ELECTRONIC MEDIA ONLINE: Stations Share Lessons Learned from 9/11
Stations share lessons learned from 9/11 By JENNIE L. PHIPPS Special to Electronic Media For stations coast to coast part of the aftermath of Sept. 11 has been to figure out how to change their news coverage to better serve viewers. For some that has meant increasing their international news coverage, while for others it has meant increasing efforts to cover local ethnic communities. These stations, all winners of the Radio-Television News Directors Association Edward R. Murrow awards for their Sept. 11 coverage, continue to evaluate and learn from the experience. Here are some of the things they identify as critical to successfully reporting a news event of this magnitude. It's a small world, and viewers expect stations to cover it all. "Before 9/11, we were hyper-local, but we've added more national and international, because when terrorists strike America, world events become events with local significance," said Keith Connors, executive news director of WCNC-TV, t...