In many cases, journalists, like police and firefighters, are the first responders when there’s an accident, natural disaster or violent incident. They often witness catastrophes and share firsthand information about the events and the victims in news reports. Often journalists are affected psychologically, facing trauma …
Hundreds of journalists from around the country are heading to San Antonio for the Excellence in Journalism conference this week. Lucky them because one of the most frustrating things about working in broadcast journalism is the lack of ongoing training and development. This has always …
A recent article in AdAge highlights an interesting trend: Big companies are ditching their chief marketing officer positions. It’s not just CMOs themselves getting the boot—the job has always been a revolving door—but the very position itself is morphing or vanishing altogether. Johnson & Johnson, …
People get weather warnings from sirens, see the text at the bottom of the screen and watch reports on television; they hear alerts over the radio, and receive notifications on their smartphones. Still, there are deaths each year not just from tornadoes, but also hurricanes, …
From the Washington Post to MarketWatch to The Atlantic, reporters have been writing stories about increased enrollments at a number of the nation's journalism schools. Those bigger numbers are sometimes described as a "Trump Bump," suggesting students are being drawn to the profession in the …
You’re on Facebook and Twitter, of course, but are you making the most of each platform? What about Instagram and LinkedIn? Tracy Davidson, morning anchor at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, is on all of the above, early and often. “I start at 1:15 [a.m.] when I wake …
Audience research consistently shows weather is a primary driver of news audience in every TV newsroom. And in many markets, members of the weather team are some of the most popular people on air. At WTVA in Tupelo, Matthew Laubhan is a fan …
With television news becoming more and more visually driven, one noted cinematographer says broadcast journalists need to continue to evolve their skills to keep viewers captivated. “If you want to be a storyteller, then visualize the story you want to tell,” said Matthew Libatique, two-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer. …
Journalists who have clear long-term career goals are significantly better positioned for success than those who have not taken the time to think logically about their futures. That’s a pretty simple statement, but none the less true. In 30 years of running stations, I interacted …
“Preparation equals success.” That’s Wendy Salzman’s motto and it served her well as an investigative reporter in Atlanta and Philadelphia. She shared tips on preparing for interviews and more at the 2018 Excellence in Journalism conference in Baltimore. Do your research. Go online, collect documents, and …
Thomas Hayden is a co-founder of 360 Labs, a production company specializing in 360º immersive panoramic photography and video based in Portland, Oregon. With more than a decade of work exclusively in virtual reality, Hayden is a pioneer of 360° video. He has produced 360 …
