Saturday at noon, thousands of men and women will take to the streets of Chicago for two hours. It’s not a protest, but a parade and you can watch it live on your TV on WLS, the ABC O&O in Chicago, or stream it on abc7chicago.com from anywhere in the world. Bagpipers, Irish step dancers, […]
WVUE Exposes Insurance Company Abuses
The next time you hear someone criticize local TV news as superficial, tell them to check out what Lee Zurik’s investigations exposed on WVUE, the Fox affiliate in New Orleans owned by the Louisiana Media Company, and operated by Raycom under a shared services agreement. But warn them that watching his award-winning series of investigations […]
KRIV Anchor’s Kind Act Wins Viewers’ Hearts
I don’t know KRIV’s morning news anchor, Nate Griffin. But a simple act of kindness on his part revealed enough about him as a man and a human being that makes me want to know him. KRIV, is the Fox O&O in Houston. Griffin was at the Houston Rodeo the other day, when a young […]
WNBC To Air And Stream St. Patty’s Day Parade
Everybody’s Irish on St. Patty’s Day. And no matter where you are in the world, even in Ireland, you can watch exclusive, live coverage of New York City’s 256th St. Patrick’s Day Parade on WNBC, the NBC O&O. The parade will also be streamed live on NBCNewYork.com and covered on the station’s social platforms. Parade […]
UPDATE: Viewers Weigh In On KXTV’s A.M. News Promo
When I shared the KXTV Morning News Blend promo last week, I promised to have an update on its production. And I will. (KXTV is Tegna’s ABC in Sacramento, Calif.) But first, I wondered what some in the industry might be saying about the promo. Here are a couple of comments about it on Don […]
Broadcasters Getting Schooled On Facebook
In early January, Facebook announced plans to work more closely with broadcasters and other news organizations to enhance Facebook as a platform for distributing their news and make it worth their while to climb aboard. The Facebook Journalism Project would seek collaboration on improving the existing news formats, Live (video) and Instant Articles (text and […]
WVEC Leads Norfolk’s Social Media Scene
WVEC, Tegna’s ABC affiliate in Norfolk, Va., leads the market in social media actions by more than a million actions over its nearest competitor in the past six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee. WVEC posted just over 3 million total social actions in that period, more than a third (35%) of the […]
Lovesick Goose Stars In KTVB’s 360-Degree Story
This is a story about Lincoln, a goose who seems to have fallen in love with a car owned by area resident Holly Schallberg, and wherever the car goes, Lincoln flies right alongside it. Or as the reporter so eloquently puts it, “this honker has the hots for Holly’s hot rod Lincoln.” Trust me, take […]
Holocaust Survivor Breaks Silence In Interview On WBAL
Michael Bornstein was filmed by Soviet soldiers as he was carried out of Auschwitz in his grandmother’s arms. Yet after spotting pictures of himself on book covers, museum walls and in annual TV news footage noting Holocaust Remembrance Day, Bornstein was reluctant to step forward to identity himself. Now after seeing a document discovered at […]
Missing Girls Describe Ordeal In WJW Interview
A 14-year-old girl is snatched from her bed in the middle of the night and is found nine months later. A 17-year-old girl disappears for 10 years until she escapes when her captor accidentally leaves a door unlocked. Their stories made national and international news. Who kidnapped them? What happened during their captivity? And what […]