Though television remains the predominant supplier of local news in the US, online media has become a great competitor. According to a study of the TV news industry, to understand news media trend lines clearly, there are two key things to consider: One is news …
It's job hunting time for tens of thousands of journalism graduates and though the current crisis is making things much more challenging, there are still some jobs to be found in TV news. For those looking to work as newscast anchors, it's going to be …
We’ve seen the multiple stories of cutbacks, furloughs, salary reductions and other drastic measures being taken by the newspaper industry. Daily newspapers are fighting for their lives in an unprecedented struggle to keep their heads above water. It is a struggle they are losing. During the …
Local TV news stations have long been distributing video on their own websites, and those sites have become a significant source of revenue for them, as well as an important part of many stations’ overall digital strategies. In their “Future of Local TV News” study, researchers …
There are lots of reasons to do a stand-up in a TV news package. But longtime WMC-TV reporter and anchor Joyce Peterson said she has noticed a change in the on-cam appearances of reporters over the years. “Traditionally you use a standup in a package if …
You’ve seen it time after time. That brand-new general manager who is now running your station came from, you guessed it, sales. On rare occasions, a news director, or even a creative services director, becomes a general manager, but those seem to be the oddities. …
Hank Price is always interesting ... and frequently provocative. But I'm going to disagree with him on a few points made in his NewsLab article "Winning news no longer TV station’s #1 goal" from October 7. The number of independent TV newsrooms actually peaked in 2004/2005 …
What’s the difference between weather reporting and general news reporting? Tony Russell believes that, while general news is a cornerstone, weather reporting holds the newsroom together. “Weather is more than half of why we show up,” said Russell, a veteran weather reporter for WeatherNation and multiple local TV stations, …
Few people working in television news realize just how devastating the 2009 recession was to stations. Some actually faced going out of business. Many others found they could no longer support news departments. Today’s MMJs, automated newscasts and centralized master control rooms are all the …
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 …
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 …
