Meet Our Trio of Former TV News People

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Rick Kupchella | rick@bringmethenews.com
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Rick Kupchella has worked as an investigative reporter and television news anchor in Minneapolis and St. Paul for more than 20 years. He worked eight years before that – in New York, Washington, D.C., Michigan and Kentucky. Winner of more than a dozen Emmys, he’s also been recognized repeatedly by the New York International Film Festival, the “Best of Gannett,” the Edward R. Murrow Awards and the Eric Sevareid Awards (presented by the Minnesota Broadcasters Association). Rick has also served as president of the Minnesota chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and worked on campaigns to advance journalism at the state capital and Supreme Court. At BringMeTheNews, he continues to produce news stories of his own and works to advance journalism by helping the public find the best news stories in the state – every day.



Jim Hummel brings you "The Hummel Report" - Click here to see it.
It's a multimedia partnership that marks the first of its kind in Rhode Island. Each week, an investigative report will debut exclusively on WPRO radio (630-AM, 99.7-FM). Online video and ongoing news updates will also be posted to the Hummel Report Web site at . The Web site will also contain a database of public documents and information maintained and provided by the Ocean State Policy Research Institute. Further distinguishing the Hummel Report from other media outlets is its formation as a non-partisan, non-profit entity.

Who will be involved in the Hummel Report?
Jim Hummel is the Executive Director of the Hummel Report and owner of Beyond the Sound Productions Inc. Mr. Hummel acts as the senior investigator and is responsible for the investigations and production of the video stories. Recognized for his WLNE-TV/ABC6 “You Paid for It” segments, Hummel spent 13 years as chief reporter for ABC6. Hummel’s career highlights also include 13 years at The Providence Journal and receipt of the Radio and Television News Directors Association’s prestigious Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting.



Jill Burke is a reporter in Alaska. This is a shot of her on assignment in Point Hope, Alaska. She is now working for an online news magazine called Alaska Dispatch - "News and voices from the Last Frontier" which you can see by clicking here.

Jill did investigative journalism at the CBS station (KTVA) for 3 years and then was an anchor and reporter for the NBC station (KTUU) for 4 years.

This is how she describes her work:

"What I love about working online and at Alaska Dispatch is that we have an opportunity to tell stories more in-depth than traditional television news allows, and to employ for each piece the story-telling tools we feel serve the story best, whether it’s through words, pictures, video or some combination of the options a multi-media platform offers. It’s a true privilege to have the opportunity to work in an industry undergoing huge changes from within an environment that is also adaptive (independent, small, online workplace). More importantly, to have the chance to do it among journalists who share the same mission and vision -- telling Alaska’s stories of people, place and time in the world with depth and context –is a responsibility we take seriously and a joy to be a part of."

National Awards:
2009 - SPJ Sigma Delta Chi Award, public service, for 6 weeks of coverage of the criminal trial against U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens
2009 - Edward R. Murrow Award, news series, Crisis on the Yukon – for a series of stories on the economic impact of low salmon runs in one of the nation’s poorest communities.

These are the three people who had major investments in TV news who are now steeped in the challenge of presenting people with news and information online. How are they doing it? Are they making any money at it? How does their work day shape up? How is it different from what they did in TV news?

Just some of the questions we will explore in this project. Stay tuned.

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