Jul

18

Journalism FAIL

July 18, 2010 | 3 Comments

KMBC-TV 9’s Lara Moritz just referred to last week’s NAACP convention “in St. Louis” – even though it happened right here in Kansas City.  Maybe Lara should be forgiven since her station recently moved from a building mere feet from the convention center to a remote location where it’s hard to know what’s going on [...]

Jun

16

Flooding coverage

June 16, 2010 | 3 Comments

KC Free Press has a recap of recent flash floods with a little bigger perspective than most of the local media. It notes new challenges in notifying the public weather emergencies when the few people left in front of TVs are watching DVRs instead of live programming.
One solution are the alert services and Twitter feeds [...]

May

19

Back with Beer and Boobs

May 19, 2010 | 3 Comments

We are back from a spring break with beer and boobs.
First, the boobs. Viewers of last night’s KSHB-TV 41 newscast witnessed a tube top malfunction when footage of Rockfest mudslides included some bare breasts.  An ashen-faced Mark Clegg had to apologize on air. Sadly the offending footage has already been removed from the station’s web [...]

May

5

Star lays off more people even though business is good

May 5, 2010 | 2 Comments

The KC Star has laid off more people, even though they seem to still be turning a profit and are seeing their ad business rebound.  The constant layoffs at the newspaper aren’t about the Star’s business, but rather about a crushing debt load at corporate master McClatchy

Apr

13

KC Downtown Documentary goes national

April 13, 2010 | 4 Comments

Last year’s documentary about the decline and redevelopment of Downtown Kansas City has gone national. It is currently airing on PBS stations across the country.  Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to be scheduled for another local showing anytime soon.
www.nextamericandream.com

Mar

26

KCTV reining in Katie Horner

March 26, 2010 | 1 Comment

Looks like management at KCTV-5 has finally clued into the fact that Katie Horner’s sensational weather reporting has become the butt of metro-wide joking and is actually hurting the station’s reputation.  They are pledging to tone down the station’s weather coverage. We’re actually kinda sad for this news, as it will make the approaching spring [...]

Mar

23

New season of KCPT’s Check Please debuts on Thursday

March 23, 2010 | Comments Off

Season 2 of KCPT’s popular Check, Please! begins Thursday at 8:00 p.m.  The series features restaurant reviews from KCPT foodie viewers and often has some interesting insights on the local food scene.  This season’s schedule includes En Chamas, NARA, Lulu’s, City Tavern, Julia(n), Room 39, and many others. KCPT now has last season’s episodes online.

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