Categories: OLD Media Moves

WSJ to launch new video programs

The Wall Street Journal announced Friday a new slate of video programs that will air on its website and on its YouTube channel.

The shows will be a range of digital storytelling styles, including short explainer videos, a documentary series and a groundbreaking digital video magazine.

Original programs announced Friday morning include:

Future of Everything:
The “Future of Everything” will look just beyond the horizon at previously unimaginable developments in the areas of artificial intelligence and robotics; energy and the environment; neuroscience and the brain; space exploration and much more. It’s about the science and technology behind the inventions, innovations and ingenious concepts that will shape life.

Signal:
“Signal” is the first truly global digital video magazine and an entirely new experience for viewers and advertisers. With “Signal,” The Wall Street Journal will filter the world’s stories, using high standards and news judgments, to select the ones you really need to see.

Featuring exclusive excerpts from the world’s best filmmakers and the most promising, emerging talents, short glimpses into the lives of the most interesting luminaries, and the very best videos from the Journal’s global news staff, Signal will curate an eclectic mix of short video dispatches into an immersive magazine experience. It’s insightful, ingenious and powerful.

The Short Answer:
“The Short Answer,” hosted by The Journal’s Jason Bellini, will explain complex, breaking news topics through data, graphics, animation and other visual storytelling tools.

The Journal’s video programming is now available on 32 platforms including Apple TV and Roku.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.