A friend of mine recently asked if stations run more commercials in their newscasts during political season. I wanted to say, “Duh, yes!” but, of course, did not. Political advertising is a specialized field. There are a number of advertising agencies in Washington that have made …
Grammatical errors can lower the perceived quality and credibility of news stories, but those results depend on the number of mistakes, two researchers have found. Alyssa Appelman, assistant professor in the Communication department at the Northern Kentucky University, and Mike Schmierbach, associate professor of media studies …
Advances in technology allow news outlets to publish news on various platforms—their own websites, social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter, and so on. As a result, many readers do not subscribe to broadsheet; rather, they read news on social media pages of news outlets. News …
Images that go with news articles evoke emotions and frame citizens’ perceptions of politics. In recent times, thanks to the mobile technology, videos have been added to the texts to provide more meaningful contexts to the readers. But there comes a question: Do news videos …
Changes in audience behavior can have profound effects on media institutions, and that is why news organizations employ various techniques to engage readers. Neil Thurman of the Department of Communication Studies and Media Research of LMU Munich in Germany and Richard Fletcher of Reuters Institute for …
The rising popularity of social media as a distribution channel offers new ways to connect with audiences in an increasingly fragmented media landscape. Media outlets often apply various techniques to engage readers on social networking sites. While sharing a news piece, journalists add a status …
You’re on Facebook and Twitter, of course, but are you making the most of each platform? What about Instagram and LinkedIn? Tracy Davidson, morning anchor at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, is on all of the above, early and often. “I start at 1:15 [a.m.] when I wake …
Students follow news to understand the issues happening around the world, helping them engage with communities and participate in a democracy. Advances in technology offer various ways to get access to news. For example, one no longer needs to subscribe to a broadsheet. Social media pages of newspapers serve …
Journalists know that newsrooms all over the country are changing. Digital and print media are ever-evolving, technology and innovation are changing the way we read, report, consume, photograph and design stories. “Print is dying,” some wail. “Print is not what it used to be,” they whine. Print is undergoing the …
Fran Bi is a storytelling engineer for SBNation. His focus is on taking sports features and finding new ways to tell them. "So, a lot of that is with graphics, whether it’s data visualizations or animations or any type of movement or something else where we …
Professional journalists can broaden their scope from local to international news if they are aware of the similarities and differences between the two, says the US editor of Apple News. Maggie Brito, who joined Apple News in August 2018, also says that newsworthiness has universal principles …
I love the Wall Street Journal. It’s the best written, most informative business publication there is, and I read it daily. I don’t always agree with their editorial stance but the international news and especially the marketing sections are top notch. I’ve been a loyal subscriber …
