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Investigative reporting needs improvement on TV news
Even those in charge of local TV newscasts say that their record on investigative reporting is pretty weak. A TVNewsCheck survey found that just a small percentage of news directors feel local TV news does a good or better job of digging deep to uncover investigative stories. …an overwhelming majority (81.5%) feel that they do […]
Rain, Man.
Is it just every shop I’VE worked at, or does a hard rain turn YOUR house cats into Chicken Little? It’s like the fine folk who work inside TV stations have simply never witnessed precipitation. That, or they really enjoy thrusting a co-worker in…
Read More →Rain, Man.
Is it just every shop I’VE worked at, or does a hard rain turn YOUR house cats into Chicken Little? It’s like the fine folk who work inside TV stations have simply never witnessed precipitation. That, or they really enjoy thrusting a co-worker in…
Read More →News cameraman or human pack mule?
John Thomas “Tommy” Baltzell of Pathe News discovering a side effect of the new sound news camera that replaced his old light-weight silent hand-cranked Universal camera back in 1929. The entire early sound camera outfits, when introduced in the late 1920s, weighed around 1400 pounds with the camera, microphone, sound amplifier, batteries, cables, tripods and […]
Read More →No Spoilers
It’s not surprising that I’m missing stuff that should have been posted on my blog. That what happens when you try to focus on everything.It’s Saturday morning and it’s time to play my all-time favorite game:WEEKEND CATCH-UP!If you’re a regular commut…
Read More →No Spoilers
It’s not surprising that I’m missing stuff that should have been posted on my blog. That what happens when you try to focus on everything.It’s Saturday morning and it’s time to play my all-time favorite game:WEEKEND CATCH-UP!If you’re a regular commut…
Read More →The best local TV news stations to work for?
News directors from around the country say Hearst Television deserves “the prize for best overall news” based solely on reputation. That’s according to a TVNewsCheck survey. The station group garnered 29.9%, or 23 of the 77 votes cast. A clear second was Belo at 16.9% with 13. Scripps, Cox and Raycom followed with seven, six and five votes, […]