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Trump cases’ legal terms are translated to plain English by two former judges.
November 09, 2023

Too often legal terms are used, without definitions, by the news media while covering cases involving former President Donald J. Trump. This leads to public misinformation, misunderstanding and confusion. Periodically, this season, WOUB’s Spectrum podcas

David Collins, award winning producer, gives insights into his career
May 11, 2023

David Collins, an eight-time Grammy award winner, has been producing groundbreaking films, documentaries, television and streaming projects for over 25 years. The common thread to his expansive body of work is that his projects give voice to marginalized

Family who was robbed of over $230,000 by computer scammers faces turmoil.
May 04, 2023

Two- and one-half years ago, the Goldsberry family was robbed of over $230,000 by international computer scammers who took control remotely of a family computer and emptied several bank accounts. This happened through 14 wire transfers to Thailand from De

Judges are being trained to develop “anti-racist” courtrooms.
April 12, 2023

This fall, the National Judicial College (NJC), located on the campus of the University of Nevada-Reno, will hold its second groundbreaking course to teach judges from across the nation how to develop and maintain anti-racist courtrooms. This four-day co

“Masking” conceals unsafe commercial drivers making roadways hazardous.
March 23, 2023

Masking is a term used for when people with commercial drivers licenses (CDLs) get lenient treatment in our nations courts. This allows offenders to hide their traffic offenses and stay on our highways without retribution.Masking, although too often

Fran Lebowitz: writer, intellectual and humorist shares her views.
March 12, 2023

Before traveling to the Midwest, New Yorker Fran Lebowitz talked with Spectrums guest host Emily Votaw and share her views on life, mortality, friends and smartphones. Lebowitz is a writer, humorist and intellectual. A child of the 1950s, she shares her

WCPO’s Ramsay Fulbright heads the logistics of local television news
March 01, 2023

Local television newsrooms are often chaotic with breaking news and even routine stories spreading news crews and reporters across a wide geographic area. All are gathering news for both digital distribution and broadcast purposes with multiple and consta

Special skills are necessary to manage a newsroom full of reporters.
February 20, 2023

In the third of our Spectrum Podcast series on the inner workings of local television news, Janelle Bass gives us insight on being a managing editor at an urban television station in Cleveland.Bass not only manages the reporters at WEWS News 5, but she

Challenges face News Director in changing news culture in Norfolk
February 10, 2023

This the second in a series of episodes of WOUBs Spectrum podcast focusing on the importance of local television news in our news consumption.Allison Herman is a young news director. She only graduated from journalism school at Ohio University in 2010

Local Television News is trusted far more that national news outlets.
February 02, 2023

A study conducted by Gallup and the Knight Foundation has found that local television news is trusted by more people than national news outlets.The latest poll showed the gap between trust in local and national news has grown by three percentage points