Carver Corner I watched the videos from FOX 26 Houston anchor Caroline Collins several times. My first reaction? Kudos. Seriously. This is exactly the kind of experimentation local television needs right now. Collins is learning a system that lets her anchor while handling tasks traditionally done by others. She is producing, directing, handling audio and
One Person Can Run the Newscast. But Should That Be the Goal? Read More »
I received a text recently from a Chief Engineer I placed with a television station several years ago. “Hey, let’s chat.” Uh oh. I texted back: “Free when you are.” My phone rang about 12 seconds later. Before I tell you what he said, some context. Broadcast engineering has a talent problem. A big one.
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Local television does not have a shortage of ideas about its future. If anything, it may have more competing visions for the future than at any point I can remember. Across the industry, companies are making very different bets about what comes next. Some are leaning harder into technology, AI and new ways of producing
Local TV Has a Strategy for Everything Except the Talent Read More »
Spend enough time around local television stations and you start to notice something interesting about the people responsible for the people. At the station level, they may be called a Business Office Manager, Human Resources Manager or HR Business Partner. Sometimes they are responsible for HR along with payroll, benefits, accounting, compliance and whatever else
Local Television Doesn’t Have an HR Problem. It Might Have a Utilization Problem. Read More »
