Allen Media Group’s The Weather shot an interview on Tuesday with President Joe Biden and TWC’s Stephanie Abrams to discuss climate change and climate policy. Biden has said that climate change is the “number one issue facing humanity” and that combatting climate change is a core tenet …
If you hear the sound of dueling banjos wafting over the broadcast landscape, that’s networks and affiliates warming up for a fight. The first salvo came from the affiliates, who less than two weeks ago launched the Coalition for Local News to reassert themselves in the …
For much of the past decade, academic researchers have been trying to persuade Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, to share internal data about the behavior of users on its platforms, so that they might understand how—if at all—the sites’ algorithms influence people’s political …
When OpenAI unveiled its natural language model ChatGPT in November, local news publishers quickly took notice, imagining what the tool could do for their journalism. One of them was Scott […] The post How some local newsrooms are using AI appeared first on Poynter.
Climate change is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity, yet it continues to be a challenge for journalists to cover. The subject defies many of the trappings of […] The post 7 tips for better coverage of climate change appeared first on Poynter.
Nexstar Media Group today issued an open Request for Proposals seeking a next-generation audience measurement partner capable of providing data that accurately reflects the scale and power of the company’s national and local media businesses. It said: “As one of the country’s largest omnichannel media …
It’s been almost 40 years since Max Headroom, the fictional computer-generated news anchor, first appeared on the scene. Max made big waves at the time, with some pundits predicting the eventual end of real people anchoring newscasts. That talk quickly faded when it became obvious …
After graduating from the University of Georgia, Willie Daniely’s first job was as a multimedia journalist at WTVG 13abc in Toledo, Ohio. He thought it was a good first step […] The post Multimedia journalists have a workflow guide thanks to one MMJ’s video project appeared …
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (July 27, 2023) – The International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at the nonprofit Poynter Institute, a global leader in journalism, in partnership with Google and YouTube, announces the […] The post $12 million Global Fact Check Fund opens applications for second round of grants …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Pulitzer Prize-winning Santa Barbara News-Press, one of California’s oldest newspapers, has ceased publishing after its owner declared the 150-year-old publication bankrupt. The newspaper became an online-only publication in April. But its last digital edition was posted Friday when owner Wendy McCaw …
For the better part of a decade, Mike Beaudet has been teaching young people the practice of investigative reporting for television at Northeastern University in Boston. He’s noticed a disturbing trend among his students. “None of them sit down and watch a local TV newscast,” Beaudet …
TikTok is rolling out text posts for the first time. Historically, brands and influencers have been able to create content across a variety of formats such as live videos, photos, Duets, Stitch and more – but text was never an option. Now, creators have that additional resource to …
