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Technology executives from Gray Television, Sinclair Broadcast Group, WCBS New York and Avid share how they’re rethinking approaches to reporting, editing, production and multimedia distribution in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum event at the New York Hilton on Dec. 13. Register here.

For all those local TV reporters who’ve doggedly pursued making true crime podcasts as a labor of love, Scott Weinberger says keep going. Weinberger, creator and executive producer of Discovery ID’s On the Case with Paula Zahn as well as creator and co-host of the Anatomy of a Murder podcast, says local TV should be […]

Anchors and news executives from The Weather Channel, Newsy/Scripps News and Gray Television’s Hawaii News Now look at the changing role of the news presenter and presentation technology in a multimedia ecosystem in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum on Dec. 13 at the New York Hilton. Register here.

Michael Depp, editor of TVNewsCheck, has been named chief content officer of the news outlet’s parent company, NewsCheckMedia LLC. Depp, who joined NewsCheckMedia in 2012 and took the reins as TVNewsCheck’s editor in 2019, has gradually expanded his role to include event development and production and leadership of the company’s video production effort. In addition […]

The return of 10 p.m.’s primetime hour to local stations is a done deal, as far as Jack Abernethy sees it. The only open question is how broadcasters will fill it. Abernethy, the longtime CEO of Fox Television Stations, says the industry’s biggest mistake would be to default to its signature “Ron Burgundy shuffle,” a […]

Low earth orbit satellites, 5G, LAN, WAN, internet gateways and other technologies offer new options for news operations chiefs looking to expand their connectivity tool chest while allowing reporters and videographers to shoot more stories and producers to reversion them for many media. How that’s coming together is the subject of a panel, Field and […]

Television newscasts have long held value in a media ecosystem awash in social, mobile, streamed and online news. But most news leaders concede the form will need major changes to find and stick with younger audiences, and those on the cutting edge of that overhaul will share their progress in a panel, Blowing Up the […]

Andrew Craft, senior digital journalist with Fox’s LiveNOW streaming channel, shows TVNewsCheck’s Michael Depp how to multitask as producer, director and anchor while on the air for hours at a time.

Executives from ABC News, CBS Television Stations, WTTG Washington and Amagi will discuss the technology reshaping news studios, control rooms and production workflows in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum event at the New York Hilton on Dec. 13. Register here.

TV news organizations are under tremendous pressure to produce more content for their expanded hours of linear news and their digital and streaming channels. Leading executives tasked with doing so share how they’re managing it while avoiding burnout and keeping the budget under control in a panel, Creating More Content for a Multimedia Audience, at […]