Cultivating Creativity: Tips From Promax Station Summit
June 28th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyWhen you think about it, few careers demand you be creative every day as much as being in the marketing department of a TV station. So how do local TV creative services directors and marketing managers keep themselves and their staff from getting burned out, stuck? That was the mission of the first-time session, Unstuck, at the Promax Station Summit last week in Las Vegas. Check it out.
WPIX Wins Promax North America Award
June 14th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyThe award was in the category Art Direction and Design: Sports Brand Image Promo or Campaign.
WPIX Goes To Central America To Document Immigrants’ Stories
May 8th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyWPIX, Tribune’s CW affiliate in New York City, sent a news crew down to three countries in Central America, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, to report what conditions are like there. WPIX reporter Cristian Benavides and photographer Kenneth Pelczar spent a week there in late April. Benavides and Pelczar did live reports from the ground while there and, on their return, are sifting through all the material they gathered for a series of reports on WPIX’s newscasts titled, Trapped in the Triangle.
WPIX’s Marketing Team Creates Documentary Series
February 28th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyNot many local TV marketing departments get the chance to create long-form content like a four-part documentary. But the team at New York’s WPIX welcomed the challenge. “I think if you went to most creative services shops in the country, you would find a lot of frustrated filmmakers who would be dying to do something like this,” said Heath Benfield, the series creator.
WPIX’s David Hyman Honored For 25 Years In NY TV
November 8th, 2018 by Paul GreeleyWPIX’s David Hyman, the station’s VP of marketing and creative services, will be inducted into the NY NATAS Silver Circle, an honor bestowed on those who have devoted a quarter of a century or more to the television industry and have made significant contributions to the New York television market.
500 NYC Buses Proclaim WPIX’s Commitment To Viewers
October 15th, 2018 by Paul GreeleyImages from five high-profile news stories are the basis of a new mobile print campaign for WPIX being seen all over New York City. The station’s coverage of these stories is paying dividends. “I think it has a lot to do with why people are watching PIX and why our ratings are improving,” said David Hyman, WPIX’s marketing and creative services VP.