Abstract
Innovation in local television news is hard to quantify but urgently required according to Andrew Heyward, one of the country’s leading experts on the topic. The former president of CBS News now directs a major research initiative at Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. The research project, funded by the Knight Foundation, is focused on identifying best practices in local TV news and on collaborating with stations to develop new strategies to ensure sustainability.
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