Are on campus newspapers dying? Possibly. Many colleges and universities are moving to an online model and dropping the print version of their news. However, this shift may not be the best move as print newspapers are still a valuable resource for advertisers. The question is are student media organizations able to adjust to the […]
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… ok not really, but there are a few new technologies that have emergergered recently that automate news writing and delivery. 1- In China, a new channel is using Microsoft artificial intelligence to all to anchors and deliver weather forecasts. This is interesting because in the future this could remove weather anchors like Al […]
Notice: this contains content that is NSFW. On St. Patricks’s Day weekend, local ABC affiliate WJLA-TV was reporting on Arlington residents drinking at local pubs. Ironically, right as news anchor Kimberly Suiters asked reporter Jeff Goldberg about residents keeping their clothes on, a flasher walks in frame of the camera. Goldberg barely reacted and continued […]
by Robert Horan ( mature content advisory) On August 26, 2015, a former WDBJ anchor shot and killed two co-workers as the they were live on air. Vester Flanigan, also known as Bryce Williams, shot reporter Allison Parker and her cameraman Adam Ward as they were conducting a live interview for their morning […]
Every night millions of Americans turn to their local news station to watch the evening news. According to Conan O’Brian though it seems all these stations say the same thing. ( video produced by TBS) Of course it is not really true that these news stations are saying the same thing, but rather they are […]