During a discussion panel by the Broadcast Education Association (BEA), speakers asked various professionals, mostly graduates from West Virginia University, what they wish they had known before entering their life as professional journalists. Here were their answers. Ben Russel, 10-time Emmy award-winning reporter for NBC 5 …
Peter Maer is a former White House correspondent for CBS News who reported both national and international news over the course of his career. Addressing a class of journalism students at the University of Mississippi, Maer talks about the realities of being an international correspondent. First, …
Maria Martin, a University of Mississippi School of Journalism and New Media graduate, has been in the game of sports reporting since graduating in 2014. Her latest win is working at 11Alive, WXIA-TV in Atlanta. “I am a sports anchor and reporter,” she said. “I have …
When she first started working for NBC, Betsy Fischer Martin, an Emmy-winning journalist, was a college intern studying politics. At the end of her internship period, NBC offered her the opportunity to stay in a temporary research position during the political campaign Clinton v. Bush. …
