From the host’s chair at Avid-produced podcast Making the Media, Craig Wilson has intersected with many of the people shepherding media into its next era. Wilson recently passed the milestone of his 50th episode and has gleaned much about the industry’s major currents. Among the key …
A group of philanthropy heavyweights including the MacArthur Foundation, the Knight Foundation and others with enough collective spending power to put a dent in any global problem are considering whether to put a seriously large amount of money on the table to improve local news. …
An RCA TRK-9, first introduced at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York, appears among the collection of televisions at the Early Television Museum in Hilliard, Ohio. The museum features a large collection of televisions from the 1920s and 1930s. The RCA TRK-9 cost $450 …
Facebook has updated its resource explaining how it ranks content across its website, including Feed, Stories and Reels. Meta has also announced new tools and features for improved transparency on the social network, which will better assist marketers. Why we care. Marketers and advertisers need a strong …
NEW YORK (AP) — The BBC is more aggressively bringing “open source” reporting and efforts to expose disinformation to its day-to-day reporting, a move that signals a potential shift in journalism’s embrace of new technology. The just-announced creation of a new BBC Verify unit is also …
TikTok is testing a new feature that connects advertisers and creators in a financially beneficial way for both parties. Under the new program, titled TikTok Creative Challenge, marketers can share ad briefs with relevant U.S.-based creators, who will then have complete creative freedom to make a …
Stephen Colbert could not have predicted how much his idea of “truthiness” would come to define American politics — or how much it would affect how journalists do their jobs. The […] The post How journalists cover lies is the most important issue in news media appeared …
In a post on the Scripps News LinkedIn page, the group’s president, Kate O’Brian, announced today that Scripps local stations have begun airing national-focused content produced first for Scripps News. “Today starts an expanded opportunity for Scripps News: the Scripps local stations have begun airing our …
A Colorado school is creating a “zen den” for troubled students. A soccer coach in Pittsburgh goes out of her way to relieve pressure on players. A Chicago community group equips a van for mobile mental health help, and a Los Angeles school trains students …
YouTube is piloting a new feature to help marketers pick the perfect thumbnail for their videos. The Test & Compare tool, also known as A/B thumbnail testing, will provide performance data, revealing which designs drive the highest click through rates (CTRs). Why we care: This new feature …
Gray Television today announced a partnership with Iowa State University (ISU) to empower students majoring in geological and atmospheric sciences with cutting-edge technology used by broadcast meteorologists nationwide. The collaboration aims to provide students with valuable educational and professional opportunities and address the shortage of …
The Nexstar-owned WGN will air From the Border to Chicago on Wednesday, June 28 at 6:30pm CT, reported by WGN’s Lourdes Duarte. The WGN News special covers the recent influx of migrants into the Chicago area and spends time with newly arriving families along with Chicagoans …
