“When you want to start something new, you need new people to do it.” Those are the words of Llewellyn King, a long-time PBS journalist and one of the keynote speakers at “Media in Crisis, Crisis in Media,” a conference…
Month: December 2010
Newspapers dominating online video
Getting a TV news job: Don’t blow the interview
Taming the multi-platform beast
The transition from general assignment reporter to multi-platform journalist isn’t always easy, but people who’ve made the switch often say they’d never go back. For Josh Hinkle of KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, working as a one-man band makes it easier…
New mobile news consumption research
Do TV sweeps need to die?
This isn’t the first time we’ve heard a call to do away with TV sweeps periods, but Brad Adgate makes the case in Advertising Age that there are more reasons than ever before to finally put an end to the practice.…
Adventures of an accidental journalist
Some people set their sights on the news business at an early age; others just stumble into it. But to stay in it and be happy for more than 30 years takes a combination of grit, talent and luck. Laurie…