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Four people died in Phoenix, Arizona today when two television news helicopters collided as they followed a car chase . The pilot and photo...

A federal judge just decided that Hazleton's immigration ordinance - the law that brought so much national attention to our area - is un...

A lot of you paid attention and applauded when MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski ripped up a script about Paris Hilton a couple of weeks ago. No...

Former WYOU reporter Phil Yacuboski has been hired as a writer for Scranton's Electric City. He's also done some work for them in...

It's pretty bad when you have to do a story about people using your station's website to try to scam people. WBRE reported this wee...

I spent the past week getting caught up on some off-Internet work, and look at what I missed! Two accused cop killers from New York City pi...

A viewer points out an interesting discrepancy from the local Nexstar duopoly this morning. WBRE chose not to air the President's press...

I've written in the past about the treasure trove of NEPA television you can find on YouTube. Besides historical perspectives from the...

The "NEPA negativity, revisited" thread seemed to bring out the worst in people, and in retrospect, there are some comments there...

Bob Dennis, a former photographer for WDAU/WYOU, died of cancer Friday night. WNEP's Andy Palumbo shares a pretty touching story about...

Beale's Bites has learned that the four firings that happened earlier this year at WNEP may not be the only ones to happen under new own...

Al Zobel was right. That statement alone is bound to ruffle many feathers among the television reporters in this area. But when Zobel spoke...

WNEP wants to know what you think about its apparently controversial morning news ticker. Ever since it was introduced this week, Talkback ...

After 12 years, Scott Stuccio is hanging up his hat at WYOU. The station's chief meteorologist will resign on September 28th to take a ...

Since instant messaging seems to be all the rage in the newsroom and elsewhere, I've decided to jump aboard the bandwagon. So, whether ...

WNEP is making two changes to its morning news show this week. The biggest change is a new co-anchor, Mindi Ramsey (formerly of WVIT-TV in ...

Imagine my surprise when I saw Sid Michaels on WYOU Sunday night. The anchorman who left the station last summer when "Dialing for Ne...

Here's the final critique in the "Grading the Video" series. Bar Shooting Any efforts to prove WBRE and WYOU are separate enti...

I wasn't able to catch the 6 p.m. news tonight for my ongoing video critique, so I tuned to WNEP at 11 p.m. I'll get to WYOU tomorr...

What separates television from all other forms of broadcast media is its ability to use great video to tell or enhance a story. Listening t...