Local TV News Adding More Investigative Coverage

Education, sports, and traffic are getting less coverage in many local TV newsrooms, but quite a few stations are doing more investigative reporting, according to the most recent survey from Hofstra University and the RTDNA. A lot of the changing emphasis in local coverage depends on the size of the market you’re in. For instance, in markets 26-100, News Directors report spending even more time and resources on weather coverage. The brief article makes it easy for you to see how your station’s local coverage compares with national trends.

 

Posted by Tim Morrissey