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Journalism FAIL

William Rockhill Nelson — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:29:09 +0000

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 in the city.

Flooding coverage

William Rockhill Nelson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:41:16 +0000

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 offered by local media outlets. Unfortunately those tend to be cluttered with non-emergency and promotional messages. Our favorite is the KC Weather Podcast, which is also on Twitter. It’s one of the few that’s worth setting to send tweets to your phone.

Back with Beer and Boobs

William Rockhill Nelson — Wed, 19 May 2010 14:59:26 +0000

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 site.

Perhaps if Aggie Stackhaus had tried some topless mudsliding she wouldn’t be so upset about Rockfest trampling the grass in Penn Valley Park.

Second, the beer. The KC BeerFest returns to the city from its hinterland sojourn in the parking lots of Village West strip mall. The annual brewfest features microbrews from KC and around the country, including Avery, Bells, Boulevard, New Belgium, Unibroue, and many more. KC BeerFest starts at 1:00 p.m. Saturday in Westport.

Star lays off more people even though business is good

William Rockhill Nelson — Wed, 05 May 2010 21:21:57 +0000

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

KC Downtown Documentary goes national

William Rockhill Nelson — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 18:00:51 +0000

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

KCTV reining in Katie Horner

William Rockhill Nelson — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:05:56 +0000

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 thunderstorm and tornado season a lot less entertaining.

Bottom Line Communications has the details.

New season of KCPT’s Check Please debuts on Thursday

William Rockhill Nelson — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:55:26 +0000

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.

Gone Mild on Kevin Collison

William Rockhill Nelson — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:17:58 +0000

Be sure to check out this excellent post at Gone Mild on Kevin Collison, the Star’s development columnist who champions the giving of KCMO tax dollars to big developers, from the comfort of his home in Prairie Village. For more context, read Joe Miller’s December piece on Collison.

Northland Sun stops publishing

William Rockhill Nelson — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:18:23 +0000

Sun newspapers has suspended publication of the Northland Sun Tribune, which covered northern KCMO, Gladstone, Parkville, etc. For the moment, Sun continues to publish newspapers in Liberty, Smithville, Johnson County, and south KCMO.

Business Journal: NPG Newspapers suspends publication of the Kansas City Northland’s Sun Tribune

Fake Katie Horner on Twitter

William Rockhill Nelson — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:38:25 +0000

Just discovered this gem… twitter.com/fakekatiehorner