Month: July 2008

MTV goes mobile for Campaign 08

MTV’s political coverage has come a long way from its Rock the Vote “Boxers or briefs?” days back in 1992.  This year, the network got funding from the Knight News Challenge to hire 51 young citizen journalists (one for each…

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Web story airs on NBC

A quiet revolution is underway at NBC News. Earlier this month, a story about a baby penguin that was created originally for the Web aired on the weekend Nightly News. Tim Peek, executive producer for new media at NBC’s Peacock…

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Audio and video tips

Mark Luckie over at 10,000 Words has posted a couple of handy tip sheets from the UNITY conference in Chicago: 15 tips for shooting video and 9 tips for recording audio for the Web.  The tips should all be familiar…

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Journalism and consulting don’t mix

The Fox station in Detroit officially parted ways with a highly-paid morning anchor this week.  Fanchon Stinger was suspended last month after reports connected her to a controversial city contract that’s now under federal investigation.  According to the Detroit News,…

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Big-time TV salaries disappearing?

The evidence has been building for a while. As the latest cover story in RTNDA Communicator magazine points out, the broadcast economic is facing a perfect storm, which has led to staff and salary cuts, even for top anchors and…

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Want to report for CNN?

Okay, not exactly “report for” CNN.  But the network is now soliciting “iReport” stories about the presidential election with a “carrot” attached.  The best of the user-generated video submissions will be featured on Anderson Cooper 360 and other programs.  And…

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Journalism at the crossroads

No, this isn’t another post about the economic woes in newsrooms.  It’s a tip of the hat to Robert Courtemanche, who teaches high school journalism near Houston, Texas, and runs the blog TeachJ.  He was inspired by another blog to…

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Gain invaluable skills

Times are tough in newsrooms all across the country.  Dragged down by a sagging economy, TV newsrooms and newspapers are laying off staff and cutting their coverage.  If you’re a young journalist, it may be hard to keep your fears…

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Visual ethics – Part 2

It’s not only still photos falling under suspicion this week, but video as well.  An Associated Press story outlines concerns about tornado footage that may have been altered.  At issue is video sold to the AP by a freelancer who…

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