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By Allison J. Waldman At Discovery Communication’s Planet Green network, it’s all about evolution. “We’re in the midst of a reformation,” said Planet Green President and General Manager Laura Michalchyshyn, who has been leading the channel’s development since she came…
By Allison J. Waldman WTAE-TV, the Hearst-Argyle-owned ABC affiliate in Pittsburgh, is no stranger to awards. Last year it received a national George Foster Peabody Award for its investigation of spending practices at Pennsylvania’s state-run student loan agency. Now it…
By Hillary Atkin Among its many valuable resources, the Society of Environmental Journalists provides a one-stop shop for editors and reporters looking for story ideas and sources. It’s called The Tip Sheet. Started in July 1996, it comes out biweekly,…
By Daisy Whitney Every few years or so, local broadcasters usually need to upgrade equipment, trucks and technology at their stations. Many of them have been making their most recent updates with a greener focus in mind. Given the broader…
By Hillary Atkin When MSNBC.com first launched in 1996, the big environmental news was the upcoming Kyoto Protocol, aimed at combating global warming through regulating greenhouse gas emissions. As vice president during the Clinton administration, Al Gore was credited with…
By Tom Petner What will $3,000 get you in today’s depressed broadcast economy? According to Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show,” “It probably costs CNN that much to turn on their hologram machine." But $3,000 and some cheesy costumes did…
David Letterman dropped a bombshell at Thursday’s taping: He said he had had sexual relations with female staff members, which resulted in an attempted $2 million extortion in exchange for keeping the relationships quiet, the Associated Press reports. Letterman said…
Dennis Hopper is out of the hospital and "feeling much better," his manager said, after being treated for dehydration at a New York City hospital, the Associated Press reports. The star of Starz’ “Crash” fell ill earlier this week with…
NBC’s midseason sci-fi thriller series “Day One” will now be a four-hour movie instead, after the network cut the order, originally for 13 episodes, Variety reports. The movie will still air after NBC’s Winter Olympics coverage. Variety says the move…