Andrew LaCombe’s Post

The broadcast news landscape is changing. I’ve often heard journalists say doing digital news broadcasting isn’t their thing or it’s not as important as a traditional newscast. That type of thinking is wrong. Our audiences have changed their viewing habits and they are getting news from digital platforms. From sources who try to sound and look knowledgeable, but are not reliable. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had someone send me a TikTok thinking it was real news, or something from another social media asking me if the post is true because they are not watching traditional newscasts. These are the viewers we are trying to reach by adding digital broadcasting to all of our stations across the nation. News is happening now and as journalists, we must get information out that is accurate and vetted! Not waiting for the 5, 6 or 10. Viewers want their news as it happens. That’s why Gray Television has made it their mission to give the viewers what they want! News in the palm of their hands, as it happens, from local and trusted journalists that know their communities and the people in them. That’s why we’ve rolled out brand new tech and provided newsrooms with training to run it. This is the future and we’re making it happen. #digitalnews #ctv #ott #journalism #journalismmatters #localjournalism

For the First Time, Main Source of News for Irish Public is Online Rather Than Television More people in Ireland consume their news online than through any other medium, including television. This is the first time that news online has become more popular than television news in Ireland, according to the annual Digital News Report Ireland.

While preparing tonight’s broadcasts and striving to think outside the box, finding unexplored angles… journalism is a profession that doesn’t adhere to working hours or office locations; for a journalist, news is like air, water, and food. #Journalism #Broadcasting #Innovation #News #Media #ThinkOutsideTheBox #BreakingNews #JournalistLife #PassionForNews

Okay, it's nice that some CTV staffers check out my profile and post (while making sure I can't see them), but it would be even more useful if CTV actually CHANGED its embarrassing national newscast at 5:30 pm. Seriously? Genevieve Beauchemin having to do a story on the Paris Seine from Montreal and your Regina reporter twisting the flimsiest piffle about Taylor Swift concerts into the most strained regional relevance, all thanks to a Swift Current publicity effort....? What are you guys DOING? You literally had poor Sandie Rinaldo say the words, "It's a dog eat dog world" just before your commercial break (face palm). Did the intern phone that in or did you guys just decide you'll give up completely? Yes, we get it, and we all feel for you: Your greedy corporate parent has made it so that you have less money, less staff. But it's the same for your competition. You have great reporters, and this is beneath them. Instead of making them weave pitiful narrations according to your American network footage (again why should I watch your narrations on int'l news when I can go to int'l sources?), how about you TRY to make an effort to report CANADIAN NEWS and do it while not sounding like a first-year journalism students' F-grade TV script.

Uncovering the Truth Behind Mary and Annie Nightingale’s Relationship: In British broadcasting, the Nightingale name has significantly impacted, with two prominent figures sharing this illustrious surname. However, the question… Read More: Uncovering the Truth Behind Mary and Annie Nightingale’s Relationship via #TheCityCeleb

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I'm proud to present my first news radio segment in English, a project entirely of my own making, created to improve the quality of my work. This endeavor is a testament to my dedication and passion for journalism and broadcasting. #Journalism #NewsAnchor #NeverStopLearning #Broadcasting #CareerGoals #StayInformed

News 5 Live - Duet?! Hot take: the news is better with two anchors! Let us know your thoughts! #media #journalism #broadcast #nightly #news #anchor

The future of public broadcasting- and especially documentaries, is in the balance. And the battle lines are drawn, at least here in Oz. Newly appointed chairman of the national broadcaster, the ABC, Kim Williams, is one of Australia's leading public intellectuals- not bad coming from the man who once ran Murdoch's local empire. And he's not afraid to speak his mind. I was particularly drawn to his thoughts about the current state of documentary on the ABC. Asked ( at 27'35") how he felt it was performing, he didn't mince his words: “I think documentary is in a bad place and it needs restoration. And I do not mean it  in  an unsupportive way to existing ABC commissioning people.” So if it's not the talented and thoughtful commissioning editors at fault, where is the problem? Possibly in the ABC's top-heavy and highly centralised content selection process which strangely doesn't include any program makers? Just a thought. Commissioners have been turned into post-office boxes for a content group driving the ABC in the opposite direction of where the chairman believes it should be heading. So what should the ABC be doing with docs? Here's what Chairman Kim thinks, and I wager the Australian public would agree: “The ABC needs to rediscover how to spell documentary and to give documentary the presence and prominence that it needs, particularly in terms of the ABC’s responsibility as being a pillar of democracy in Australia,” he says. That doesn't sound like much of the recent output from Auntie's doc department, or the timid work we've heard has been green-lit by the content commissars. Nor does it conform with the recent awful decision to gut the output of the ABC's religion and ethics slot, Compass (which is bound to annoy the chairman). Is a stoush brewing? Let's see if the content controllers got the memo.