HighSchoolOT.com Hosts 2014 Season Kick-off Event
The high school football season has arrived and before long the stadium lights will be on for the 2014 edition of Friday night lights. On Monday, July 28, HighSchoolOT.com hosted area high school football coaches and players in Studio A at WRAL-TV in Raleigh for an annual kickoff event. Nearly 75 coaches and players from […]
WRAL-TV First 4K Documentary Airs August 13th
“Take Me Out to the Bulls” game is a half-hour WRAL Documentary that immerses viewers in the experience of visiting the Durham Bulls Athletic Park and watching America’s most famous minor league baseball team play a game. Employing multiple cameras and even a drone over a four-game home stand, the documentary offers perspectives of the […]
Quail Ridge Hosts Bull City Summer Creators
Find out more about the making of Bull City Summer, the ideas behind the project and how the photographers decided to approach their subjects. Editor Sam Stephenson, writers Adam Sobsey and Howard Craft and photographer Leah Sobsey, will speak at Quail Ridge Books in Raleigh on Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at 7:30pm. Inspired by the […]
BIGG Ideas Celebrated in Durham
FOX 50 and WRAL-TV Help Chris Rosati Honor Teens for Positive Impact The BIGG Premiere, which showcased seven Big Ideas from Triangle-area students, was a big hit. The event was a part of Chris Rosati’s BIGG Project (Big Ideas for Greater Good), a signature program of the Inspire Media Network designed to motivate students to […]
A Closer Look at CBC’s Video Art Collection: Emerge
When Capitol Broadcasting renovated and redesigned our corporate headquarters and built a new addition last year, CBC President & CEO Jim Goodmon envisioned creating a tribute to North Carolina artists for CBC employees and visitors to enjoy. The halls of CBC’s Western Blvd location are now lined with original artwork including photography, textiles, paintings, sculptures […]
WRAL’s Santiago Takes Impactful Journey for WRAL Doc
by WRAL-TV Reporter Leyla Santiago The day before we left, I sat on the couch in WRAL-TV Vice President & General Manager Steve Hammel’s office. Steve was to my left, Asst News Director Aysu Basaran and News Director Rick Gall were to my right. We briefly reviewed the plan and Steve fired off questions. How […]
Learning About Communicating During Disasters: FEMA Specialist Visits WRAL
Travel is the name of the game for FEMA employees. Usually, the trips take staffers into disaster zones, or field offices where they can help with the recovery effort. In July, FEMA External Affairs Specialist Julie Bradford took a very different kind of trip. She spent two days in the WRAL-TV newsroom to learn new […]
First-Place Bulls Begin Final Month of Regular Season
Defending Champions Open August with Four-Day Home Series against Buffalo The first-place Durham Bulls return to Downtown Durham this Thursday, August 7, 2014, to begin the final full month of the regular season. Thursday’s homestand opener will feature a doubleheader against the Buffalo Bisons, who will be in town through Sunday. The promotional slate is […]
Explorer Post 50 and Latest Technology Unite at Durham Bulls
The students at Explorer Post 50 and the Durham Bulls are making headlines on the web. In a blog entitled “Student-Run Telecasts, New Stadium Video Displays Highlight Durham Bulls’ Summer of Tech” on Sports Video Group, Senior Editor Brandon Costa writes about the unique program of allowing students to run the broadcasts of the Durham […]
SandDesk to Stick Around Until September
The WRAL SandDesk has earned a reprieve. When we set out for a salute to summer on Fourth of July weekend, we planned to bring you reports from our the WRAL SandDesk for about a month. We factored in the weather, your level of interest and estimated longevity of a sculpture of sand situated in […]