When you’re just starting out as a TV journalist, one of the hardest things to do when you’re on assignment is to strike out on your own. If you hang around with the other reporters, the thinking goes, you’ll learn…
Month: August 2014
New edition now available
New…and improved! The third edition of Advancing the Story has just been published by CQ Press and is available for pre-order at Amazon. If you’ve used an earlier edition, you’ll see that we’ve added a separate chapter on TV producing…
Advice from a multimedia journalist
Study, study, study! That’s just one tip from Nina Terrero, who covers pop culture and entertainment for Entertainment Weekly and NBC’s Today Show. But she’s not talking about what you should do in school. Terrero told the Huffington Post that she preps…
New opportunities for multimedia journalism
One downside of social media like Twitter and Facebook is the way information has to be compressed. The more popular these platforms have become, the more journalists have feared the extinction of something many of them hold dear: long-form storytelling. But…
Doing the verification rap
Ever wonder what J-profs do on vacation? Some of them go to conferences with other J-profs and crazy things happen. Like this. Enjoy!