The local news crisis has been widely chronicled. Why do so many seem unaware? Pictured: Little Rock Police Lt. Steve McClanahan talks to reporters Monday, Aug, 14, 2017, near the scene of the 42nd homicide of the year in Little Rock, Ark. (Kelly P. Kissel/AP)
As news consumption habits become more digital, U.S. adults continue to see value in local outlets.
Wounded and limping, doubting its own future, American journalism seems to be losing a quality that carried it through a century and a half of trials: its swagger. Swagger is the conformity-killing practice of journalism, often done in defiance of authority and custom, to tell a true story in its completeness, no matter whom it might offend. It causes some people to subscribe and others to cancel their subscriptions, and gives journalists the necessary courage and direction to do their best work. Swagger was once journalism’s calling card, but in recent decades it’s been sidelined.
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ABC, NBC, CBS and CNN all face questions about their future, just as one of the toughest journalistic assignments looms.
TV news is shrinking. Does ABC News need its own commanding officer when it’s being made part of a different army?
The network announced its commentary team Monday: Dan Hicks and Mike Tirico will share play-by-play duties with an analyst assigned to each. The four-wide booth will have Hicks calling even-numbered holes with Brandel Chamblee and Tirico calling the odd-numbered holes with Brad Faxon.
Tennis Channel and commentator Brett Haber have agreed to a contract extension that will keep one of the network’s most prominent faces on air through 2028. Haber, who first appeared on […]
KDEN Denver (Telemundo Colorado), part of NBCUniversal Local’s Telemundo Station Group, today said that award-winning journalist Ana Guerra is joining the station as news anchor. In her new role, she will co-anchor Noticias Telemundo […]
Al Primo & His Eyewitness News Revolution takes you back to the early days of television news to hear the behind-the-scenes stories of its revolution from the people who were there.
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government as Doha-mediated cease-fire negotiations with Hamas hang in the balance.
Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a network news division, said Sunday she was retiring from the business. Godwin was recruited as an outsider from CBS News and was beset by grumbling about her management style that made it into print. Her leaving comes after parent Walt Disney Co. installed one of its executives, Debra O’Connell, to oversee the news division.
Tegna ABC affiliate WOI Des Moines, Iowa (“Local 5”) will add meteorologist Bree Sullivan to the Local 5 Weather team on May 6, preparing central Iowans for their day on […]
As social networks become less reliable distributors of the news, consumers of digital journalism are seeking out an older form of online real estate.
Tackling Local TV News’ Pay Problem, There Are No Easy Answers
Sean McLaughlin: To assess local TV’s compensation problem in the cold light of day means acknowledging hard market realities. Here’s what the industry needs to address them and some potential solutions that won’t be without controversy.
Pulitzer’s AI Spotlight Series Will Train 1,000 Journalists On AI Accountability Reporting
The Pulitzer Center has officially kicked off The AI Spotlight Series, a new training initiative that aims to teach 1,000 journalists how to do AI accountability reporting over the next two years. On April 21, roughly 40 journalists gathered at the University of California, Berkeley for the inaugural “Introduction to AI reporting” session, which was built to demystify basic AI concepts for reporters outside the tech beat.
