Breaking News

It’s a question I get from people who know I work in television: Why do special report openings have countdowns?

You’ve probably seen the oft-shared post on social media about how news consumers should actually consume breaking news coverage.

When word of breaking news begins appearing, you have to go past the old saying, ‘Consider the source.’ On Thursday, we learned actor and …

Anything can happen on live television, a lesson a Northern California reporter nearly struck by a car found out Tuesday morning. If you’ve ever …

It’s quite an undertaking to put 2015 in review. Like every other year, this one has had its share of big, notable stories. But …

Fifty-two years ago tomorrow, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The JFK assassination marked the birth of breaking news on TV.

When people complain about coverage of pending severe weather, what do they really want? Sustained winds within Hurricane Joaquin had strengthened enough for the …

Viewers in Virginia, and subsequently, everywhere else, witnessed a murder on live television this morning. Murders happen on television every day. Most of the …

Covering Ebola is a no-win scenario for journalists, because no matter how much or how little they report, they’re accused of doing it wrong.

NBC and TMZ were accused of failing to overcome the pressure of rushing to report unconfirmed details to news consumers in Clippers coverage as …

All this week, I’m highlighting the year’s top posts in my key categories on the days those categories are most likely to be featured, …

The Kennedy Assassination represented not only the death of a president but the birth of breaking news coverage on television. But in the five …