Koppel Hints Bloggers Are A Headache For TV News

By Steve Rubel
Expert Author
Article Date: 2005-05-02

An interview with Ted Koppel in the New York Times Magazine turned up this item: NYT: What's the biggest problem with network TV news today ...

TK: That they're giving up some of the very things that can differentiate them from the bloggers and other groups that are getting into journalism. They're giving up, for the most part, on overseas coverage. A lot of it is now being done just on the basis of video that comes in from APTV or Reuters Television, and then some guy sitting in London does a voice-over. That's not the smartest thing in the world.

Link:

QUESTIONS FOR TED KOPPEL

Night Shift

Interview by MATT BAI

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About the Author:
Steve Rubel is a PR strategist with nearly 16 years of public relations, marketing, journalism and communications experience. He currently serves as a Senior Vice President with Edelman, the largest independent global PR firm.

He authors the Micro Persuasion weblog, which tracks how blogs and participatory journalism are changing the public relations practice.

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