Newsroom Selection
I have decided to follow WCVB Boston for our newsroom selection this semester. I chose this station because back in highschool, I took a tour of their studio with my communications class. We got to see an inside look at what really goes down in these places and all the work that is put in off camera. It was really interesting to see. They are based out of Needham, MA. They focus on current news, weather and sports in the Boston area.
I am curious to see their approaches to social media and how they feed their stories to the masses. I am also interested in seeing the types of news stories they use and how creative they decide to get in order to maintain relevance.
Their social media approaches are very consistent on multiple platforms; Facebook, Instagram and Twitter seem to be the busiest sources for their news online. There are many duplicate stories on each device, which makes me curious if their automated post’s or not. It most likely is posted to one site and is wired to send the stories to all platforms it connects to.
I chose this station because it is close to where I live and I have experienced an afternoon in their station. I am very curious to follow them and see how they do news.
