Monthly Archives: August 2015

Three of the most powerful industry organizations have combined to establish a memorial fund for the families of the TV news crew killed while on a live-shot last week.

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A lot of broadcasters are sharing this great, short essay about the murder of a TV news crew in Virginia yesterday.  It’s a piece that anyone who’s ever done a live-shot on TV – or works in the TV news business – will reflect on, and understand the great truths Jaye Watson tells in her blogpost.

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Here’s an update from RTDNA on the news crew shooting.

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This is from Poynter.

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A reporter and her photographer were shot during a live report on a Virginia TV station. The story is here.

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As broadcast newsrooms weigh the pros and cons of using drones in news gathering, The Washington Post reports hundreds of near-miss encounters between drones and airplanes in the U.S. this year. And there are plenty of scary international reports, as well. Read a summary of the ones in the U.S. in this article.

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As technology advances in leaps and bounds, we’re seeing an increasing number of reporters using smart phones – not only for quick social media teases, but for hard news gathering. This brief article discusses the growing use of smart phones with sophisticated aps for news gathering.

In my first TV news job in 1970 as a Fox Valley stringer for WBAY-TV in Green Bay, I had a Bell and Howell 70DR camera, shot 8mm film, and then had to send the film via Greyhound Bus to the station in Green Bay, where it was “souped” and edited for the 6 or 10 PM newscast.  We’ve come a long way since those days!

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If you’ve ever filled out a FAFSA with your folks during your college days, you know how confusing the aid formulas can be. They’ve changed them again, as pointed out in this article.

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Here are some tips for setting up a live shot from a respected professor at Syracuse University…..all well and good, if the Assignments Manager or workload allows you to get to the site of a news event ahead of time!

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Although UAS’s (unmanned aircraft systems, or drones) have not yet made their way into regular use in newsrooms in Wisconsin – or anywhere else, for that matter – the day isn’t far off when drones could be another method of covering news. Here are some thoughts about why it’s important for news organizations to be on top of this technology, and make its voice heard on the matter.

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