In TV news today, identifying manipulated video or any piece of untrustworthy content before it leaks to the airwaves is “a daily battle,” said Emily Stone,
Executives and on-air talent from Newsy, Hearst, Fox Owned Stations, Tegna and NBCUniversal Local say the proliferation of digital distribution channels has dramatically accelerated the shape of the news product. The upsides, they say, are many.
The new streaming service was created to save lives, said Sharri Berg, president of Fox Weather. And during the recent storms in Kentucky, “it was all hands on deck. We went commercial-free for four hours. We covered every single alert and warning and demonstrated it and gave context” while also reporting on the devastating aftermath. Above (l-r): TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp and Fox Weather’s Sharri Berg, Amy Freeze and Craig Herrera (photo by Jack Pagano).
The new streaming service was created to save lives, said Sharri Berg, president of Fox Weather. And during the recent storms in Kentucky, “it was all hands on deck. We went commercial-free for four hours. We covered every single alert and warning and demonstrated it and gave context” while also reporting on the devastating aftermath.
Has story-centric workflow, long a mantra in news production, gotten a boost from more than a year of distributed production? How are news managers, producers and the operations teams that support them reimagining production and storytelling in a post-pandemic world? News leaders will consider those questions during Remote Production and the Future of News Storytelling, […]