Breaking news happens, which station do you tune into to get the scoop.?
When the news is breaking and you need to get informed, there is a channel that you check before any other. FOX, ABC, CBS, and NBC all have an affiliate in Connecticut. Let’s gauge where the TV traffic is going.
Please comment as to why you tune into your favorite, is it the anchor, trustworthiness, convenience? If other, please tell And In Local News… what you watch.
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Oh the places you’ll go. Dr. Seuss’ timeless story tells of all the possibility that one may have in their life, no matter how far from home their dreams take them.
Yet some college students like to stay connected to home.
Evan McKay, resident of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., enjoys staying in touch with home.
“It’s nice to call home or read the newspapers and stay up to date on the news happening back home,” McKay stated, “it makes me still feel like a part of the community”.
Some students from South Windsor, Conn., turn to South Windsor’s Patch website for quick stories from home.
From loose poultry on Ellington Road …
… to quick response firemen …
The Patch offers the students a wide array of “hyperlocal” news. However, during Patch’s well-documented struggles with profitability over the year, it raised the case to whether or not “hyperlocal” news has a place in the market. Alex Kantrowitz of Advertising Age, believes that even though Patch is struggling, there are ways that “hyperlocal” news can work.
“I can see where people would like it … but personally I’d much rather get my news from other sources like my local TV station, because they can provide local news too” McKay commented about Patch’s concept.
Staying informed is the name of the game. Even through its struggles, and for the time being, Patch is still on that mission of informing the public.
One recent post on South Windsor’s Patch website provided the residents of the town with updates about a search following an armed robbery at a CVS in town.
(The clip shows how easy it would have been for the robber to simply walk into and rob a store like CVS)
It is unknown as to how long Patch may continue to exist, but for know, South Windsor residents can go there for their South Windsor news.
Attempts were made to contact Kaitlin Glanzer, editor of the South Windsor Patch, for additional comment. After initial contact, “And in Local News…” asked a series of questions but received no response. However, the news stops for no one.
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The résumé is a important piece of paper; and what someone puts on their résumé could make or break their chances at landing their dream job. Education and student organizations can only go so far in this field. It is the internships and real world experience that speak volume.
That is where SportzEdge comes in.
Photo Courtesy of sportzedge.com
SportzEdge is a website powered by News 8 and WTNH.com. The site, which has the form of a blog, contains both news and opinion articles about sports, with an increased focus on Connecticut. The site gets contributions from more than 50 individual writers from all over the state.
As listed on their site, contributors include Kels Dayton, the executive producer and editor of SportzEdge.com and News 8 Sports Anchors John Pierson, Erik Dobratz, and Noah Finz. The contributors list also features students in college.
Michael Sivo, a student at the University of Connecticut, started contributing for SportzEdge beginning in June. Sivo is one of those students looking to break into the industry after graduation.
(Michael Sivo’s First Article – “How Will UConn Fare in the AAC?”)
Sivo believes contributing for SportzEdge gives him an advantage over students who are not taking extra initiative.
“Professors and advisors have been preaching for you to expand your horizons, and this resume boost that I get from contributing to SportzEdge is a unique skill that I think a lot of news outlets would like to see,” Sivo said.
As a member of UCTV, Sivo has already taken steps toward bettering himself in this field. SportzEdge is adding to the effort.
“Having the opportunity to write for SportzEdge has been a blessing in every way,” Sivo stated, “It has allowed me to think deeply about a multitude of sports topics and help me pursue a career in sports journalism.”
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You can check out Michael Sivo’s articles on SportzEdge.com
Feel free to follow John Small on Twitter @TheJohnSmall and he will retweet the link to any of Sivo’s future articles
Photo courtesy of Quinnipiac University and Ed McMahon Communications Center
What is the important part about the news? Is it the glamour and attention of the local or national stages? Or simply that the producer is informing the public? What makes good media? What makes good storytelling? How do producers use social media? All of these questions make up part of this investigation into media.
The goal of this blog is to explore the local Connecticut media, hopefully in all facets with and increased focus on the local television stations and newspapers. From reputable papers to television networks large and small, there is a lot that comprises the Connecticut media scene. How are the local outlets surviving? What are the trends they are noticing and the stories they are covering?
ESPN, WWE, WTNH, WFSB, CPTV, the Hartford Courant, the New Haven Register, WQUN, the list of media outlets within this small state stretches on and on. Connecticut is a relative hotbed for media, and with Boston and New York close by, aspiring media professionals may find themselves using one of these local organizations as a stepping-stone in the industry.
And the industry is constantly changing.
We currently are at the cross roads of a struggling economy and the emergence of new methods of communication. Can the smaller outlet survive and adapt in the ever-changing world of media? Or will they fall into obscurity?
Growing up in Connecticut, I have always been exposed to the local media. The only paper that my house gets is the Journal Inquirer, which is geared towards North-Central Connecticut.
Now as a student of the media, I am only expecting change from here on out. Blogs, interactive media, this crazy thing called social media; the environment is changing.
It will be fun to see how the local media will change with it.
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