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Local news. A Working team / a series by Lumiere Productions & Thirteen/WNET ; a series by Ali Pomeroy, producer, sound ; Calvin Skaggs, producer ; David Van Taylor, producer, camera ; Brad Lichtenstein, producer, sound ; Nicholas Doob, producer, camera.
Annenberg Circulation Desk VHS PN1992.77 .L63 Tape 3 2001
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- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Local News (Television program).
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- WCNC-TV (Television station : Charlotte, N.C.).
- Television broadcasting of news--United States.
- Television broadcasting of news.
- United States.
- Journalistic ethics--United States.
- Journalistic ethics.
- Genre:
- Television mini-series.
- Reality television programs.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Local news
- Working team
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2001]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- VHS.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- Summary:
- Third in a series of five programs taking a critical look at how local news is produced, reported, and packaged at WCNC-TV in Charlotte, N.C. Offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on the many challenges facing American television news in general and the tensions between ratings and journalistic ethics, as TV news directors and station owners across the country are struggling to increase ratings and keep viewers in the face of intense competition from the Internet and other news media. In this segment, months after his arrival, WCNC-TV news director Keith Connors feels he has assembled a winning team, but beneath the surface the newsroom family is riven by tensions. Promotions and demotions cause the reporters to question the director's motives. One reporter openly rebels after having to cover a story he felt was beneath him. His team's cohesion crumbling, Connors experiences the isolation of leadership's tough decisions.
- Credits:
- Camera, David Van Taylor, Nicholas Doob ; editors, Jay Freund.
- Notes:
- Filmed in 1999 by Lumiere Productions.
- VHS release of the 2001 television mini-series.
- OCLC:
- 50131520
- Publisher Number:
- 29252 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
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