urging presumptive presidential …
Netflix Acquires ‘Rather,’ Documentary About TV News Icon Dan Rather
Netflix has landed Rather, the documentary about veteran journalist Dan Rather‘s landmark career in news. The film, which premieres April 24 …