If you’re working as an MMJ in your first job and think you won’t do it in your second, think again, says Heidi Wigdahl. She’s been in the business seven years, starting in market 153 at KTTZ in Rochester, Minnesota, and she’s still shooting her …
with Deb Halpern Wenger Drones have already proved their worth in national and international news coverage, adding fresh perspective to reports on natural disasters and environmental issues. Now, drones are being used more widely by local news organizations, and DJI's Jon Resnick says it's a no-brainer to get …
Looking back at the year gone by always gives me some insight into what's most important to you, NewsLab's readers, and you never let me down. You care deeply about doing good work and about the future of the news business. No surprise, then, that …
Beginning, middle, end. That's a useful way to think about story structure, especially for video, but it's not sufficient. Lots of stories start out well and may even finish with a memorable shot or sequence, but something keeps them from being great: the middle. Knowing what you want …
It's obvious that GoPro cameras are great for shooting sports, but that's hardly all they're good for. Solo journalists like KUSA reporter Matt Renoux use them for daily news. “Of course, they don’t have the same quality as a $30,000 news camera," Renoux told Steamboat Today, "but they …
Shooting a TV news story on mobile phone isn't exactly commonplace but it does happen every so often. Shooting a half-hour TV special on an iPhone? As far as I can tell, this is a first. Dallas reporter Mike Castellucci has been shooting stories on his iPhone for …
We've updated our list of national awards and prizes open to broadcast journalists. Click "explore" in the upper right to sort the list by deadline, application fee or prize money. Please note that the number before the month is not the exact deadline; it indicates …
It's that time of the year again: time to enter a journalism awards contest. NPPA's Best of Photojournalism competition opens for submissions today; RTDNA is now accepting entries for the Murrow Awards. If you're sending your work to any of the award competitions, give yourself the best …
It started with a tip from a source to KNTV. It sounded crazy but it turned out to be true. The world's biggest food distributor, Sysco, was storing raw meat, milk and other food in unrefrigerated storage units before delivering it to restaurants. NBC Bay Area …
You've probably seen the story. By now, millions of people have. Reporter Boyd Huppert of KARE-TV in Minneapolis calls it the story that broke the Internet--a feature about a little boy and his elderly neighbor that's been viewed and shared all over the world. Plenty has …
The video is black-and-white and grainy, but it makes the case. A manager at a company selling what it claims is health insurance instructs employees on what to tell prospects on the phone: "Tell them any f---ing thing," he says. Reporter Jeremy Finley's story for WSMV-TV in Nashville about United …
If there's one complaint I hear in every newsroom I visit, it's that everyone wishes they had more time. Time to dig for stories. Time to write. Time to edit. The perception is that nobody has enough time to do everything they need to do. …
