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Title:

Local news [videorecording] / a co-production of Lumiere Productions and Thirteen/WNET ; exective producers, Calvin Skaggs, David Van Taylor.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

5 videocassettes (56 min. each) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.

Subject:

Connors, Keith.
WCNC (Television station : Charlotte, N.C.)
Television broadcasting of news--United States.
Journalistic ethics--United States.
Charlotte (N.C.)--Race relations.

Other Authors:

Skaggs, Calvin
Taylor, David Van.
Pomeroy, Ali.
Lichtenstein, Brad.
Lumiere Productions.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Other Titles:

To work a miracle.
Changes and consequences.
Working team.
Grace under pressure.
There's no place like home.

Notes:

Video version of a television series. Filmed in 1999 by Lumiere Productions.

Contents:

[v.1.] To work a miracle -- [v.2.] Changes and consequences -- [v.3.] Working team -- [v.4.] Grace under pressure -- [v.5.] There's no place like home.

Summary:

Programs take a critical look at how local news is produced, reported, and packaged at WCNC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina, featuring news director, Keith Connors. Offers a unique, 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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)48522661

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)