Digital News: Research - The History of News

Television News history is filled with many changes and development. If you have turned on the TV to watch the news within the last 50 years, you will have seen the same stories - court cases, political races etc. However, the way the news is told and presented on TV has changed dramatically. An event that could've changed TV News significantly was the assignation of Kennedy in 1963 - this is classed as one of 12 events that changed TV News coverage forever. Coverage of this event was documented all over the world when the news hit, providing news channels with a huge challenge.
Things changed a decade later in the 1970's when Barbara Waters was the first woman to co present a network newscast. A trend seemed to take place which involved local stations using teams of people to present News rather than just the one journalist sitting at a desk. As colour TV evolved, this immediately advanced the news with lots being spent on logos and promotion. The 1980's saw an introduction to reporters having computers at their desks and in newsrooms, making research so much easier. In the 2000's - 9/11 brought new challenges for news coverage on television, news anchors were having to keep regular updates going as the events unfolded whilst simultaneously providing reassurance for those affected. News rooms and also heard rumours of further attacks and had to make a quick decision on whether to broadcast this or keep it under wraps until they had all the facts.
Today, we are able to watch news on TV several times a day, along with access to the internet, which has in some ways become even more widely used than TV for news coverage. There has been a clear advancement in not only technology but the way in which news is documented on Television.