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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For Diane Sawyer’s “20/20” report “A Hidden America: Children of the Mountains,” ABC News producers and camera crews spent nearly two years in central Appalachia looking at how children in particular are coping with adult-created problems, from their parents’ drug addictions to unemployment. The hourlong...
The historic installation of the nation’s first African American president is creating unprecedented interest in programming related to Tuesday’s inauguration—as well as logistical nightmares for TV news crews. EXPECTING A CROWD Barack Obama will have this view of the Mall as he’s inaugurated. CNN will...
Last week ABC News started offering text and video reports from the network and its owned stations for free on iPhones, joining CBS News, which lets citizen journalists upload videos of news on the street using their iPhones with the Eyemobile application. One of the reasons news organizations are targeting...
Background: Ms. Golodryga was Wall Street-trained before she was CNBC-trained. TV News Talent Searching for TV’s News Elite . . . More » Joel Brown . . . More » Seth Doane . . . More » Jeff Glor . . . More » Scott Goldberg . . . More » Bianna Golodryga . . . More » Savannah Guthrie . . . More » Rebecca...
All three broadcast networks are producing hourlong editions of their flagship newscasts on Monday, the eve of the groundbreaking, high-stakes national election. At last count on Friday, it appeared the rare second half-hour would be carried by significant numbers of local stations, even though clearance...
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New York City’s Times Square usually is known as the crossroads of the world, but on Nov. 4 it will be Election Central. ABC News is going big-screen on Election Night with multiple data feeds tailored for the eye-catching video signs on the Reuters building and the Nasdaq building, as well as the headline...