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…
Continued from TVBizWire " ‘While we do not normally comment on M&A rumors, the report that Comcast has a deal to purchase NBC Universal is inaccurate.’ ” But Waxman never backed down from her story. She noted in her story—as…
By Hillary Atkin Television news directors in Los Angeles came under attack last month for their initial lack of coverage of the arson-caused Station fire, which killed two firefighters, destroyed about 80 homes and became the largest wildfire in Los…
By Elizabeth Jensen As ad dollars continue to decline, TV stations are looking at new options with news: In some cases, cutting back, but in others, actually expanding the amount of local news they offer. By stretching their existing news…