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RE: OT: NEW He's Dead, Jim--notable Deaths thread
(09-30-2022 08:51 AM)GoodOwl Wrote:  If you're not a fan of the way local news is today, blame this guy, Al Primo, the man credited with creating Eyewitness News format: dies at 87

Quote:...Primo had developed the Eyewitness News concept earlier, and was recruited from KYW-TV in Philadelphia, where he had great success with his new approach to storytelling, and brought on talent like Tom Snyder.

While many people helped grow and spread the concept of Eyewitness News, Primo was the one who came up with the idea. Primo dispatched reporters into the field and then back into the studio to share their stories with the anchors, serving as eyewitnesses. Those reporters reflected the diversity of the community.

Primo believed the people presenting the news should look and sound like the audiences they served.

"I was determined to make the reporters the most important element of the program - they were the eyewitnesses," said Primo.

He hired many of Channel 7's legendary anchors and reporters from Geraldo Rivera to Rose Ann Scamardella....The Daily News once described him as 'the man who almost single-handedly changed the face of broadcast journalism.'...

It would seem Marvin Zindler owed his career to this guy.

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09-30-2022 09:17 AM
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