By Rich Johnson|March 5, 2019|Innovation Stories|
Reporter Alex Hagan spent three months embedded with the Parkland students following the Valentine’s Day shooting at their school. The 22-minute documentary shows how Parkland High School kids accomplished more in three months than [...]
By Rich Johnson|March 5, 2019|Innovation Stories|
The station group has expanded its consumer reporting franchise to include an online retail site. TEGNA has entered the retail business with DealBoss Leveraging the popularity of its consumer reporting, TEGNA now operates [...]
By Rich Johnson|March 2, 2019|Innovation Stories|
Thanks to special permission from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Sinclair Broadcast Group stations are using their newsgathering drones to shoot footage after dark. Getting the FAA’s OK to fly drones at night has [...]
By Rich Johnson|May 1, 2018|Innovation Stories, Innovation Stories Videos, Videos|
"You should always have good strong watchdog journalism" says Andy Miller, the Executive Producer of Investigations at Raycom Media. In this InnoMinute, Andy and Raycom’s Director of Investigations, Lee Zurik, explain the power [...]
By Rich Johnson|April 24, 2018|Innovation Stories, Innovation Stories Videos, Videos|
"Leaving was never an option," said Ray Thurber as he describe how he and his team at E.W. Scripps Company prepared for Hurricane Irma. "It was all about service and mission, and how [...]
By Rich Johnson|March 27, 2018|Innovation Stories, Innovation Stories Videos, Videos|
Developed by Emmis, the NextRadio app allows mobile consumers to listen to live, local FM radio on FM-enabled smartphones. Users also receive supporting information like album art, program information and metadata over the [...]
By Rich Johnson|March 21, 2018|ATSC 3, Innovation Stories, Innovation Stories Videos, Videos|
WRAL used the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang to showcase the capabilities of Next Gen TV. This Innovation Story epitomizes the power of the new standard, with 4k content, multi-platform delivery and interactive features. [...]
By Rich Johnson|March 16, 2018|ATSC 3, Innovation Stories|
WRAL-TV created a virtual reality set for their coverage of the Winter Olympics making the anchors appear to stand among snowy mountains. The set up uses two cameras to shoot the anchors who stand on a [...]
By Rich Johnson|March 13, 2018|Innovation Stories, Innovation Stories Videos, Videos|
CBS flagship WCBS-TV New York has been maximizing the use of drones in news-gathering since launching its fleet of five of them in September 2016. The drones, branded “Drone Force 2,” allow the [...]
By Rich Johnson|March 13, 2018|Innovation Stories|
Ramping up efforts to reach young consumers, NBC News in July 2017 became the first publisher to launch a twice-daily news show on Snapchat. New episodes of “Stay Tuned,” each of which are two to [...]
