Pandemic Journalism: Graham Richardson on maintaining Quality & Scrutiny in the COVID era

Speaking of Media ....with Keith Marnoch

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The Global Pandemic has affected us all … but perhaps nowhere has it been more obvious than through the channel where the stories about the pandemic have been shared – through broadcast news …

But ….has the influence of this worldwide health crisis been a boom?? or a bust for television news?

How crucial is local news in an era where seemingly larger stories dominate the headlines?

Graham Richardson argues that the pandemic has actually revealed the true value of local news stories …

In a career that has included time in local news through Alberta and later as the Ontario Bureau Chief at Queen’s Park in Toronto for Global News, Graham Richardson has since covered significant international stories that mattered to Canadians while stationed in Los Angeles for CTV National News … and now as the Chief Anchor for CTV NEWs Ottawa, he has come full circle with a valuable perspective on how his audience receives and digests the news he delivers …
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Chapters

1. Pandemic Journalism: Graham Richardson on maintaining Quality & Scrutiny in the COVID era (00:00:00)

2. Choosing a News focus for the Day (00:02:17)

3. Politics: A life-long passion (00:04:32)

4. Big stories on the international stage (00:05:53)

5. Pandemic story thirst proves value of Local News (00:06:16)

6. Sticking up for Journalism in a Social Media World (00:07:18)

7. How COVID Changed TV News (00:09:09)

8. How technology benefits Local Coverage (00:11:04)

9. Pluses and Minuses of Journalistically-Remote reporting (00:12:48)

10. How emotion overtaken Pandemic Coverage? (00:14:10)

11. Hindsight COVID reporting (00:18:37)

12. Authenticity-driven messaging in remote interviews (00:20:50)

13. How Cuts to Broadcast Industry affect journalistic quality and scrutiny (00:26:53)

14. Is a Journalism Degree still worth it? (00:30:05)

15. Wrap up (00:32:15)