A recent job posting at WPVI-TV in Philadelphia is for an unusual sounding job. The ABC station is hiring a “community journalist,” and says it’s looking for “innovative multi-platform journalists” and “self-sufficient story tellers who can create memorable content for…
By Deborah Potter. So that didn’t go well. A six-month project by the Society of Professional Journalists to address media distrust in Casper, Wyoming, failed to move the needle. At regular Tuesday meetings, SPJ heard well-worn complaints from political conservatives…
Sounding natural is hard work. “You’re never just reading words, you’re communicating a message,” says George Bodarky of WFUV public radio in New York City. The key is to sound like yourself, not a robotic announcer-person like the fictional Ted…
If you’re a journalism educator or a journalism student, two new studies are worth a look. The researchers behind “U.S. College Student Media and Twitter: Are Student Media Following Best Practices” surveyed the research and developed a list of five…
Mindy McAdams has long been an early adopter of new technologies and storytelling strategies for journalists. The University of Florida educator is the Knight Chair for Journalism Technologies and the Democratic Process and she has trained hundreds of journalists in…
Digital news video consumption is increasing in general and across all the dominant social media platforms. When videos published to social are designed specifically for the medium and by extension for mobile devices, they tend to perform better on measures…
