News From and About Andrew Heyward
A Texas station revamps its late news around in-depth reporting Question: How many anchors does it take to change a light bulb? Answer: None! That’s what producers are for. Okay, here’s an …
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Scripps stations are using citizen advisor boards for feedback and ideas When Mona Morrow joined the Scripps Cincinnati flagship WCPO in 2000 to run community affairs, she brought a simple idea …
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The ABC Owned Television Stations combine data and storytelling to break new ground The eight ABC Owned Television Stations are a small group that thinks big, and their new project, which was …
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Green Bay’s WBAY cooks up a homegrown recipe for change Can a spider weave a web in zero gravity? If you know the answer, you’re either an arachnologist, a space buff, or perhaps just a viewer …
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Lessons in innovation from a daring experiment at 6 p.m. “I’m surprised it’s gone as well as it has,” says KGW anchor Dan Haggerty. One year ago this week, Haggerty was part of a small team …
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Taking on TV stations’ diversity challenge at the top As I write this, Kamala Harris has just been inaugurated as the first woman and first person of color to serve as vice president. That is an …
A Scripps station goes over the moon for ‘over the top’ Is on-demand streaming the future of local TV news? At KGUN-TV, Scripps’s Tucson station, you might certainly think so. Digital director …
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Is this an opportunity to create a new ‘tentpole’ for local TV news? “We kind of knew — but we didn’t.” That wry bit of wisdom from WBBM-TV news director Jeff Harris aptly describes one key …
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“We’ve created must-see TV based on great journalism.” By Andrew Heyward, Senior Research Professor, TV News at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism | Thursday, November 12, 2020 As a rule, a text …
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ABC stations explore the Black experience in an unprecedented collaboration “What this does is it changes the game in many ways,” says Maxine Crooks. Crooks, whose day job is VP of talent …
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