Coming back to the newsroom – 5 takeaways to help
It’s hard to imagine a more intense period of rapid newsroom change than the early days of the pandemic last year, but this year’s gradual re-opening is posing significant challenges of its own. …
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VERIFY goes national on digital and social platforms
TEGNA makes a big bet on its fact-checking franchise “Доверяй, но проверяй.” (“Doverai, no proverai.”) “Trust, but verify.” Back in the 1980s, Ronald Reagan used that Russian proverb so often …
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Finding the Sweet Spot in Local News Streaming
WNBC's new OTT 'digicast' blends linear and digital storytelling “I would contend that the news space is effectively wide open in the streaming world,” says SmithGeiger president and research guru …
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A new way to cover underrepresented communities
ABC’s 'race and culture' team is an experiment in collaboration “EXCLUSIVE: Oakland man uses machete to scare away robbers,” the headline reads. It’s a new twist on a familiar story for KGO …
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Envisioning the post-pandemic newsroom
“If we go back to the way things were, we failed.” If Jonathan Adkins, who oversees the broadcast news operation at Cleveland’s WKYC, wants to see the dramatic effects of COVID-19 on TV news …
Is there an ‘active, engaged, working journalist anchor’ in your newsroom?
A Texas station revamps its late news around in-depth reporting Question: How many anchors does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: None! That’s what producers are for. Okay, here’s an …
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A ‘powerful tool’ for newsrooms to connect with their communities
Scripps stations are using citizen advisor boards for feedback and ideas When Mona Morrow joined the Scripps Cincinnati flagship WCPO in 2000 to run community affairs, she brought a simple idea …
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How to make reporting on racial inequity ‘actionable and meaningful’
The ABC Owned Television Stations combine data and storytelling to break new ground The eight ABC Owned Television Stations are a small group that thinks big, and their new project, which was …
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Is your best idea for newsroom innovation sitting just down the hall?
Green Bay’s WBAY cooks up a homegrown recipe for change Can a spider weave a web in zero gravity? If you know the answer, you’re either an arachnologist, a space buff, or perhaps just a viewer …
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The story behind The Story: one year later
Lessons in innovation from a daring experiment at 6 p.m. “I’m surprised it’s gone as well as it has,” says KGW anchor Dan Haggerty. One year ago this week, Haggerty was part of a small team …
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