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Faced with intense competition from the Internet and other news media, TV news directors and station owners across the country are struggling to increase ratings and keep viewers. By taking a critical look at how local news is produced, reported, and packaged at WCNC-TV in Charlotte, North Carolina, this provocative 5-part series 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. 5-part series, 58 minutes each.

VHS is Closed-Captioned  DVD is Subtitled  


 
                

Item#: BVL29249
Copyright date: ©2001
VHS ISBN 978-0-7365-4144-2
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-6591-2



The Series Includes : Local News: To Work a Miracle | Local News: Changes and Consequences | Local News: A Working Team | Local News: Grace Under Pressure | Local News: There's No Place Like Home
     
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