Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Deb Wenger
As CNN goes, so goes the nation? We’ll see, but this report from TV Newser reminds us once again that there are jobs to be had if you can work in multiple media. CNN has announced it is expanding its domestic newsgathering presence while introducing a relatively new title into the lexicon: “all-platform journalists.” The [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2008 by Deb Wenger
For anyone who has ever signed an employment contract with a television station, this is a must see. New York’s governor has signed a new law called the “Broadcast Employees Freedom to Work Act.” According to Newsday: The legislation bans contract provisions that condition employment based on certain types of “noncompete” agreements such as not allowing [...]
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Posted on August 8th, 2008 by Deborah Potter
Another newspaper is getting into the online newscast game. “Ledger Live” from the Newark Star-Ledger is specifically “not local TV news.” But what is it, exactly? Host Brian Donohue tries to explain in a “behind the scenes” video: [blip.tv ?posts_id=1119618&dest=-1] The Webcast premiered two weeks ago; you can watch it here. Care to compare it [...]
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Posted on August 7th, 2008 by Deb Wenger
The Annual Survey of Journalism & Mass Communication Graduates from the University of Georgia is out and the news may be better than expected considering all the reports of layoffs and cutbacks in newsrooms recently. Here are some highlights from the report: Nearly the same percentage of graduates in 2007 found full-time jobs within six to [...]
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Posted on August 6th, 2008 by Deb Wenger
The Online News Association has once again released its nominees for the annual Online Journalism Awards. The complete list can be found on the ONA site, but we’ve included links to the finalists’ entries for breaking news, overall excellence, multimedia features, online video presentation and student journalism. For broadcasters, it’s disturbing to note how few radio or TV news outlets [...]
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Posted on August 5th, 2008 by Deborah Potter
If you’ve been a journalist for more than a few years, the term “new journalism” may bring back old memories. First used by Tom Wolfe in the late 1960s, it describes the use of literary techniques like narrative, dialogue and central characters in writing news. It was controversial at the time and found mainly in [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by Deb Wenger
In this digital age journalists may (and probably should) find themselves thinking more about the delivery systems for the stories they write. According to one Pew Center survey (pdf), on a typical day, 14% of Americans aged 18-29 have used a mobile communications device to access the Internet for news, weather, sports or other information. [...]
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