NewsTechForum 2023

Executives from Fox News, Sinclair and Hearst Television discussed efforts underway to organize and capitalize on their massive archives at last week’s NewsTECHForum, where efficient — and more potentially inexpensive — methodologies are beginning to emerge.

TVNewsCheck’s annual conference in New York last week charted the forward trajectory of news technology and storytelling. See all the videos of the sessions here.

Constant data allows stations to iterate on the fly on their streaming and FAST channels, executives from CBS News & Stations, Fox Television Stations and Gray Television told a NewsTECHForum audience last week.

Top news executives from Tegna, Hearst Television, Spectrum News and The Weather Channel told a NewsTECHForum panel last week that safety, security, mental-health services and higher pay are all top prerogatives in a more dangerous and stressful newsroom environment.

Executives from Scripps News, Gray Television, NBCUniversal Local and ProPublica told a NewsTECHForum panel last week that their cross-group collaborations, as well as with organizations outside their own, have become critical to delivering on their news mission and their viability.

Leading technology executives from the BBC, AP, the Partnership on AI and Adobe said news organizations won’t be able to avoid the profound changes being ushered in by generative AI, and the time to frame up ethical and safe guidelines for its use is today.

Tech leaders from CNBC, Fox Television Stations, Gray Television and Sinclair told a NewsTECHForum audience earlier this week that flexibility and speed are driving their implementation of a range of new technology, from LED displays and AR graphics to more expansive remote production and use of the cloud.

E.W. Scripps CEO Adam Symson and NewsNation anchor Connell McShane told a NewsTECHForum audience Tuesday that TV news needs a more durable model based on more consistent community engagement and more room for conversation and discovery around subjects. (Image: Symson, left, and McShane)

The conference, which will tackle the theme of Adapting to a Culture of Continuous Crisis, will be accessible via live stream as well as for in-person attendees at the New York Hilton on Dec. 12. Featured speakers are from BBC, AP, CNBC, E.W. Scripps, NewsNation, NBCUniversal, CBS News & Stations, Tegna, Hearst Television, Gray Television, Fox Television Stations, ProPublica the Partnership on AI and much more. Register here.

News leaders from E.W. Scripps and NewsNation will confront the high stakes the industry faces in a pivotal election year, the journalistic and technological resources they’ll bring to bear against it and the repercussions for American democracy itself in a keynote panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum conference on Dec. 12 in New York. Register here.

Leading executives from Sinclair, Fox News, Hearst Television and Newsbridge will share the latest technologies and methodologies they’re employing to harness the full content potential of their vast archives for new shows and revenue streams in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum conference at the New York Hilton on Dec. 12. Register here.

Experts and leaders from the BBC, AP, Partnership on AI, Adobe and Avid will discuss how generative AI will reshape news production but present major ethical, operational and security challenges in the process in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum conference at the New York Hilton on Dec. 12. Register here.

Leaders from Scripps News, ProPublica, Gray Television and NBCUniversal Local will share how they’re organizing their newsrooms to foster collaborations of growing scope and ambition in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s 10^th annual NewsTECHForum on Dec. 12 at the New York Hilton. Register here.

Streaming executives from Gray Television, Bitcentral, CBS News & Stations, LTN and Fox Television Stations will share the critical insights they’ve gleaned from consumers of their streaming news channels and how they’re using that — and emerging technology — to guide their fast-evolving programming strategies in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum conference in New York on Dec. 12. Register here.

News technology leaders from CNBC, Sinclair, Gray Television and Fox Television Stations will discuss the transformative changes to studio design and production along with dramatic leaps in field production technology in a panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum in New York on Dec. 12. Register here.

Top news executives from Tegna, Hearst Television, The Weather Channel, Spectrum Networks and The Weather Company will share how they’re hardening their newsrooms and operations — and helping staffers adapt — to a nonstop barrage of major breaking events, threats and crises in the kickoff panel at TVNewsCheck’s NewsTECHForum conference at the New York Hilton on Dec. 12. Register here.

TVNewsCheck’s annual conference exploring the intersections of news and technology, returns on Dec. 12 at the New York Hilton to explore how news organizations are evolving to meet a moment of unprecedented challenges. Speakers from the BBC, AP, E.W. Scripps, CNBC, Tegna, ABC Owned Stations, NBCUniversal Local, Sinclair, Gray Television, CBS News & Stations and more will be featured. Register here.