Category: Reinventing Local TV News
The TV Animator: Chris Chmura Breaking Ground in Traditional Video-Storytelling Methods to Grow Audiences
Over the last few years, local television news stations have been finding ways to implement graphics and animation more effectively to tell their stories while trying to engage a younger […]
New-age storytelling: How Bianca Graulau used social media to reinvent reporting during the pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has impacted most industries, forcing professionals to adapt to new forms of remote work culture. Even journalists have had to adapt. This has reinforced the importance of […]
Lance Oppenheim on heightened observational filmmaking and treating sources like performers
Twenty-four year-old filmmaker, Lance Oppenheim, stuck out like a sore thumb when he moved into America’s largest retirement community. He made his home amongst the retro decor, meticulously groomed golf […]
Breaking the traditional TV news storytelling format: A conversation with TV reporter Danae Bucci
Danae Bucci is a reporter for Hearst-owned WJCL-TV, the ABC affiliate in Savannah, Georgia as well as a 2020 graduate of Northeastern University. She talks about trying to break the […]
Experiential experiment: Abdullah Saeed’s approach to covering taboos
Chances are, you live in a state where cannabis is legal. While the positive or negative impacts of the plant’s legalization are up for debate, the lucrative legal cannabis industry […]
How David Schechter sees the future of local climate coverage
In November 2019, David Schechter of WFAA-TV Dallas and the award-winning Verify Road Trip video series took conservative Texan Justin Fain on a journey to see if he could convince […]
Using animation to transform the oral history of America
Humans have been telling stories since as far back as we can be traced. Storytelling has evolved from writings on cave walls to troubadours to modern day multimedia platforms that […]
Filmmaker and storyteller Annalise Pasztor on using experimentation in journalism
TV news has had largely the same storytelling formula for decades. This past year, during a digital age in the middle of a pandemic, where Zoom has become the new […]
Animation and the future of TV news storytelling: A Q&A with Animation Professor Jason Donati
Substack newsletters. Podcasts. Social media. With every passing year, local TV news is facing new competitive mediums and gradually losing its share of the attention market. But experimental outlets like […]
We’re back! Reinventing Local TV News Project results published through RTDNA
Hello again, from the Reinventing Local TV News Project at Northeastern! It’s been four years since we started researching the future of local television news. It’s been quite a journey […]
Quarant-TV: How Traditional Outlets Can Win in an Age of Uncertainty
The coronavirus pandemic has devastated many industries. But according to recent statistics, TV news isn’t one of them. In fact, this challenging circumstance may be just the wakeup call stations […]
Animating the pandemic: TV storytelling techniques in the time of Covid
The global Covid-19 pandemic has forced every industry to evolve as a new normal sets in. This is no different for local television news. Having to work from home, tell […]
Introducing the Experimental Storytellers
Hello again from Northeastern University’s Reinventing Local TV News Project. It’s been a busy year since we released our research report, which identified new ways television newsrooms can work to grow their audience […]
Come join us as funded master’s degree Video Innovation Scholars!
For prospective graduate students interested in video innovation — new techniques and approaches, as well as VR and AR — the School of Journalism is offering special Video Innovation Scholarships […]
Covering gun violence and national politics: Talking topic and tone with Channel 9 Denver’s Marshall Zelinger
There has been a lot of discussion in the journalism community over how we can use engaging graphics and techniques to grow our audience. One thing we can’t leave out, […]