A rare opportunity to see Philadelphia’s top TV news decision-makers together in one room, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Mid-Atlantic panel discussion “Meet the News Directors,” held on Jan. 8 at Drexel University, was all about community focus, keeping up with digital and staying true to what the people want — even if what the people want is 24/7 coverage of the polar vortex.
Newsroom leadership is as ever-evolving as the industry itself, so this was the first time the panel featured 6ABC’s Tom Davis, FOX29’s Jim Driscoll and NBC10’s Anzio Williams, in addition to past panelists including WHYY’s Chris Satullo and CBS3’s Susan Schiller. Here’s what they had to say about the future of the field (check out @EmmyMidAtlantic’s Twitter feed for the full run-down).
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