‘Always New Stories to Be Told’

Considering the many, many industry upheavals that defined the yearit’s easy—perhaps too easy—to feel pessimistic about the future of TV news. That’s why TVNewser decided to dedicate the last day of 2024 to spotting the green shoots that could flower in 2025.

As a companion piece to our 2024 watchwe asked insiders at all the major networks to jump ahead and share some positive vibes in the new year by answering two questions.

1. 2025 is shaping up to be a year of great changes and challenges for the media. What makes you optimistic about the industry as the calendar turns?

2. Complete this sentence: “Our resolution to viewers in 2025 is …”

See their answers below.

Chris Dinan, executive producer of ABC News’ World News Tonight

1. The industry has shown its resilience time and again through a wide variety of challenges, some of which could not have been imagined in years past. The success of World News Tonight with David Muir it makes clear that there is a strong and growing demand for high-quality journalism. So that, together with the daily dedication of the journalists who work alongside me every day, is a constant source for my optimism.

2. Our resolution to viewers in 2025 is to continue a long legacy of excellence and dedication to delivering the news accurately, fairly and in context, so that every minute spent with World News Tonight – or any ABC News program – is the best possible use. of our viewer’s precious time.

Well, Nielsendigital director of BBC News

1. A positive byproduct of the spread of misinformation and disinformation is that news organizations are forced to be more transparent and rigorous in their reporting. To address this, we launched BBC Verify in both the UK and the US, and the overwhelmingly positive response from our audience tells us that we are meeting an important need for many.