A Chicago TV station now says it made two ethical mistakes when it aired an interview with a 4-year-old boy last month.
The first mistake was interviewing a child at a crime scene. But things grew even worse when the … Read more
Anchors and reporters scrambled in response to alerts that President Barack Obama would be making a major news announcement Sunday night. As Brian Stelter of The New York Times wrote:
“According to Brian Williams, the ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor,
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KMBC-TV anchor Kris Ketz — who was recently named one of “Local TV’s Top Tweeters” by Broadcasting & Cable magazine — has come up with some effective tips for using Twitter as a TV anchor. I talked with him about … Read more
It’s been six years since Tom Brokaw stepped down as anchor of “NBC Nightly News,” but he’s just as committed to journalism as he ever was.
When I spoke with him by phone last week, he was busy following conservative … Read more
When journalists in the Philippines heard that a man was holding tourists on a bus hostage on Monday, they were faced with a tough question: Should they broadcast live coverage of the situation?
Many broadcast news outlets decided to … Read more
There’s a brand new videographer at KGO-TV in San Francisco: you.
As part of its ongoing “uReport” effort to solicit user-submitted content, the ABC station is now working directly with YouTube and taking advantage of its YouTube Direct… Read more
News directors, teachers, reporters, videographers and producers have been asking for this for years. I finally have produced a series of short videos that I believe will help you write better stories for broadcast, whether they are viewed over the … Read more
One week ago, Nashville, Tenn., found itself in crisis. Three months worth of rain fell in 24 hours. Rivers flooded interstates, neighborhoods and landmarks. Experts say the storm caused more than $1.5 billion in damage.
But Nashville has suffered through … Read more
Stephen Stock, investigative reporter at WFOR-TV in Miami, sent me a story he just aired that shows how easy it is for somebody to plant “malware” on your cellphone. The code allows the “spy” to read every e-mail or … Read more
I spent an entire day with my buddy, CBS’ Les Rose, telling journalists how to tell stronger video stories at the RTDNA convention here in Las Vegas.
Here is a summary of the session, along with some video clips … Read more