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Shannon Bream Profile…
Posted in FNC on April 1, 2009 by icn2Liberty Journal’s Teresa Dunham profiles FNC’s Shannon Bream…
One day she met Brit Hume, who was managing editor of the FOX bureau in D.C. at the time — and she and her husband, Sheldon Bream (’93), both told Hume that working for FOX was her dream. Telling her not to get her hopes up, Hume explained that he received lots of tapes every day, but her law background caught his attention.
She sent him a sample of her work — and since November 2007 she’s been in the FOX bureau.
“I came here and started what really is for me a dream job,” she said.
Spreading the NewsFor Bream, no two days are ever the same at FOX News.
“I usually find out the day before or the night before what my assignment will be for the day,” she said.
When a significant case is before the court, she’s there observing the arguments of brilliant legal minds — but when court isn’t in session, she could be assigned to anything, and the hours tend to vary.
“Some days I’m at the White House. Some days I’m on Capitol Hill. It is literally so different every day that I can go days without ever being at this desk because I’m out on assignment somewhere,” she said, motioning toward her work area adorned only with a “Nacho Libre” poster. “It’s always a challenge, and you’re learning a new subject or a new topic every day.”
Mara Schiavocampo Profile…
Posted in MSNBC on April 1, 2009 by icn2American Journalism Reviews’ Priya Kumar profiles MSNBC.com’s Mara Schiavocampo…
She sold her work to outlets including ABC News, National Public Radio, Current TV, Yahoo! and Ebony. In August 2007, the National Association of Black Journalists named Schiavocampo its Emerging Journalist of the Year.
The eloquence of Schiavocampo’s acceptance speech at the awards banquet and her poise on the podium caught the eye of Lyne Pitts, then a vice president at NBC. Looking at her work, Pitts thought, “This is a courageous young woman who will go anywhere to get a story that she believes in.”
NBC President Steve Capus and Wallace, who at the time was executive producer of “Nightly News,” were also impressed. In October 2007, Schiavocampo became NBC’s first digital correspondent.
Schiavocampo’s job at the network is unique. She comes up with story ideas, shoots video and still photography, edits, blogs and produces packages for the Web and television. Often her only travel companion is her guide.
Her subject matter spans everything from how Detroit citizens are coping with the struggling auto industry to lighter features like the rising popularity of cupcakes.
Her favorite story was born from her curiosity about the source of American women’s hair extensions. That question led her to a Hindu temple in India that sells the hair that religious devotees shave off. The visuals of bald women and children, colorful saris and bags of hair were perfect, she says.
Bill O’Reilly Interview…
Posted in FNC, MSNBC on April 1, 2009 by icn2The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Tim Cuprisin interviews Bill O’Reilly. Big takeaway…O’Reilly’s daily “FNC attack file”. It’s come down to this. He needs to be briefed on the attacks of the day.
“The mainstream media is corrupt, generally speaking. They don’t like Fox News because they perceive it as a conservative network,” he said during a phone conversation this week. “They’ve been writing our obituary now for pretty much the whole time we’ve been on the air.”
And then he gets specific.
“NBC, our competition, knows they can’t beat us, and then has set up an apparatus at MSNBC to attack Fox News.
“That kinda stuff is more alarming, when you have a guy like (NBC President) Jeff Zucker, who has a lot of power, and then you have a guy like Jeff Immelt, head of General Electric, who owns NBC; and they consciously know what’s going on, and they sanction it, industrial sabotage, every single day and nobody reports it.”
As for MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, whose show opposite O’Reilly at 7 weeknights is filled with critiques and cracks at O’Reilly’s expense, O’Reilly says: “He and his ilk are assassins. They’re character assassins.”
O’Reilly says he doesn’t watch MSNBC.
“I get a clip file every single day. The clip file has in it all attacks on Fox News personnel from all the media around the country. Every single day of the year, on NBC’s air, Fox News is attacked. Every day. News reporters are attacked, executives are attacked, show hosts are attacked, every day.
In Depth: How ICN can be gullible enough to fall for an April Fool’s joke…
Posted in FNC, In Depth on April 1, 2009 by icn2Steve Young blogs about Bill O’Reilly’s plans to boycott Minnesota…
With most every legal option exhausted by Norm Coleman and Al Franken about ready to take his U.S Senate seat, Bill O’Reilly has made his position quite clear. Until Franken leaves the US Senate, he will be boycotting Minnesota.
Last night on The O’Reilly Factor…
Hi. I’m Bill O’Reilly. Thank you for watching tonight.
Tonight I will be doing something I never thought I would have to, but that’s only because the unimaginable has happened. Al Franken, the despicable smear merchant who I have cleverly referred to for years as Stuart Smiley will be officially seated in the U.S. Senate.
That is the subject of tonight’s Talking Point.
First of all, it’s important to know that I am a objective observer who has no dog in this fight, but when I see this great country being brought down to such a level that a vile gutternipe can be elected to the U.S. Senate, I can no longer sit on the sidelines.
CNN in a Tough Economic Climate…
Posted in CNN on April 1, 2009 by icn2Bloomberg’s Sarah Rabil writes about CNN’s prospects in a tough economic climate…
CNN, surpassed by MSNBC for the first time in U.S. weekday primetime ratings last month, plans to increase its workforce this year and invest in its Web site.
In a “tough” advertising market, the cable-television news network will scale back investment in technologies such as mobile phones rather than fire employees, said Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. CNN is hiring about 30 workers for its newswire service this year and plans to recruit more for international news, he said.
“We’re operating in the same economies as everybody else,” Walton, 50, said in an interview last week. While CNN’s ad sales are “not as robust,” they aren’t “horrible.”
CNN’s Political Coverage Wins Peabody…
Posted in CNN on April 1, 2009 by icn2CNN announced that its political coverage won a Peabody…
CNN Earns Prestigious Peabody Award for Political Coverage CNN has won a 68th Annual Peabody Award for the network’s multi-platform coverage of the 2008 presidential primary campaigns and debates. According to the Peabody Board, “CNN gave viewers unparalleled coverage of a historic presidential election process.” CNN relied on its extensive resources and platforms to change the way the world looked at presidential political coverage and, as the Peabody recognizes, led the way with “distinguished achievement and meritorious public service.”
“A tremendous amount of innovation, commitment, quality journalism and hard work stand behind this honor,” said Jim Walton, president of CNN Worldwide. “CNN provided unrivaled coverage around the world across every platform possible, including television, radio, the Internet, and mobile.”
The award honors CNN’s application of state-of-the-art technology, such as the “Magic Wall” and the CNN Election Express, which served as a mobile newsroom. The network used these tools to present viewers with a closer look and better understanding of presidential politics. The judges also cite CNN’s “small army of reporters, producers and analysts,” who blanketed the country and television screens across the world. The Best Political Team on Television provided viewers with unmatched coverage and a front-row seat to a historic election.
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