Most U.S. local news consumers want journalists to ask tough, but respectful, questions of candidates and regularly fact check those running for office. This was one of many key takeaways from a research project on trust in elections coverage, commissioned by the Radio Television Digital News …
Every TV station has its bantering anchors, reporters and meteorologists, but I’m not sure I’ve ever seen someone having so much fun so often as Julie Baker. That feeling is infectious around Baker, a reporter for Nexstar-owned KXRM in Colorado Springs, Colo., and it has translated …
Katya Moskalenko, product marketing manager at London-based Measure Protocol, is sounding the alarm that artificial intelligence might have a negative impact on the existing gender gap in the tech industry. Although it creates a world of exciting possibilities, it also creates — almost inherently — …
The National Association of Broadcasters Leadership Foundation (NABLF) today named seven new members to its board of directors in accordance with its bylaws. Joining the board are Catherine Badalamente of Graham Media Group, Lynn Beall of Tegna, Joe DiScipio of Fox Corp., Chad Matthews of ABC Owned Television Stations Disney Entertainment, Marian Pittman of Cox …
When retired police chief Andreas Probst was killed in a hit-and-run last month, Las Vegas Review-Journal crime reporter Sabrina Schnur was the first journalist to arrive on the scene. Schnur […] The post A reporter made sure a retired police chief’s death didn’t go uncovered. Then …
When it comes to differentiating itself from other media, local television has “lost its way.” And spot must deal with persistent measurement problems at a time when its No. 1 core ad spend category, automotive, is tackling huge quandaries—including the strike now in progress. But …
“Make it new,” the poet Ezra Pound once instructed writers. There is a similar maxim at work at E.W. Scripps these days, where the company has been overhauling its entire journalistic apparatus. Chris Nagus has emerged as one of the key architects in that overhaul. Nagus’ …
In Kansas City, KMBC, the Hearst Television-owned ABC affiliate, and KGKC, the SagamoreHill Broadcasting’s Telemundo affiliate, announced a new weather partnership today. The stations say the joint endeavor aligns with the beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month and is aimed at providing crucial weather information to …
Today, The Weather Channel television network and Pattrn, The Weather Channel’s climate, environment and sustainability brand, announced an expansive partnership with Covering Climate Now to showcase winners of the 2023 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards to be announced during Climate Week NYC (Sept. 17-24). The climate journalism winners will be featured all week, starting …
Morgan Murphy Media, a family-owned media company, is buying three TV stations and five radio stations in northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula from the Marks Media Group. The purchase price was not disclosed. “For more than 100 years and through four generations, our company has …
NEW YORK (AP) — The iconic stopwatch won’t be reset, but for six episodes this fall, “60 Minutes” will become 90 minutes. The CBS newsmagazine is stretching on some Sundays when CBS airs an NFL doubleheader, starting Oct. 8. Often, the show doesn’t air until 7:30 …
Fact accuracy has been under assault for more than 20 years. It began when corporate owners reaped huge profits without reinvesting in newsrooms. The internet redefined audience and reconfigured advertising, […] The post How journalism should face the unchecked threats of generative AI appeared first on …
