It’s been a rough couple of days for the broadcast biz. On Monday, the Tribune Company filed for bankruptcy protection. Tribune owns TV stations in 19 markets, as well as the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago…
It’s a fact of life in TV newsrooms–you have to feed the Web. That means reporters and photojournalists have to learn new skills and fit new demands into their already busy days. For KARE-TV reporter Boyd Huppert and photojournalist Jonathan…
It’s the latest twist in non-profit journalism. Spot.us is a project of the Center for Media Change based in the San Francisco area that launched a few weeks ago. It allows the public to commission journalists to investigate what the…
If there was ever any doubt about the popularity and staying power of blogging, a new report says there shouldn’t be. Ten years after the launch of the first blog host, Open Diary, blogs have become a truly “global phenomenon…
If you’re lucky enough to find a TV news job in these tough economic times, make sure you take a close look at any contract you’re asked to sign. You may not have much say over the terms, but you…
