Lab Notes

Better Practices for Local TV Newsroom Innovation

By Frank Mungeam, Knight Professor of Practice in TV News Innovation at ASU Cronkite School of Journalism | Thursday, June 6, 2019

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How the ‘Gladiators’ reinvented the Cronkite newscast

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Your Election Plan is Toast: Why the 2020 Vote Demands a Different Approach

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Beyond ‘Like-Bait’: Keys to Creating Meaningful Engagement With Your Audiences

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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Key Trends from the Reuters Digital News Report

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Post-Pandemic News: 7 Lessons We Can’t Afford to Forget

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Local TV News Surges as Trusted Source During Coronavirus

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3 Ways to Use Data to Drive Better COVID-19 Coverage

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The 3 Best Things Local Newsrooms are Doing to Serve Their Communities

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The Biggest Story Your Newsroom Isn’t Ready to Cover

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Forecasting the Future of Weather Reporting

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5 Culture-Killing Phrases Smart Newsrooms Will Stop Saying in 2020

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The News Quiz: Applying Gaming to Newscast Engagement

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We Produced a Newscast Without Anchors. Here’s How.

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Multilingual Reporting For An Increasingly Bilingual Audience

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Fitting a Planet-Sized Story into a Local Newscast

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We Tested Transparency Reporting. Here’s What Viewers Told Us

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What 10 Local Stations Learned From Challenge-Based Innovation

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7 Lessons for Newsrooms From the Tech Platform Companies

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A Busy Journalist’s Guide to The Most Important Slide Deck of the Year

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How Simple Lists Can Improve Local Journalism: A Checklist Manifesto for News

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In Search of Swiss Army Knives for News: Story Formats to Future-Proof Your Newscast

5 Takeaways From NAB 2019

Change Your Tools to Change Your News

Lessons from WTOL-TV’S ‘School Day’ Video

Want Newsroom Innovation? Start with a STOP List

Why Local TV News is Our Best Hope to Save Democracy

Every Local TV Newsroom Needs a Zodiac Project

The Future of News is On Demand

What Engineers Want News Leaders to Know

Show Your Work to Restore Trust in News

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