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I recently posted a question on Twitter, “ Should ‘breaking news’ go on the cliche list at this point?” The amount of views on that post was tremendous. So let’s delve in a bit more shall we? I get asked how and when to use the term breaking news a lot. For good reason. The … Continue reading “Is Breaking News Cliche?”
Managers want to know the decision producers fear most? It’s pulling their only crew off a clear lead, and sending them on a breaker, that might just turn out to be nothing. In newsrooms today the mantra is “New, now!”… “New, now!” You cannot miss a breaker without getting a tongue lashing. Managers forget they … Continue reading “One crew, and breaking news. How to save your content, when chasing what’s new.”
A producer recently emailed asking about ways to handle big, breaking national stories. Do you sacrifice local and fill the a-block? How without offending the viewer who might want a lot of local? What a great topic, since it is so easy to go online and on cable news and get that national story. So … Continue reading “How to “go big” on national breaking news”
Let’s face it, journalists are airing and/or publishing more mistakes than they used to. So it is a good time to reiterate some tried and true guidelines to determine when information is safe to tell the world. Breaking News Guidelines Two sources minimum have confirmed the information You know the names or groups confirming the … Continue reading “When to add “breaking” information into a newscast.”
