By Tom Grimes and Deborah Potter Has this ever happened to you? You're watching the news at home on a day off from work when you see a story you haven't heard about before. A few hours later, you tell a friend about it. And the …
By Mark J. Pescatore They've become a fixture in television newscasts, apparently based on the assumption that the little logos in the corner of the screen called bugs would help viewers remember what station they're watching. Now, there's research to suggest that bugs do work, but …
Participants in the Sensing the News workshop worked in small groups to develop reports on the new technologies explored during the conference. NewsLab and the Institute for New Media Studies at the University of Minnesota asked them to put issues of cost aside, and simply …
Innovation is all around us: cameras that shoot 360-degree video, audio that makes the user feel immersed in the scene. What journalists need to know is whether these new technologies will result in more engaged and informed news consumers. That was the focus at our …
Television newscasts these days are replete with graphics, in part because new, inexpensive technologies have made it relatively easy …
By Deborah Potter and Tom Grimes Watch television news these days, especially on cable, and you’re likely to see more words than pictures. The graphic look pioneered …
Research on television news suggests strategies for making stories more memorable. But most of it is written in dense academic language and published in journals that aren't read by working journalists. This summary--in simple language--is based on a review of 15 years worth of academic …
By Julie Jones Online journalists have a multimedia toolbox full of storytelling possibilities. But since an online story can be told in any combination of words, audio, still photos, graphics and video, some journalists may consider multimedia to be code for multiple confusion. Perhaps the most …
By Amy Reynolds and Gary Hicks Campaign events. Generic video. Candidate soundbites. Those were the staples of local TV stations' election coverage two years ago-in other words, business as usual. And despite the increasing importance of the Internet in providing campaign information, new research finds that …
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 …
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 …
