McClatchy Adds Three ReadyCam Studios in Newsrooms for Election Day 2018

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 23, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- With Election Day 2018 just two weeks away, McClatchy (NYSE American: MNI) is making its journalists more accessible than ever to media outlets across the country. Three McClatchy newsrooms are now equipped with VideoLink's ReadyCam television studio systems. Leading journalists based at the Miami Herald, The Sacramento Bee and McClatchy's Washington bureau are now available for interviews to provide regional and national media outlets with on-camera insight and analysis for some of this election year's most high-stakes races.

McClatchy's ReadyCam studios offer broadcast-quality HD cameras, audio, lighting, interchangeable/electronic backdrops and IP-based transmission systems. The in-house broadcast capability also gives McClatchy the tools to produce live and pre-recorded media interviews on extremely short notice.

McClatchy journalists are now on standby for interviews—on election night and beyond—via our ReadyCam studios:

The Miami Herald

• Nancy Ancrum, Editorial page editor
• David Smiley, Political reporter

The Sacramento Bee

• Amy Chance, Politics editor
• Alexei Koseff, California politics reporter

McClatchy Washington Bureau

• Anita Kumar, White House correspondent
• Franco Ordoñez, White House correspondent

**NOTE for bookers/producers: McClatchy reporters and editors covering a wide variety of beats in Miami, Sacramento and Washington, DC, are available upon request. Please contact Melanie Jensen at [email protected], or call 916-694-7205 for reporter headshots and bio information/to arrange interviews.

About McClatchy
McClatchy operates 30 media companies in 14 states, providing each of its communities with strong independent local journalism in the public interest and advertising services in a wide array of digital and print formats. McClatchy publishes iconic local brands including the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star, The Sacramento Bee, The Charlotte Observer, The (Raleigh) News & Observer, and the (Fort Worth) Star-Telegram. McClatchy is headquartered in Sacramento, Calif., and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange American under the symbol MNI. #ReadLocal

About VideoLink LLC
VideoLink LLC, an AVI-SPL company, is a leading provider of video services to Fortune 500, financial services, enterprise companies, and institutions. Clients use our video services to drive brand awareness and create more engagement with their customers. We are known to our clients for simplifying live TV appearances and lowering in-house video production costs, creating results-driven branded video content strategies, and delivering video production services.

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