ESPN is not responsible for asking for these waivers, and our reporters will not be signing them. ESPN Original Entertainment, a separate division from our newsgathering operation, has been having ongoing discussions with an outside production company for this series, which hasn't been finalized or announced. These requests were a surprise to us.
Quotes about newsgathering (9 Quotes)
The Miller case was in the headlines and there was a lot of debate upon the chilling effect that that case had on newsgathering abilities.
HD News is a hot topic on the minds of many in our industry, and it's critical to have the right technology in place when it's time to make the switch. For the CBS stations, Sony's XDCAM technology provides a strong foundation for future-proofing our newsgathering and production workflows, so our stations can migrate to high definition production at a pace that makes the most sense for them.
For us as a newsgathering organization, it really gave us the best information we have ever had forecasting. They told us what to expect, what we'd see, and we prepared for that.
Tom presided over a dramatic expansion of CNN's newsgathering operations and led the network into the age of digital interactivity, ... Throughout his tenure, he's upheld and enhanced the traditions of journalistic integrity and independence that distinguish CNN as the world's foremost news brand.
It's always worrisome when you cut back at your core newsgathering operation. There's going to be nothing to serve up to the radio station or the TV or the Web site if we don't have time and people to actually dig out the news and get it right and write our stories.
This time, because there was something else a little more important in the headlines for these newsgathering operations to deal with, they virtually didn't cover this at all. Consequently, I would say on the order of several million people who probably would like to have watched 'Survivor' might not even have known it was on.
I think it's a good thing that there are bloggers out there watching very closely and holding people accountable. Everyone in the news should be able to hold up to that kind of scrutiny. I'm for as much transparency in the newsgathering process as possible.
We clearly are not going to replicate the newsgathering ... our partners have in place, ... clearly it's not for the faint of heart.