A community stroke education event has been rescheduled for Tuesday on WFLA, News Channel 8. ...more

May 23, 2009

Is journalism dying or is it on the verge of being reborn? Are we witnessing the end of newspapers, local TV and local radio news? ...more

April 1, 2009

As the result of dwindling advertising revenues, WFLA, Channel 8, plans to discontinue its 11 a.m. newscast at the end of May. The announcement to end "News Channel 8 Midday" and other changes involving WFLA and The Tampa Tribune were made to the newsroom staff this morning by WFLA News Director Don North and Managing Editor for Online Loren Omoto. ...more

March 31, 2009

The newspaper and television company Media General Inc. will shutter its Washington bureau at the end of the month, trimming an additional six reporters from the dwindling pool of journalists in the nation's capital. ...more

March 13, 2009

Amid hoopla and frustration over the switch to digital television, one thing is for sure. Some companies are making out quite well. ...more

February 27, 2009

We have absolutely no control of what the government, big business and nature has in store for us. Each of these entities has gotten so big and uncontrollable that they can do anything they desire and the general public takes a beating financially and emotionally. ...more

February 26, 2009

More than 400 hundred television stations across the nation switched from analog to digital on Feb. 17 and hundreds more will make the transition on June 12, leaving millions of bewildered viewers asking what happened to their "Matlock" reruns. ...more

February 22, 2009

Russell and Gail Kruetzman of Thonotosassa stopped by the Sun City Center Community Information Center, which is becoming one hopping place. They sat down with volunteer Ann Marie Leblanc to learn all they could about the community before taking a walking tour. ...more

February 18, 2009

Longtime WFLA, News Channel 8, reporter Rod Challenger is retiring today after 30 years at the NBC affiliate. ...more

February 13, 2009

On Tuesday, federal regulators announced which television stations have decided to end analog broadcasts on or before Feb. 17, including seven in the Tampa Bay area. ...more

February 11, 2009