A local news segment on Snoop Dogg’s wine led to anchor Barbie Bassett being taken off the air
An attempt to quote Snoop Dogg appears to have led to Barbie Bassett being removed from the WLBT airwaves after 23-plus years there.
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Journalism community mourns slain reporter Dylan Lyons, 24, killed while reporting on a murder
Lyons was fatally shot Wednesday afternoon, while colleague Jesse Walden was critically injured.
WBZ “most Massachusetts news report of all time” goes viral, featuring a vox pop on dinosaur extinction
"I don't like change. I tell my kids the dinosaurs didn't become extinct by accident, they saw the future and said, 'Screw this, let's go to the tar pit.'"
Prominent San Antonio news and sports figure Gary DeLaune has passed away at 88
DeLaune was one of San Antonio's most prominent news and sports figures over the past decades.
Fox 29 Philly’s Mike Jerrick says “We just got in footage of Ben Simmons leaving hastily out of Philadelphia,” shows washed-away dumpster
"We just got in footage of Ben Simmons leaving hastily out of Philadelphia, let's check that out."
Philadelphia ABC affiliate WPVI broadcast mooned by boardwalk jogger, prompting clever camera operator reaction
The post-mooning zoom fit with the broadcast, and it also might make it easier to identify the offender.
CTV Calgary’s newscast showed a parting shot of a nearby ice rink, which featured a skater falling over
This was quite the way to end the local news.
Here’s how local sports anchors are working despite no live events during coronavirus crisis
Some sports reporters have been folded into the news staff, while others have gotten creative in their segments
A Savannah runner has been banned from further races after smacking a local reporter’s butt
Alex Borzarjian was covering the annual Savannah Bridge Run for Savannah NBC affiliate WSAV Saturday when Tommy Callaway ran by and smacked her on the butt. That's now led to Callaway being banned from further races.
Mississippi meteorologist snapped his fingers at coworker on-air during tornado report, prompting Twitter commentary
"John! John! I need you off the phone, I need you to check radar, and I need you to look at this tornado warning up on ABC here and see if I need to be on it."
WTOL 11 tried too hard to be cool, from “slay all day” to “stay woke” to “weather’s going to be lit” (updated)
"Yeet! Stay woke, be on fleek, and get that Gucci breakfast." "GOOOOALLLLS! Say 'Bye, Felicia' to that testing stress! Weather's going to be turnt, right, Chris?"
Southern California chase ends with truck flipping, suspect taken down, and anchor’s Gus Johnson-level “Game over!”
"They are attempting a pit maneuver! Whoa, here we go! The vehicle flipped over, oh my goodness! Vehicle flipped over, westbound Lampson Avenue, CHP said 'Game over!'"
