As TV stations across the country work to provide viewers with real time information about the coronavirus on-air, on social media and on their web sites, they are also creating messages to help calm the fear people are experiencing. Here are some examples.
The one place keeping millions of Americans informed to the rapid disruptions in their daily lives, nationally and right down to where they live, is local TV news.
As stations across the country work to provide viewers with real-time information about the coronavirus on-air, on social media and on their web sites, they are also creating messages to help calm the fear people are experiencing.
Here are some examples from TV stations across the country.
WCVB, Boston
KDKA, Pittsburgh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rpkcPARhFk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o0qxlSYHNw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfR4douTpjw
WAPT, Jackson, Miss.
KDVR, Denver
WKBW, Buffalo, N.Y.
https://www.facebook.com/wkbwtv/videos/2590011717775986/
https://www.facebook.com/wkbwtv/videos/507252659964931/
https://www.facebook.com/wkbwtv/videos/666819297226529/
KHSB, Kansas City, Mo.
WSLS, Roanoke, Va.
WVTM, Birmingham, Al.
NOTE: I can’t think of a time when local TV news has been as important a source of information is it now during this coronavirus outbreak. Market Share has been posting columns about what stations are doing during this crisis. Too many to list here. You can see all of them by clicking here.
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