http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:44 -0700 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:40:35 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Diane-Sawyer-to-replace-Charlie-Gibson-on-ABCs-World-News?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner Diane Sawyer will replace Charles Gibson as anchor of ABC's World News, the network's signature news broadcast. Gibson has anchored the newscast since 2006.  Gibson is 66 years old and will retire from full-time employment at ABC where he has wo... Diane Sawyer Charles Gibson ABC News Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:40:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m9d2-Diane-Sawyer-to-replace-Charlie-Gibson-on-ABCs-World-News?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m8d13-Debating-health-care-A-new-perscription-and-role-for-TV?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner  Commentary: Television is particularly well suited to play a valuable role in helping the country make good choices about health care, and get beyond the noise. Later in this article we have a specific proposal that could make a real difference... television TV news Health care Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:45:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m8d13-Debating-health-care-A-new-perscription-and-role-for-TV?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Democrats-fire-back-at-health-care-forum-disruptions?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner Commentary:  TV news coverage of health care reform now has the sort of adversarial controversy that is easy to document and compelling. Congressional representatives have been facing angry constituents at town hall meetings where the health car... TV news Health care Democratic Party video Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:15:36 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m8d5-Democrats-fire-back-at-health-care-forum-disruptions?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Coverage-of-Gates-Crowley-and-beer-with-the-President-offers-few-surprises?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner The cable news networks did not surprise us. The beer chat in the Rose Garden was covered with all the serious intensity of a major summit. Little of substance was said by the participants, in the immediate aftermath, but the White House and police o... Prof. Gates Sgt. Crowley President Obama Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:48:25 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Coverage-of-Gates-Crowley-and-beer-with-the-President-offers-few-surprises?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Professor-Gates-Sergeant-Crowley-and-a-beer-with-President-Obama?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner So much has been reported about the confrontation between Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,  and Cambridge Police Sergeant James Crowley, that tonight's (6:00 PM EDT) meeting for a beer with the president will be as widely covered as any... news Prof. Gates Sgt. Crowley President Obama Thu, 30 Jul 2009 11:52:22 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Professor-Gates-Sergeant-Crowley-and-a-beer-with-President-Obama?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Jon-Stewart-vs-Brian-Williams-And-the-winner-is-us?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner When Brian Williams appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, earlier this week, the two TV titans tensely tangled but apparently left laughing. Their confrontation serves as a lesson in how we get our news these days and the evolving role of tele... TV news Jon Stewart Brian Williams Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:18:18 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d22-Jon-Stewart-vs-Brian-Williams-And-the-winner-is-us?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Remembering-Walter-Cronkite-Reflections-on-a-legend-and-where-we-go-from-here?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner When I walked into ABC News headquarters in New York City, in August of 1973, my goal was to become the next Walter Cronkite. It was my first TV news job. Having just graduated from NYU a few months earlier, I quickly learned that my own interests an... TV news Walter Cronkite Trust CBS NBC Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:54:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Remembering-Walter-Cronkite-Reflections-on-a-legend-and-where-we-go-from-here?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Fixing-TV-News-from-the-inside-out-part-two?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner This is the second of two parts on how to fix TV News. Part one was posted earlier.NEW APPROACHESWhen TV news first became profitable it still had a dominant position as one of three main sources of information, along with newspapers and radio. Often... Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:15:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d19-Fixing-TV-News-from-the-inside-out-part-two?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Fixing-TV-News-from-the-inside-out?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner COMMENTARY: As the economy continues to struggle, television stations and the networks are cutting news staffs and looking for ways to save money. Several stations have joined local news sharing (LNS) agreements where routine meetings and news confer... journalism TV news business servant leadership Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:20:10 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d17-Fixing-TV-News-from-the-inside-out?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Musician-Carrolls-viral-video-as-a-tooland-lessonfor-journalists?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner In case you have not yet heard of Dave Carroll, he's the Canadian musician who posted a music video (embedded at the end of this article) on YouTube, last week. It describes, in lighthearted and humorous fashion, how United Airlines broke his $3,500.... journalism Dave Carroll Media literacy Tue, 14 Jul 2009 10:36:14 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d14-Musician-Carrolls-viral-video-as-a-tooland-lessonfor-journalists?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Consumer-reporting-Broken-guitar-viral-video-gets-airlines-attention?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner Television news, both local and network, invested heavily in consumer reporting over the years. News executives have access to research that usually indicates consumer reporting is very important to viewers. So, for those on the consumer beat, in add... Dave Carroll United Airlines YouTube viral video Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:05:17 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Consumer-reporting-Broken-guitar-viral-video-gets-airlines-attention?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Jackson-memorial-Memories-and-emotion-on-live-TV?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner Funerals in general, celebrity funerals in particular, in part because they are so public, encourage the sort of emotional ambivalence that helps define life and being human. On the one hand, we feel a terrible loss because we will miss the person ... Michael Jackson Jackson memorial television Mariah Carey Memorial Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:33:15 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d7-Jackson-memorial-Memories-and-emotion-on-live-TV?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Jackson-memorial-live-in-high-definition-in-movie-theaters-and-on-TV?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner IAP Photo/Jae C. Hong)If you're planning to watch the memorial for Michael Jackson, how you see it will make a big difference in the experience. It is the sort of event that is ideally suited to high definition video, with surround sound audio. In a... Jackson memorial HDTV movie theaters Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:36:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Jackson-memorial-live-in-high-definition-in-movie-theaters-and-on-TV?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Michael-Jackson-memorial-to-be-tribute-fitting-a-king?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner The spectacle that will be Tuesday's memorial service for Michael Jackson, to be carried live on major networks (10 AM Pacific/1 PM Eastern) and the world wide web, will surely draw a huge audience and provide the sort of event extremely well-suited ... Michael Jackson Pop Culture Elton John TV Jackson memorial Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:52:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d6-Michael-Jackson-memorial-to-be-tribute-fitting-a-king?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Palins-resignation-A-future-in-media?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner Alaska Governor Sarah Plain announced, Friday, she will step down from office effective July 26th. Citing her desire to effect positive change outside of government, last year's GOP vice presidential candidate will soon be available to pursue a media... Sarah Palin talk radio cable television Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:34:47 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d3-Palins-resignation-A-future-in-media?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d2-News-judgements-Jackson-or-healthcare-or-a-little-bit-of-both?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner The future of journalism is a popular topic today, mostly among the biggest stakeholders, those who work for news organizations and their leadership. But the most important stakeholders are the public, on whom everything else depends. If consumers ar... news Michael Jackson journalism healthcare ABC Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:41:42 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d2-News-judgements-Jackson-or-healthcare-or-a-little-bit-of-both?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Drug-dangers-and-Madoff-move-Jackson-from-newscasts-top-spots?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner  The three network evening newscasts moved away from leading with Michael Jackson, this week. On Monday it was the sentencing of Bernard Madoff, except on NBC. On Tuesday the leads were new warnings about the dangers of not following directions ... news Madoff Sanford network news journalism Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:45:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m7d1-Drug-dangers-and-Madoff-move-Jackson-from-newscasts-top-spots?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Michaels-death-as-media-messages-changed-by-a-moment?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner Michael Jackson's sudden, suspicious, and untimely, death spawned a level of news coverage seldom equaled and even more rarely surpassed. Depending on your age, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the assassination of President Kennedy, and the 9/11 attacks... technology Michael Jackson Pop Culture digital media Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:05:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m6d29-Michaels-death-as-media-messages-changed-by-a-moment?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m6d26-The-future-of-news?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner Commentary: Wisdom continues to be in short supply these days, even as more information than ever is available at our fingertips. The task of sorting through all that information has, for many years, been the job of journalists. For TV news rooms, th... news technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 22:35:12 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-15271-TV-News-Examiner~y2009m6d26-The-future-of-news?cid=exrss-TV-News-Examiner