WRAL’s Santiago Takes Impactful Journey for WRAL Doc
by WRAL-TV Reporter Leyla Santiago The day before we left, I sat on the couch in WRAL-TV Vice President & General Manager Steve Hammel’s office. Steve was to my left, Asst News Director Aysu Basaran and News Director Rick Gall were to my right. We briefly reviewed the plan and Steve fired off questions. How […]
Learning About Communicating During Disasters: FEMA Specialist Visits WRAL
Travel is the name of the game for FEMA employees. Usually, the trips take staffers into disaster zones, or field offices where they can help with the recovery effort. In July, FEMA External Affairs Specialist Julie Bradford took a very different kind of trip. She spent two days in the WRAL-TV newsroom to learn new […]
First-Place Bulls Begin Final Month of Regular Season
Defending Champions Open August with Four-Day Home Series against Buffalo The first-place Durham Bulls return to Downtown Durham this Thursday, August 7, 2014, to begin the final full month of the regular season. Thursday’s homestand opener will feature a doubleheader against the Buffalo Bisons, who will be in town through Sunday. The promotional slate is […]
Explorer Post 50 and Latest Technology Unite at Durham Bulls
The students at Explorer Post 50 and the Durham Bulls are making headlines on the web. In a blog entitled “Student-Run Telecasts, New Stadium Video Displays Highlight Durham Bulls’ Summer of Tech” on Sports Video Group, Senior Editor Brandon Costa writes about the unique program of allowing students to run the broadcasts of the Durham […]
SandDesk to Stick Around Until September
The WRAL SandDesk has earned a reprieve. When we set out for a salute to summer on Fourth of July weekend, we planned to bring you reports from our the WRAL SandDesk for about a month. We factored in the weather, your level of interest and estimated longevity of a sculpture of sand situated in […]