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Tag: local tv news

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, […]

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019 Cole Albert Reinventing Local TV News

Local TV news’ challenge of attracting the next generation of viewers

Bill Fine remembers driving past a billboard in Baltimore about 20 years ago that resonated with him. On it, one of the local television news stations in the market had […]

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 Patrick Strohecker Reinventing Local TV News, Research

How one Pennsylvania station hopes to reinvent local TV news by embedding reporters in communities

Last month, a television station in Pennsylvania launched “Reporter Corps” – an ambitious initiative aimed at reinventing local TV news. PBS39/WLVT, which is based in Bethlehem, Pa., plans to hire […]

June 6, 2018June 7, 2018 Shraddha Kakade Insights, Reinventing Local TV News

Podcast: Northeastern alumni weigh in on the challenges facing local TV news

There’s no denying that local television news is at a crossroads. Traditional broadcasts face increasing competition from the internet, forcing stations to either adapt or face the possibility of losing […]

May 7, 2018May 7, 2018 Shraddha Kakade and Veer Mudambi Reinventing Local TV News, Research

Lessons from the “Golden Age” of Boston TV news

The Boston television market has a storied history. In 1981, The New York Times declared in a headline about WCVB-TV: “Some some say this is “America’s Best TV Station.” But […]

March 29, 2018March 29, 2018 Danae Bucci and Yuan Tian Reinventing Local TV News

Local TV news stations experiment with podcasting

A mystery that’s shaken a small southern Michigan town for more than eight years and has several times found its way into the national news spotlight is being told again […]

March 26, 2018March 26, 2018 Will Bryan and Brooks Sutherland Reinventing Local TV News

Figuring out local TV’s future with the help of the industry

It’s no secret the media landscape is evolving. Social media dominates. People’s faces are glued to their smartphones. But their thirst for news and information hasn’t disappeared. If anything, it’s […]

February 22, 2018February 22, 2018 Zach Ben-Amots and Olivia Whitaker Insights, Reinventing Local TV News

How remote anchors are helping local TV news stations cut costs

High staffing and production costs are just two of the challenges TV newsrooms face right now. Some stations, though, are getting creative with the way they address those issues and […]

August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Reinventing Local TV News

Measuring the impact of investigative reporting by local TV news stations

School bus drivers in Texas running red lights? Kansas police departments failing to run background checks on their own officers? Those important – and worrying – stories, run by KXAS-TV […]

July 12, 2017July 12, 2017 Aleszu Bajak Reinventing Local TV News

The trouble with today’s local TV news station buying spree

On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver pointed out the consequences of the massive consolidation sweeping the television news industry, referencing the pending purchase of Tribune stations by Sinclair Broadcast […]

July 10, 2017July 10, 2017 Felippe Rodrigues Reinventing Local TV News
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Storybench 2020 Election Coverage Tracker

The Storybench 2020 Election Coverage Tracker intends to keep tabs on the political coverage of the 2020 presidential election by covering media trends and using various data sources to explore media narratives.

Instead of keeping track of who’s ahead in the horse race, we’ll be turning our focus to those covering the horse race – the media outlets themselves and various proxies for public attention. Follow along here.

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Over the next two years we’ll be surveying the media’s coverage of the candidates and the issues. Follow along here.

 


The Reinventing Local TV News Project, from Northeastern’s School of Journalism, is analyzing the formats and practices of local news stations, and suggesting new ways of telling stories that can better engage diverse audiences. Read our inaugural post here.

 

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The Climate Journalism Lab aims to examine and unpack the trends, tools and techniques employed by reporters and organizations covering climate change.

 

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Over the last three years, Storybench has interviewed 72 data journalists, web developers, interactive graphics editors, and project managers from around the world to provide an “under the hood” look at the ingredients and best practices that go into today’s most compelling digital storytelling projects.

They boil down to three key areas of emphasis: 1) highly networked, team-based collaboration; 2) an ethos of open-source sharing, both within and between newsrooms; 3) and mobile-driven story presentation. Read our paper here.

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What is Storybench?
Storybench takes an “under the hood” look at the latest in digital storytelling, from data visualization and investigative journalism to virtual reality and the digital humanities. In addition to in-depth features and interviews with industry practitioners, we offer hands-on tutorials that can be “downloaded” right into the newsroom or classroom.

We also publish research we're running at Northeastern's School of Journalism along with collaborators in data science, communication studies, computational social sciences and information design. These projects include the Co-Laboratory for Data Impact, the Climate Journalism Lab, the 2020 Storybench Election Coverage Tracker and the Reinventing Local TV News project.

Want to contribute to Storybench? Pitch us or join us for a graduate degree in the Media Innovation program at Northeastern University’s School of Journalism.

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