Political Convention Media Coverage
High school students from the Chicago area talked about how the coverage of conventions and how the conventions themselves have changed since the advent of television.
66 viewsHigh school students from the Chicago area talked about how the coverage of conventions and how the conventions themselves have changed since the advent of television.
66 viewsAs part of a symposium entitled, “The Media and American Democracy,” Executive Vice President of CNN, Ted Turner, talked about the television news business, including media mergers. He talke…
58 viewsThe National Press Foundation held its 13th annual awards dinner to honor excellence various journalism fields. Ms. Pauley received the Sol Talshoff Award for Excellence in Broadcast Journal…
17 viewsPanelists from around the world discussed how media coverage of international events is still heavily influenced by domestic interests in each particular nation. They also discussed how news…
42 viewsFrom Athens, Georgia, the University of Georgia, School of Law hosted a Panel discussion on “Justice and the Media.” The participants discussed the implications that high-profile court cases…
184 viewsA pane of media news executives and newscasters discussed how television affected foreign policy. They pointed out that instant television coverage, even of wars, resulted in policy being ma…
70 viewsOfficials from the telecommunications industry testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee about impact of television’s instantaneous communications to virtually all parts of the wo…
182 viewsNetwork television news is the subject of a forum hosted by the University of Miami which included United States network news anchors, bureau chiefs, and owners and a representative of the B…
87 viewsC-SPAN cameras took a tour of the Atlanta bureau of CNN. The tour included interviews with senior CNN officials and a portion of a CNN editorial meeting.
324 viewsThe guests talked about the recent stories in which Arkansas state troopers reported that they took then Governor Bill Clinton to a number of assignations over the period of time that they p…
151 viewsA number of media personalities and political observers participated in a panel discussion on the televised presidential debates. The panelists analyzed the effects of presidential debates o…
144 viewsLaw enforcement personnel and analysts discussed the role of the media in covering incidents of civil disorder in American cities. Issues raised in the forum included the ethics of news cove…
110 viewsEach year the National Press Club honors an outstanding journalist at the annual Fourth Estate Award Dinner. This year’s recipient is CNN correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported from Baghda…
91 viewsThe Federal Communications Bar Association sponsored the “Broadcast Cable Interface Conference,” to discuss the impact of cable television on the television and communications industries. Pa…
122 viewsMr. Turner, Executive Vice President of News Gathering, discussed Cable News Network’s coverage of the war in the Gulf. He refuted the assertion that most of the viewing public prefer strong…
467 viewsEd Turner discussed CNN’s coverage of events in the Persian Gulf. Mr. Turner answered viewer questions. The Cable News Network is received by satellite transmission in most parts of the worl…
144 viewsEd Turner, Executive Vice President of CNN spoke with C-SPAN about his network and the upcoming Democratic Convention that was in Atlanta.
222 viewsPanelists discussed how reporters cover terrorism and if their reporting promote the groups. They answered audience questions.
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