KRON
Created By: buctales
Last Modified: 12/19/05
Summary: Changing the medium of television media in San Franscisco.Link: West Coast VJs
Summary: Video Journalism... Learn about it from some of the founders. The newsroom (KRON) is trying to adjust to having VJ's handle the bulk of news stories. It's a work in progress.
Link: Bay Area is Talking
Summary: Blogging the Bay Area for you.
Link: Media Orchard
Summary: Through this innovation, KRON has quadrupled the number of cameras it has on the street to capture stories. Its video journalists -- or "VJs" -- are cranking out packages left and right.
Link: Home Video Changes the Media
Summary: If you've been watching KRON Channel 4 lately you may have noticed that it looks a little less like standard local news fare and a little more like MTV's original reality show, "The Real World," neither amateur nor totally professional.
Link: Boing Boing Reports
Summary: San Francisco's KRON recently became the first major-market TV station in the US to supply much of its newsoom staff with laptops and digital video cameras, then train them to shoot, write, and produce stories on their own.
