Month: January 2011

Getting a job in TV

What are news directors looking for in an entry- level reporter? After a month of working at WTVA in Tupelo and talking with the news director, student journalist Allie Ware is sharing some of the insight she’s gained. WTVA’s news director,…

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What did national TV and online sites cover in 2010?

Each year, the Project for Excellence in Journalism produces a report on “The Year in News.”  Can you guess what the Top 3 stories were for all media this year? Breaking it down to network evening, network morning and cable…

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Serving the “Web-first” generation

According to the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, “the Internet is slowly closing in on television as Americans’ main source of national and international news.”  OK, so that’s not really a surprise, but what is interesting…

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Collaboration tools for journalists

One possible consequence of staff cuts in newsrooms is more collaboration between and among journalists. While it’s always been possible for people in the same news organization to work on a story on a shared computer system, it’s not so…

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Make your internship count

Are you getting everything you can out of your internships? It’s more important than ever in the current job market. Depending on how you handle yourself during an internship, you can either wind up first in line for the next…

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