TVNewsCheck: A new documentary traces the popularity of local TV news to one man, Al Primo
“I highly recommend the film to everybody, especially those in the TV news business,” writes Paul Greeley of TVNewsCheck, a broadcasting trade publication. Greeley notes that the film has already won multiple film/documentary awards.
The documentary has been a passion project for Calfano, a veteran news reporter and UC faculty member since 2016, who established the Center for Local News in the College of Arts and Sciences in 2023.
The documentary focuses on Eyewitness News creator Al Primo (1935-2022). Primo was an American television news executive who is credited with creating the Eyewitness News format. Hundreds of markets took on the Eyewitness News name to label their own featured local newscasts and others continue to use Primo's concept under different names for their own formats.
Primo is also credited with discovering and mentoring Rivera, who rose to national prominence in 1975 for pushing for, and anchoring, the first public airing of “The Zapruder Film” — a 1963 home movie of the Kennedy assassination taken by bystander Abraham Zapruder — on ABC’s Good Night America.
Latest UC News
- UC Clermont welcomes students from 50 states as programs, pathways increaseThe University of Cincinnati Clermont College now boasts students from all 50 states in the United States and overseas, thanks to a growing slate of online programs and innovative in-person and hybrid offerings.
- GE Aerospace, UC celebrate first class of GE Next EngineersThe Cincinnati Business Courier highlights a collaboration between the GE Foundation and UC's College of Engineering and Applied Science to get more students interested in careers in engineering.
- CCPS faculty foster global cooperative education with Taiwan initiativeAssistant professors Gwen Roemer and Nadia Ibrahim-Taney take significant step towards enhancing global cooperative education and career development opportunities through a strategic initiative in Taiwan.
- Diabetes, heart problems and kidney disease are closely linkedThe University of Cincinnati's Estrelita Dixon was featured in a New York Times article discussing ways to manage heart disease, diabetes and kidney disease, chronic diseases which are often linked.
- Explore CCM Prep's dance, music and theatre arts programs for all agesStudents of all ages and abilities with an interest in the performing arts can explore their creativity in Prep programs at UC's College-Conservatory of Music. CCM Prep offers a wide variety of classes in dance, music and theatre arts — including classes for adults, young children teens and pre-professional students preparing for a future in the performing arts.
- Remembering University of Cincinnati Professor Zane L. MillerThe name Zane L. Miller, PhD, evokes memories of a diligent researcher, passionate professor, collaborative colleague and the individual responsible for establishing the University of Cincinnati as a center of urban historical studies.