CBC brings together TV, radio and online

by Alfred Hermida | November 23, 2007 at 12:16 am | 327 views | 3 comments

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The CBC in Canada is following in the footsteps of the BBC and moving towards bringing together television, radio and online.

Its English-language services are being formally integrated under one big boss, its current English television vice-president, Richard Stursberg.

The purpose is look at ways of having the three media arms work more
closely together, such as the CBC is trying out in its integrated news
operation in Vancouver.

It marks the end of a year of tumultous change at the top of CBC, with the departure earlier this year of news chief Tony Burman and the forthcoming retirement of CBC Radio vice-president Jane Chalmers.

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mtippett

at 13:53 on November 23rd, 2007

good stuff:

Rob Walker

at 15:29 on November 23rd, 2007

good stuff:

Ah, from the days of convergence when it was all about splitting everything up, to getting back to brass tacks.

I've seen it both ways: Newsrooms where reporters were expected to research, investigate, interview, write, record, edit and publish their stories in multiple mediums on a super tight budget, leading to loss of overall quality, and on the flip side I've witnessed major newsrooms separate the web, tv and print to the point where reporters in the same room were missing crucial details on each other's stories or overlapping their coverage.

Hopefully the CBC figures out a happy medium.