All Entries Tagged With: "NewsHour"
Jim Lehrer’s Rules of Journalism
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer on PBS Television – one of the most respected daily news programs in television history – will have a high tech facelift this coming Monday. Everything I’ve seen that they are doing is spectacular. The updates will make the best even better, in my opinion.
Newshour Sheds Light on Changes
I asked a lot of questions in my blog post yesterday about the new alliance between PBS Newshour, my favorite weekday television news program, and an online news outfit in Boston called GlobalPost. While, on one hand, a spokesperson for GlobalPost responded in a curiously confrontational manner – especially for a fairly new “news” organization – I just received far more professional and enlightening perspective from Newshour.
PBS Newshour Outsources International News
Consolidation … it’s a sign of our times in mainstream news media, as financially challenged news organizations struggle to stay vibrant and alive. Newshour, the respected television news program on PBS, announced today it is partnering with GlobalPost.com, a Boston company that runs an international news aggregator blog.
Good and Bad about a NewsHour Interview
In a television news world turned upside-down by propaganda, shouting and sensationalism, the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer remains focused on clarity and solid, level-headed journalism. One reason is the NewsHour spends more than a minute to report news of the day. There is more substance, better understanding and often, better expertise … but not always.
Don’t Make Up Stuff
When coaching people to be interviewed, especially live on television, I always counsel them to listen closely to questions they are asked and to answer those questions. I also advise not to make up stuff if you don’t know. Unfortunately, for many people, that’s not always how they behave before the cameras.
A Great Story Has Legs
Storytelling is one of the oldest forms of effective communications … and one of the most timely. My colleague Anne Bell at PBS NewsHour says it best: “A great story has legs that in today’s world can travel many miles per hour.” The discipline of storytelling can energize (or re-energize) any business or organization. It [...]
Communications Leadership: Storytelling
Brooke Gladstone of National Public Radio’s “On the Media” program says: “Journalists are taught to talk and write in human terms. Tell me a story.” We are all part of a storytelling culture in America. It’s been that way forever, and it’s no different in countries, cultures and communities around the world. We share stories [...]
