A vertical video news of the day example on the last pennies in production.
Marvin is a regular guy who was out on the lake when he heard a cry for help. He didn’t know who it was. He didn’t know if it was safe. He didn’t even know if it was real. But he went to help anyway, and his decision saved someone’s life. Find more of this story and other feel-good news on The Bright Side.
Everyone kept telling Jude how amazing he was after he survived a rare form of cancer and decided to use his Make-A-Wish to help strangers, but he said, “You don’t need to beat cancer or get a wish… you can help someone right now.” Jude shows all of us that you don't need to be a hero to do a little good. Catch more feel-good news on The Bright Side.
Looking for good news stories, uplifting content, and real-life acts of kindness? This episode of The Bright Side with Kaitlyn Ross and Aisha Howard is filled with inspiring stories that will restore your faith in humanity from all around the Atlanta area.
Capitalizing on virality: After the raw video of Lauren Boebert’s now-infamous ‘Beetlejuice’ incident did numbers online, this clip of her addressing it during the 2024 debate garnered over 31K views.
An example of capitalizing on potential virality. After a fiery debate in 2024, this clip was posted and garnered over 11.7K likes and 295K views on TikTok alone.
News of the Day example: Doing what I love. Come ski with me before work as I give you spring skiing tips for your season.
News of the Day example: FOR SALE (maybe): A Republican budget bill proposes the sale of millions of acres of public lands across the West, including Colorado.
News of the Day example: New details in an 18-year-old Colorado cold case murder, including a letter from the alleged killer after he confessed.
In addition to promotional content, vertical video production includes short news of the day clips, posted cross-platform to 40+ news stations’ social media pages.
At the crossroads of journalism and marketing, these shorts were created to mimic paid advertisements on TikTok and Instagram to promote WKYC’s Kirtland Cult killings documentary.
To promote WTHR (Indianapolis)’s documentary “Burned Alive” on inmates burned alive in their cells in Indiana’s oldest state prison, a series of still graphic and vertical video materials were posted cross-platform to all now-former TEGNA stations. Result: Since being shared with stations, the doc has garnered more than 1.3M streaming minutes across 39,516 unique users with 63,108 plays.
To promote WTHR (Indianapolis)’s documentary “Burned Alive” on inmates burned alive in their cells in Indiana’s oldest state prison, a series of still graphic and vertical video materials were posted cross-platform to all now-former TEGNA stations. Result: Since being shared with stations, the doc has garnered more than 1.3M streaming minutes across 39,516 unique users with 63,108 plays.
Created, scripted and edited a faux-podcast as a promotional play for a true crime documentary released by WKYC in Cleveland.
To promote local broadcast station WKYC in Cleveland’s new documentary on the Kirtland Cult killings, Marissa spearheaded and edited a series of faux-podcast style vertical shorts. These shorts were posted in a cross-platform promotional sweep for all then-TEGNA stations (Instagram, Facebook, TikTok). Result: “Kirtland” documentary was the highest searched across station apps.
Quick vertical forecast for 9NEWS in Denver. Marissa has made face-forward vertical videos for several stations across TEGNA/Nexstar holdings.
Part of a talent-led video podcast pilot program for local TEGNA/Nexstar stations. The Bright Side is an Atlanta-based good news show featuring reporting by Kaitlyn Ross, joined by cohost Aisha Howard. The show is scripted, directed, produced and edited by Marissa Solomon.
Heartland Emmy award nominated newscast for Best Evening Newscast in 2023.
A last minute move has thousands of families scrambling before the start of the school year. - Coloradan looking for a place to live after homeless sweep.
Farmers say they need an act of Congress to find workers. - Providers caught in universal pre-K mess. - DPS' de-escalation rooms. - Next turns 7.
Denver will clear another homeless encampment. Does it fit the policy, or is this to pretty up the space by the Governor's mansion? - A stoplight that never turns green. - Plants meant to help burn scars recover are slow to grow. - Your good news.
Colorado might throw some cash at people looking to convert empty downtown buildings into housing. And how the library is helping new Coloradans.
Crime rates are dropping, so why do Coloradans think the opposite? - Feeding young minds and bodies at the same time - Coloradan unexpectedly running for president
Lauren Bobert is moving - and it might be the best move for Colorado Republicans in a while. - The City of Denver will sweep an encampment of migrants on Zuni, who are worried they'll have nowhere to go next. - The Colorado GOP has said they want to keep Trump on the state primary ballot and even threatened to get rid of the primary entirely if he isn't. Now, they're taking action. - Keeping the legacy of queen Kwanzaa alive.
In preparation for the Olympics, Marissa wrote, shot and edited three figure skating breakdown videos to be posted across several NBC-affiliate local stations, or in markets where winter sports were high interest. These videos gained traction as the Olympic events began in Feb. 2026, in some cases increasing their view count by thousands.
In preparation for the Olympics, Marissa wrote, shot and edited three figure skating breakdown videos to be posted across several NBC-affiliate local stations, or in markets where winter sports were high interest. These videos gained traction as the Olympic events began in Feb. 2026, in some cases increasing their view count by thousands.
A fun Thanksgiving show on a light news day.
In preparation for the Olympics, Marissa wrote, shot and edited three figure skating breakdown videos to be posted across several NBC-affiliate local stations, or in markets where winter sports were high interest. These videos gained traction as the Olympic events began in Feb. 2026, in some cases increasing their view count by thousands.