Carolina Reporter Hit by Car Still On the Mend

Carolina Reporter Hit by Car Still On the Mend

She recalls the accident vividly.

“I remember seeing the two cars running through the intersection and hitting each other, and the headlights turning on me. I knew I was going to be hit a split second later.”

News 14 Carolina reporter Caroline Vandergriff was nearing the end of her 1 to 10 p.m. shift Jan. 30. She was covering the storm blowing through Charlotte, taking video at Kenilworth Avenue and East Morehead Street where the traffic light was out because of a power outage.

She's Still in a Wheelchair, but determined after the Jump  

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Study Shows Local TV News doing Less News

Study Shows Local TV News doing Less News

​The Pew Research Center’s latest annual "State Of The News Mediareport" is not painting a very good picture.  

The study shows that providers across all platforms became “more undermanned and unprepared to uncover stories, dig deep into emerging ones or to question information put into [their] hands,” Pew’s Project for Excellence In Journalism finds. The shortcomings stood out during the election when “campaign reporters were acting primarily as megaphones, rather than as investigators, of the assertions put forward by the candidates and other political partisans.”

Much of the Blame is on Local TV News...after the Jump   

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LIN Station Looking for a Deuce

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The Lin Station in Springfield, MA is looking for an Assistant News Director. ​

Here is the the job posting from the station:​

JOB DESCRIPTION: WWLP-22News, Springfield, MA, a LIN Media station, is seeking a qualified individual for the position of Assistant News Director.  The successful candidate will be someone who is highly motivated and can lead by example, as well as willing to be involved in the community.  Candidate should also possess good news instinct and demonstrate sound news judgment, including skilled in investigative reporting.  They also need to be able to recognize the value of and embrace internet, mobile, and social media. 

HOURS: TBD

PRIOR EXPERIENCE OR TRAINING REQUIRED:Minimum 5 years prior television experience required; must have good communication skills and ability to supervise/train.

CONTACT: Please send cover letter/resume to: HR Department, WWLP-22News 1 Broadcast Center, Chicopee, Ma 01013, OR EMAIL: job386@wwlp.com.

Sponsor Love - N.S. Bienstock

Sponsor Love - N.S. Bienstock

​Another week draws to a close and once again we saw more people visit FTVLive this week than any week so far. It is exciting to watch FTVLive grow so fast and it is thanks to all of people for stopping by the site and spreading the word to your friends and co-workers.

FTVLive never would have been able to bust down the pay wall ​if it wasn't for a great sponsors that stepped up and supported the idea of us going to a free site. 

Sponsors like N.S. Bienstock.​

Bienstock has been at the forefront of the broadcast news business since 1964.

Read more about the people of Bienstock and what they do after the Jump   
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NBC Suit Pissed at Jay Leno over Jokes

NBC Suit Pissed at Jay Leno over Jokes

Three executives close to the situation reported this week that Mr. Greenblatt had taken offense to monologue jokes Mr. Leno made last month in the wake of news stories about NBC’s ratings struggles and how the network had fallen into fifth place in the sweeps month of February — behind the Spanish-language network Univision.

Specifically, on the night of Feb. 28, Mr. Leno referenced the news about NBC’s falling into fifth place by telling a series of jokes.

What Leno said and the thin skinned NBC Executive after the Jump  ​


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LA Station Names new Managing Editor

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Fox-owned KTTV Los Angeles (DMA 2) has hired Ramona Schindelheim to be managing editor of the station’s news department. She begins on March 25.

This will be Schindelheim’s second stint at KTTV, she was a producer there from 1989 to 1994. Most recently, she was executive producer of Business Day at CNBC. Prior to that she was EP of CNBC’s The Call, Power Lunch and Street Signs.

Her resume also includes senior producer at NBC’s The Jane Pauley Show, Business Editor at ABC News, Producer of CNBC’s Power Lunch, producer of WNBC New York’s Live at Five and a sitcom writer at Warner Bros.

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60 Minutes This Week

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Here's what's on the docket for TV's Number 1 News magazine for Sunday:​

AMERICAN NUNS – One of the pressing problems newly elected Pope Francis may want to address is the disillusionment among American nuns. Many were shocked last year when the group that represents most of them was reprimanded by the Vatican, which said the nuns’ liberal ideas were undermining the Church. Bob Simon reports.  Tanya Simon and Andrew Metz are the producers.

THE INNOVATOR – Twitter creator Jack Dorsey tells Lara Logan about his brainstorm for the popular social medium, his separation and reunion with the company and his current venture, Square.  Tom Anderson is the producer.

HIT MAN – John Veasey used to kill people for a living as a hit man in the Philadelphia mob. Today, Veasey drives a church bus and attends weekly worship as a born-again Christian in a Middle American suburb. Has he really changed?  Byron Pitts reports. Clem Taylor is the producer.

MSNBC's Ed Schultz Wants to Stay Relevant ​

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MSNBC's Ed Schultz signed off from his Ed Show and prime time cable news last night. Schultz swears he's not be demoted (even though he totally is) and says he's going to make his his weekend time slot the "best hours in cable."

“Well, I guess I wouldn’t want it any other way because we’re going to build those hours to the best hours in cable.” He vowed to stay loyal to the subjects he’s always covered on The Ed Show: “The people on the road, the stories, the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker, the middle class Americans who are fighting for a fair share.”

Got some bad news for Ed. We're guessing that the candlestick maker and the baker will be watching infomercials about baking and making candles while his show airs.​ 

​Oh Well...There's always the butcher.

H/T Mediaite

ABC Staffer Busted for Child Porn

ABC Staffer Busted for Child Porn

​Word is that an ABC Employee that works out the same building as ABC affiliate KFSM (Fresno) was Busted for Child Porn at his work.

Jeff Jordan, the director of safety and broadcast compliance for the ABC-owned television stations and chief engineer for ABC's Living Well Network, was taken into custody at his workplace on March 7 after an investigation from the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. 

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Why you Should Never Try and Get Back at the Station For Firing You

Why you Should Never Try and Get Back at the Station For Firing You

​Here's a good story as to why you should never take revenge against your old station.​

Matthew Keys worked at KTXL, the Tribune station in Sacramento, CA. The station fired him from his job.

It appears that Keys like everyone else that gets sacked was angry and wanted to back back at his old station. ​

Find out why he might be spending the next 30 years in Prison after the Leap  ​

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