A period of major transformation is forcing news organizations to adapt and change. This study provides a longitudinal analysis of the effects of organizational changes and change-management efforts at CNN Headline News on newsroom employees' attitudes, morale, and likelihood of quitting their jobs. The study found that for newsroom managers, organizational change was a losing proposition, resulting in staff members' perception of greater unhappiness with their jobs. Newsroom employees were most negative about changes they thought hindered their ability to produce high-quality journalism, and change-management efforts had only limited impact on job satisfaction and commitment.

of convergence curricula in journalism and mass communication programs," Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2005, 60: 32-46. AbstractThis study is an attempt to understand the mechanism driving programs of journalism and mass communication to converge media sequences. The study also describes the extent and variation of these changes. Findings from a national survey show that a majority of programs are at least experimenting with convergence, though most are also maintaining specialized tracks in some form. Findings also suggest that faculty perceptions of industry changes explain movement away from a sole reliance on separate tracks, but small program size and lack of accreditation are more important in explaining the decision to merge sequences. Predictors of Convergence Curricula in Journalism and Mass Communication ProgramsRecent research suggests many journalism and mass communication programs are taking steps toward convergence in their journalism curricula. 1 These steps vary in nature from tentative tinkering with courses to full-scale merging of journalism and broadcasting sequences.Presumably such changes are spurred by a perceived need to reshape skills in the rising labor force so they reflect changing needs of journalism organizations. Yet the industry has been exploring convergence in only a tentative way, apart from a handful of high-profile cases. 2 What is moving programs toward convergence if the market does not presently demand this movement? This study seeks to answer this question. In so doing, the study explores the mechanism driving curriculum change. Concepts from the sociology of organizations are used to develop predictors of change, including external factors from the economic and professional environment and internal factors such as structure and faculty characteristics. Specifically, the study analyzes (1) variation from traditional "medium-specific" curricula to curricula that train students across media platforms, (2) variation in attitudes among administrators and faculty about convergence and (3) possible causes of these variations. Findings suggest that faculty perceptions of industry changes explain movement away from a sole reliance on separate tracks, but small program size and lack of accreditation are more important in explaining the decision to merge sequences. Convergence in the industryThe concept of media convergence dates back several decades. In the mid 1970s, convergence referred to the coming together of telecommunications and computer technology. 3

The 2005 hurricane season provided unprecedented opportunities for local television stations to serve the public interest in live, often commercial-free, coverage of severe weather. In this examination of four local television stations' coverage of four Atlantic hurricanes in two Southeastern markets, observed patterns of behavior culminated in the development of the Local Weather Continuous Coverage Model. The study showed that unlike their cable news counterparts, local television news continuous coverage prioritizes weather personnel over live, on-the-scene news reporting. Of all the weather tools used, radar was the most frequently used, followed by watch and warning graphics.The 2005 hurricane season began as one of the most active in history and never seemed to let up. Even late in the year, forecasters were predicting that Gamma, the 24th storm of the busiest hurricane season on record, could threaten south Florida. These hurricanes and similar natural disasters prompted local news operations and their meteorologists to spring into action. Some reporters have documented stories of hurricane coverage assignments that, while planned for 72 hours, ended up lasting as long as 11 days (Powers, Meyer, & Ryan, 2005), whereas others have made local newspaper headlines for challenging local officials on behalf of viewers (McDaniel, 2005). One newspaper writer received 1,212 notes via email when he asked readers ''Did TV news go overboard covering Hurricane Rita?'' (Hoffman, 2005, p. 11).

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