Severe weather is a major driver of audience interest for local TV stations and Facebook Live has become an important tool for getting more information to more people. Kelsey Jacobson is the digital content director for WMC Action News 5…
“Wide, medium, tight, reverse, reaction.” That phrase has been running through video journalist John Bullard’s head for nearly 40 years. Bullard has shot video stories at the local level and for networks like CNN and ABC. He owns his own…
by Debora Halpern Wenger • • Comments Off on Top three things when flying drones for news
Though 2016 was supposed to be the year of the news drone, 2017 may actually bring a little more progress. Thanks to a partnership involving the Poynter Institute, the Drone Journalism Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, National Press Photographers Association and DJI, journalists can take…
by Debora Halpern Wenger • • Comments Off on For TV reporters, how you look is first hurdle in job hunt
Sure, it’s important to be a good writer, a strong storyteller and an excellent journalist, but Talent Acquisition Lead at The E.W. Scripps Company Matt Miller says that might not be enough to get you hired. He says he’ll watch…