A Conversation with Marselis Parsons, WCAX
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Agenda Items
- Introduction - 0:00
- Horror Stories - 7:01
- From Channel 31 to Channel 3 - 9:15
- Mickey Gallagher - 11:39
- We knew our community (Diversity/ Snelling Death) - 15:05
- Brian Dubie Announces with Press Release - 17:22
- The Idea of Vermont - 19:20
- Bad News/ Good News - 27:30
- Who's the Audience for Nightly News? - 34:00
- Public Access as a Great Change - 35:39
- New Ways of Delivering News - 36:49
- Afflict the Comfortable - 42:00
- Most Important Stories - 46:16
- Public Access TV - 48:40
- Viewer Response - 50:39
- Funding News in the Internet Age - 53:45
- What Next? - 57:05
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Description
Lauren-Glenn Davitian talks with WCAX's Marselis Parsons, News Director and Anchor of WCAX News. Marselis is retiring on October 12th, 42 years after he started at Vermont's family owned CBS affiliate. He reflects on changes in the media business, Vermont and the future of local news. Click here to watch an interview from 1991.
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