HTA-0541: Dolphin Cognition — Diana Reiss and Dolphin Tale

A. Story Identification

FieldValue
HTA IDHTA-0541
TitleDolphin Cognition — Diana Reiss and Dolphin Tale
DateSeptember 2011
Date ConfidenceHIGH — "Dolphin Tale opened this weekend" (September 23, 2011)
ProgramKRON 4 News Weekend
StationKRON-TV, Channel 4, San Francisco
Duration~4:00 (estimated)
FormatStudio interview

B. Content Summary

Henry uses the opening weekend of "Dolphin Tale" as a hook to interview Diana Reiss, professor of cognitive psychology at Hunter College and director of a research program on dolphin cognition at the National Aquarium. Henry's intro is enthusiastic: "Dolphin Tale opened this weekend and boy, big deal. Lots of really critical acclaim for this film. Dolphins are a big deal these days and we have an expert here who says they are a lot smarter than most people realize."

C. Structured Metadata

FieldValue
PeopleHenry Tenenbaum (Reporter), Diana Reiss (Professor, Hunter College)
OrganizationsKRON-TV, Hunter College, National Aquarium
LocationsKRON studio
SubjectsDolphin intelligence, cognitive psychology, animal cognition, film
ThemesAnimal intelligence, science meets pop culture
ToneEnthusiastic, curious, educational

G. Source Provenance

FieldValue
Transcript sourceCap0924+000.txt
Video sourceNot located
Storage locationTranscript: local (/KRON/)
Analysis modeTranscript Only
Date analyzed2026-07-05
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