Often we use this blog to share TV station best practices. Perhaps we'll tell you about a station’s new, unique or different approach to serve the viewer/user. In today's edition, however, the “best practice” comes not from a TV station but from local police and fire departments and their ability to get news and information [...]
Here at CJ&N we constantly share with each other promos that we see from various stations. Many are great spots about upcoming special sweeps pieces. Others promote station brands. More and more frequently, we see stations producing a promo for one of their apps. Not a bad thing, right? But this past week another one [...]
I’m so excited. I just got off a call with Mark Zuckerberg. Yes, THAT Zuckerberg, the brain of Facebook. He called to thank me and thank you. He talked about how stations have really embraced Facebook. “It’s so great that stations are putting so much of their video and producing content on Facebook live on [...]
Many say we “missed it.” I think they’re right. Critics say the media didn’t get it because they are “media elites” who are out of touch with the people. And I think they’re right. Honestly, I didn’t quite understand the meaning of “media elites” at first. But I think I do now. Many of us [...]
You’ll hear it in almost every newscast: “…And you can download our app for breaking news and weather.” In many newscasts, it’s said the same way every day around the same time. In fact, odds are the copy is in the “format master” so the producer or anchors don’t have to add it. Unfortunately, it [...]
I live in an area known for frequent power outages. We could lose power for hours in little more than a strong gust of wind. Recently, when a series of predicted storms started to approach the area, I immediately plugged in all of our devices to make sure we were charged up. Honestly, I was getting [...]
This weekend’s coverage of the 9/11 anniversary and related political stories had me shaking my head in amazement. As I was reading tweets, Facebook posts and coverage about Hillary Clinton and her leaving the 9/11 ceremonies early, it struck me (again) how news organizations have changed. If you’ve been around more than a few years, [...]
We see it almost every day on TV when viewers send cell phone video. They shoot great video of a chase, a reunion or some breaking news - but because of the way the phone was held more than half the screen has no video when it shows up on TV. The reason is simple. [...]
When was the last time you opened your station’s news or weather app and actually used it? Was it... When you first downloaded it? A month ago? Last week? Or you don’t remember? I’ve learned that stations don’t do enough quality control. Here’s an example. We have a client station that has one of the [...]
“Can you hear me now?” Remember the Verizon ad? (As if pop culture will ever let us forget it). When it comes to your news mobile app, let’s change it to, “Can you see me now?” Can you see the images, weather maps and graphics I just put in your Facebook feed on your cell [...]
