Re: [Avid-L2] ABC news lays of 20 percent of staff

On 2/24/10 10:33 PM, "Terence Curren" <tcurren@aol.com> wrote:
>
> <<Among them is relying on more digital journalists, who shoot, edit and
> produce their own stories.>>
>
> Can't wait to hear Sue chime in on this one....
>
> <<http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/02/23/2010-02-23_abc_news_to_cut_20_pe
> rcent_of_workforce_in_major_restructuring.html>>
>

Where, exactly, has that VJ approach produced consistently good daily
journalism...or even good ratings?

Seriously...we have a station VJ¹ing here, and at least one O&O station
talking about it. ³We¹ll teach the talent to shoot and edit and the
photographers to voice,² they say (and I paraphrase). The VJ model really
didn¹t work out at KRON, previously one of the best local news b¹casters in
the nation (according to CJR and others)...now not. Sure KRON has other
problems, but seems like they¹re the canary in the coalmine for other
stations and the networks.

Sigh.

Jim
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Jim Feeley
POV Media

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