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August 24th, 1992. My family and I were digging out of our home after it was devastated by Hurricane Andrew. We weren't alone because thousands of friends and neighbors were facing the same problems; one of the worst storms ever to the hit South Florida left a swath of destruction this community had never seen.
When CBS4's Gio Benitez thought it would be cool to use the video capabilities of his new iPhone to do a story on the people who had waited in line with him, the idea really clicked. It generated a storm of publicity, attention from media pundits, and one big question: How did you do that? Now, the story behind the story...and a tutorial so you can do that too!
Heres How!
For any good business to grow and serve their customers better, the company needs feedback from the public on how it is performing. CBS4 News works the same way and the best way for us to serve you better is to here what you have to say. Click below to be taken to our feedback form and see other ways to communicate with CBS4.
CBS4 Feedback
Often times, a news organization will designate an independent, internal critic to be the ombudsman of the operation. This position typically tries to help provide transparency to an operation. In the case of CBS4, we are dedicating this entire page to providing as much transparency as possible to our newsroom from reporters and managers. Here are some other organizations ombudsman and their take on issues the public wants brought to light.
Miami Herald - Edward Schumacher-Matos
Washington Post - Andrew Alexander
ESPN - Le Anne Schreiber
New York Times - Clark Hoyt
NPR - Alicia C. Shepherd
PBS - Michael Getler
Journalists everywhere turn to the Poynter Institute as a source for discussions on ethics, journalistic ideals, story ideas, seminars, and as a general reference source for all things news. CBS4's news director, Adrienne Roark, is an Ethics fellow at Poynter. Here are some sites from Poynter that many journalists consider a first read in the morning.
Al's Morning Meeting - hosted by Al Tompkins, the Morning Meeting is a lineup of suggested story ideas pulled together from stations and newspapers all over the country
Latest News on News - hosted by Jim Romenesko, this blog takes a look at news agencies that are making news themselves
Ethics and Diversity - analyzes how the media is covering diversity and the ethcis exercised by news agencies
Sometimes, the best way to give a critique or feedback to a business, is to first learn as much as you can about the business. Below you will find links to blogs, news aggregators, and highly-respected journalism review organizations that will help you understand the media industry a little bit better.
