By Ashley Wells Ninety-nine percent of the news "interactives" I've seen have nothing to do with storytelling. Most are simply reference material with navigation that amounts to a collection of categories or dots on a map. There are a million innovative ways to do these, but …
To attract both viewers and advertisers, television and radio news must be credible. Protecting the integrity of the news product has become increasingly challenging, however, as stations seek new revenue sources in a difficult economic climate. Good journalism and a station's economic goals can sometimes …
A comparison study of live and taped reports By Charlie Tuggle, Dana Rosengard and Suzanne Huffman In terms of manpower and direct costs, live reporting is expensive. Satellite truck and microwave …
Everyone was scrambling. Everyone was affected. And in the midst of it all, WWOR-TV was flying blind. The station was one of several in the New York area with antennas on the World Trade Center that lost their outgoing over-the-air signals, and could only be …
You've probably heard this before: What's really needed to improve the quality of journalism is proof that a company can do well (financially) by doing good (journalism). But the evidence all seems to be to the contrary. Much has been written about declining quality being the …
When mistakes happen on the air--and they will--how many television newsrooms have a clear-cut policy for handling corrections? A NewsLab survey of 220 TV journalists found that just over a third work at stations with guidelines covering both the timing and placement of on-air corrections …
Last report in a series on how local stations can use their Web sites to generate new content By Jeff Gralnick The first three parts of this series were aimed at helping you to use your Web site and Web tools in new and different ways, to …
Third report in a series on how local stations can use their Web sites to generate new content By Jeff Gralnick To be truly interactive, local TV Web sites need to make it easier for users to touch them back. The simplest approach is through a "Contact …
Second report in a series on how local stations can use their Web sites to generate new content by Jeff Gralnick Imagine that you're starting from scratch. You're going to build an interactive Web site that will help your viewers touch you back, by using all the …
First report in a series on how local stations can use their Web sites to generate new content By Jeff Gralnick First, let's try to get your attention. It IS the Internet stupid, but NOT in the way you think. It is interactivity but NOT in the …
Viewers tell us the local news is boring. They say it's all the same, and they're often right. One reason is the lack of enterprise reporting in local newsrooms. A recent study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that enterprise--"the serious, proactive journalism …
By Annie Lang & Deborah Potter In this study, four stories submitted to NewsLab by local news stations were modified to conform with a set of seven rules for improving news comprehensibility. The rules were developed by Potter & Lang (2000) from an extensive review of …
