TV Biz Is a Line Being Crossed in Haiti ? By kevin on Jan. 19, 2010 - 3:55 PM Much has been made of the recent involvement of news organizations going beyond standard journalistic roles while covering the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti. That’s been especially true for the TV doctors. Bob Steele, ...
TV Biz TVNewsers Heading To Haiti By Chris Ariens on Jan. 13, 2010 - 9:13 AM Continually Updated: We’ll update this post as we hear more about who is heading to Hispaniola, either the Dominican Republic or Haiti (if the airport is reopened) to cover yesterday’s 7.0 earthquake. CBS’ Katie ...
CNN TV Doctors Celebrate Release of Sanjay Gupta’s New Book By kevin on Dec. 15, 2009 - 3:57 PM “I’m grateful all the docs showed up, it’s amazing, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, they’re all here. So if something happens, you’re going to be very well taken care of, and the whole world is going to know abou ...
ABC Dr. Besser Keeping Busy at ABC By kevin on Oct. 15, 2009 - 8:16 AM The NY Daily News has a short profile of Dr. Richard Besser, the former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control turned correspondent, and his H1N1 coverage. He joined the ABC News staff as Senior Health and Medical Edit ...
TV Biz ‘GMA’ at the CDC By kevin on Oct. 8, 2009 - 11:07 AM • GMA’s Robin Roberts and ABC’s senior health and medical editor, Dr. Richard Besser traveled down to the CDC’s H1N1 Command Center for this morning’s show.
ABC Robin Roberts Brings GMA to the CDC By Chris Ariens on Oct. 6, 2009 - 3:15 PM TVNewser has learned ABC’s Robin Roberts will anchor Thursday’s “Good Morning America” from the Centers for Disease Control. Roberts, along with ABC’s senior health and medical editor, Dr. Richard Bes ...
Revolving Door ABC News Hires CDC Doc; Ups Dr. Tim Johnson to Chief Medical Editor By Chris Ariens on Jul. 30, 2009 - 9:59 AM ABC News announced it has hired Dr. Richard Besser as Senior Health and Medical Editor and at the same time has promoted 30-year ABC News health veteran Dr. Tim Johnson to Chief Medical Editor. Dr. Besser came to ABC’s atten ...