CBS NEWS ASSEMBLE EMBED TEAM FOR 2024
They’ll live out of suitcases next year, tracking the candidates
Category: Planning Ahead
IF YOU CAN’T FIND ‘EM, GROW YOUR OWN
The folks at Circle City Broadcasting, the locally-based owners of WISH in Indianapolis, IN have decided to take the bull by the horns . They are behind something called the Multicultural Media Producing Program ...
THIS CROSSOVER EVENT IS A MILESTONE FOR ONE REPORTER
We’ve all seen local news anchors show up in movies before, usually playing some version of themselves, reporting on the action thus far in the film. So WTAE reporter Sheldon Ingram’s shot at appearing ...
LORD KNOWS, THE BUSINESS COULD USE THEM
In an effort to both staff up and, presumably, improve the quality of broadcast journalism, Scripps is teaming up with…wait for it…Google to recruit and transition print journalists with experience into broadcast news. You ...
DISNEY’S FLAGSHIP OPENS A LONG ISLAND NEWS BUREAU
It turned into a big event.
COX FORMS INVESTIGATIVE UNIT
Jodi Fleischer has left NBC-owned WRC in Washington, DC and is returning to Cox Media as a charter member of the group’s newly-established investigative unit. http:// You’ll never guess how they feel about this ...
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TWO MAKE BIDS FOR TEGNA
The Najafi Companies and Trinity Broadcasting Network have entered the market of companies attempting to acquire Tegna Inc. The two companies’ joint offer is $20 per share for the U.S. broadcast, digital media and ...
A MULTIFACETED ANCHOR
Down in Houston, media blogger Mike McGuff sat down with KRIV fill-in anchor/reporter Ivory Hecker to find out more about her budding singer-songwriter career. We can tell you that, at this point, none of ...
IS THAT A MASCOT IN THE CONTROL ROOM?
Yep. Scrappy the Eagle, Mascot of University of North Texas paid a visit Wednesday to the school’s Department of Media Arts. It appears Ol’ Scrappy was getting hands on er, wings on training from ...
HERE COME THE BABES!
Something must be in the water at KPRC (NBC) Houston Texas. 7 members of the staff are expecting. Blogger Mike Mcguff has the details, but the staff took to social media to announce. Lucky ...
THE CLOCK IS TICKING
Time is running out to submit nominations for the 2019 John B. Oakes Award that honors outstanding environmental reporting across all news media platforms. The winner will receive $5,000 and will be recognized at ...
CBS READIES BIG DIGITAL PRESENCE FOR 2020
CBS News plans to be a big digital player in the 2020 election and has already assembled and named its team of embeds for the cycle. We are embracing political reporting now more than ...
JOBS WEBSITE FOR ENTRY-LEVEL TV NEWSERS LAUNCHED
One of the missing links in the tv newsbusiness has always been a way for entry-level reporters and producers to connect with new directors looking to hire them. Now, DB & ASSOCIATES is rolling ...
TRYING OUT A SUPER-TOPICAL
Maybe it will change how news is promoted, not just during the evening, but throughout the day. Last Thursday, Fox-owned WTTG in Washington, DC aired a two-minute tease during halftime of “Thursday Night Football” ...
HOUSTON NEXT SENATE DEBATE SITE
If you didn’t get enough of Fridays debate between incumbent Texas GOP U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Democratic challenger Rep. Robert Francis “Beto” O’Rourke then mark your calendar. Next stop, September 30th in H-Town ...
WE’RE TAKING A LONG WEEKEND
NewsBlues is taking a long Labor Day Weekend, so there will be no newsletter on Monday, September 3rd. Your Cranky Correspondent is taking some additional time off for the first time in 18 months, ...
TIRICO NAMED HOST OF “FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA”
Say goodbye to Dan Patrick and hello to Mike Tirico. From 2008 to 2017, Patrick was the in-studio host of NBC Sports’ “Football Night in America.” That’s over and now it’s Tirico’s turn. “Thank ...
CBS NEWS TAPS “FACE THE NATION” EP FOR ELECTION ROLE
When the midterms comes in three months, CBS News veteran Mary Hager will oversee the production of the network’s multiplatform coverage. CBS News president David Rhodes, finally able to report some good news, said ...
DALLAS ANCHOR LEGEND SETS RETIREMENT
Dallas news viewers, mark March 2019 on your calendar. That is when an era ends at Tegna’s WFAA when veteran anchor John McCaa plans to hang it up and make his exit. He’s going ...
