December 1995 Features

TELEVISION NEWS FEATURES

from the CWRU-TV News Service (December 1995)

The December 1995 edition of the CWRU-TV News Service is ready to provide your station with FREE news features for broadcast. The features are timely and suitable for morning, noon, evening, and weekend broadcasts and contain separate audio channels. Audio channel 1 contains NAT SOUND ONLY and audio channel 2 contains VOICEOVER, should you wish to feature your own reporter. Features also include extra interview and B-roll.

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CARDIAC BYPASS WOMEN (2:23) -- Even though 27 percent of cardiac bypass operations are performed on women, most cardiac rehabilitation programs are designed for middle-aged men. That's why nursing professor Shirley Moore is redesigning cardiac rehabilitation to meet women's needs.

SOT#1: Shirley Moore, CWRU Assistant Professor of Nursing

SOT#2: Sister Margaret Ann Kelley, cardiac rehabilitation patient

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (2:17) -- Just as in the current film "Home For The Holidays," many people on holiday visits bring emotional baggage along for the ride. In this report, psychologist Donald Freedheim offers advice to adult children, and their parents, on dealing with the emotional effects of a holiday visit home. Feature contains promotional clips from the Paramount Pictures film "Home For The Holidays."

SOT: Donald Freedheim, CWRU Associate Professor of Psychology

LIFE-SAVING AIRCRAFT PLASTICS (2:04) -- The Federal Aviation Administration has high hopes for newly developed, fire-resistant plastics that could buy passengers precious time to exit an aircraft in the event of a fire. The materials are being developed by Ken Ishida, CWRU professor of macromolecular science, and will eventually be used throughout passenger aircraft.

SOT: Ken Ishida, CWRU Professor of Macromolecular Science

PHYSICS OF STAR TREK (2:36) -- A new book by physics professor Lawrence Krauss takes a scientist's look at the physical phenomenon that takes place in the science fiction series "Star Trek." Are transporters, phasers, or warp drives really possible? Krauss celebrates the crew of the Enterprise.

SOT: Lawrence Krauss, Chairman & Professor, CWRU Dept. of Physics