RTDNA reported that its latest survey conducted with Newhouse School at Syracuse University found that two-thirds of TV newsrooms are still experiencing impacts from the COVID pandemic.
Budget cuts and staff sizes are among those impacts. In addition, about one-third still have some staff working remotely for the most part rather than from the newsroom.
Just 30% of TV news directors say that coronavirus is not having a major impact on their newsrooms anymore.
The story is different for radio. About two-thirds of radio stations anticipated no meaningful long-term changes due to COVID. Nearly 58% of radio stations reported their operations are pretty much back to normal.
Shop Talk is a weekly panel discussion about journalism issues. This week’s program featured Will Buss, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University and advises the student editors at the Western Courier, the students at student radio station The Dog, and the WIU chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists; Rajvee Subramanian, who teaches in the Department of Broadcasting and Journalism at Western Illinois University; and TSPR News Director Rich Egger.
