The George Foster Peabody Award is considered by many to be the most prestigious honor in electronic media, akin to the Pulitzer Prize for print journalism. For 2008, the Peabody judges have honored a wide variety of entertainment, news and information media. Among this round of Peabody honorees, HBO...
In just four years since its founding, YouTube has grown into the world’s most popular video-sharing site. Its emergence as a valuable communications channel has earned a Peabody Award for what the Peabody board called “embodying and promoting democracy.” True to its scrappy essence, the site on April...
It’s time again for TelevisionWeek ’s list of the 10 Most Powerful in TV News. This year’s report card comes at an awkward time: Election-year performances can’t be ignored, and yet they already seem a distant memory, as the industry is roiled by the same economic turmoil as the rest of the nation. While...
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Embracing the digital world has given “Sharing Miracles”—a program that features a high-profile person dealing with a chronic or life-threatening illness and highlights treatments and medications—an international reach. The 30-minute series, produced by the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of...
Despite the recent delay of the U.S. digital television transition from Feb. 17 until June 12, television stations across the country are still trying to answer consumers’ many questions, using their own airwaves and just about any other means available to them. Questions persist about old TV sets, new...
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And the Emmy Award goes to … Minyanville.com. The profile of the little-known financial infotainment Web site was instantly elevated when staffers picked up their golden trophy at the recent Business and Financial Emmy Awards in New York, in the category of New Approaches to Business and Financial Reporting...
Talk about respect. That’s what the Detroit Free Press got when it won the News and Documentary Emmy for “40 Years of ‘Respect,’” its video news feature on the history of Aretha Franklin’s iconic song and what it means to the people of Detroit. The piece beat entries from PBS’ “Frontline” and Web sites...
If you’re out there wondering whether you’re going to have a job in 2009, whether you’re going to be able to continue as a news professional in these tough economic times, it might be time to market yourself in a whole new way. There are non-news organizations such as museums, foundations and think tanks...
The Pulitzer Prizes in journalism are expanding to incorporate awards for news organizations that publish online only. The board of the venerable awards organization, which made the announcement last week, also said it will accept entries made up entirely of online content for all 14 of its journalism...