Comments on: Local TV site wins National Headliner Award

By: Z

Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:12:28 +0000

You’ve got to be kidding me, Mr. Snead. There are plenty of reasons (not excuses), and saying there aren’t is indeed arrogance.

By: Rocker

Rocker — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:25:13 +0000

It seems to me that most of the people I know in the TV/Online world don’t bother to submit to most of these awards. Probably don’t have the time…tend to run a little lean compared to the newspaper operations, and be less oriented to rounding up journalistic awards anyway.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:06:08 +0000

WBAL Radio (WBAL.COM) also won a National Headliner Award for Affiliated Online Journalism for its coverage of several stories including the Domino Sugar plant explosion, installation of Archbishop O’Brien, Ravens football, and Cal Ripken’s Hall Of Fame induction. Congratulations to News Director Mark Miller and his team for running the nation’s best local radio website.

By: Bill Snead

Bill Snead — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:12:38 +0000

Z that is indeed one of the many reasons why broadcasters are failing to define video journalism on the web (and newspapers are), but it is not an excuse. There really aren’t any, if you exclude shortsightedness, arrogance and purposeful ignorance.

By: Z

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 23:46:18 +0000

Most broadcasters won’t give people the time to do what newspapers do. The local paper doesn’t expect a story from every reporter or photog every day because their staff is four times our size. We don’t have that luxury. Be nice if we did. But even sweeps pieces are often day-turns anymore.