TV newscast producers may not think of themselves as leaders or managers, but the good ones are both. Even in the smallest stations, producers are team leaders. They have to work with anchors, directors, graphics and assignment editors to put…
While TV news hasn’t had “Film at 11” for decades, many stations still “go to the videotape.” But the days of using that phrase are numbered, too. In Savannah, Ga., [market #97], the WTOC-TV newsroom went tapeless this summer. Reporter…
What goes on off camera during a local newscast can be perfectly hilarious. Unfortunately, most stations don’t let us in on the fun. But anchor Derek McGinty at WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C., lifted the curtain recently on his blog “What…
In our textbook, “Advancing the Story: Broadcast Journalism in a Multimedia World,” we describe a virtual newscast being developed by Northwestern University’s InfoLab (www.newsatseven.com). Now, a new customizable version of News at Seven is live on the site, albeit in…
Anyone who produces Webcasts or streams newscasts online might want to take a look at what ABC News is doing with its afternoon Webcast, called “World News.” According to an article in the New York Times: “It is intended in…
The best television news producers will tell you that they always try to build an excellent relationship with their directors. Producers who realize that directors are more than “button punchers and camera callers” find their shows looking better and communicating content…
By the year 2011, Nielsen Co. plans to triple the size of its National People Meter (NPM) TV-ratings panel. By that same year, the company says it will have Local People Meters (LPM) in 56 markets and those sample homes…
For the past several years, a trend has been developing in the production of television newscasts. Producers are being charged with the goal of “owning the first minute.” In the September 2007 issue of RTNDA’s Communicator magazine, writer Paula Pendarvis…
