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Saturdays for both shows run one season back so it won't be until next year.

Yes 3D motion and use of light effects take full advantage of big screen video tech to create a larger than life emotional connection and distinctiveness that cements an identity. Doesn’t belong everywhere and needs to have design thought and storyboarding to be done well. Overuse of white background fields is the crime in video graphics. It’s too much contrast on a lit screen.

No. They don't. Rey Rodriguez is all they got. So it's his mediocrity or nothing. Nexstar won't spend the money on anything else. The fact that they don't have a group-wide package like Sinclair does (which feels incredibly dated and boring) is impressive, given where the business is at the moment. Assuming that you mean a network owned & operated station, there's only one that used a Linear Drift package and that's CBS. I liked their 2013 package better than their 2016. My contention is that 3D can look great, if it's subtly used to highlight certain information, context, etc. Completely flat looks terrible and completely 3D looks gaudy. There's is a design balance which I think works across multiple platforms and devices. This is why I want to see sets with multiple moving components so that they can be reconfigured for new and different standups, interview sets, news, weather, etc. Why have set designs that have statically designated areas these days?

A few departures of longtime employees is happening at WMBB in Panama City, FL. I don't think these are related to the recent layoffs that have gone down at Nexstar stations over the past several days. Longtime anchor Amy Hoyt will be stepping down tonight. She has worked in the market since the early 1980s (beginning at WJHG) and started working at WMBB in 1994, anchoring the news ever since. https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-news/bay-county/amy-hoyts-proclamation/ General Manager Terry Cole is also stepping down. He's led WMBB since 2008 when Media General sold them to Hoak Media. https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-news/bay-county/wmbbs-terry-cole-is-stepping-down-as-general-manager/ Before WMBB, he was also the GM at rival WJHG and later was the GM at KAKE in Wichita. He even received correspondence from Dennis Rader, who was revealed to be the infamous "BTK Killer" and these messages led to his capture. Also retiring is a longtime engineer, Mark Gilland who has worked for WMBB for 26 years.

Not to mention many of their studios are above amazing...

The primary role of local news design is to support editorial content while creating a cohesive brand experience. At its core, design needs to prioritize clear, legible information for audiences, whether they’re watching on large screens or smaller devices across different platforms. A strong, well-defined hierarchy is essential to guide attention and ensure key details can be understood at a glance. While I absolutely agree that design should also be visually engaging, it has to stick to basic principles of layout and typography to do its job: enhancing and clarifying the content, not just chasing trends for the sake of being flashy. This is where I think some broadcast designers—and foamers—lose the thread. There needs to be real intention behind design decisions. In this case, I don’t see that intention, either from an information perspective or even in the overall design. That said, if you’re just into big, shiny 3D shapes, that’s awesome! I’m glad there are still designers out there who can create that for you.

TIL the GrayONE package was not simply just a Matt Quinn job, but was a project done jointly with Tristan Bresnen. Videos of Tristan's work can be found on his new website: http://www.redterror.tv

This is not a joke or an Onion story. To be fair, she is a former journalist. To not be fair, she's destroyed her credibility by getting into politics and getting into her political views. https://apnews.com/article/trump-kari-lake-voice-of-america-ambassadors-e894cf2e84791b35528baa0cbdd66b22

Not that Kari Lake has the experience to lead an organization of any kind. She was an anchor. She never made it to the corner office. But that's endemic of this new Trump Administration. Only recent replacements like Bondi have run any departments with scale (let's be real, Bondi isn't good at it).

Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but there’s a new rendition of the Hello News image theme for KWQC: