Month: January 2009

In defense of TV reporters

You know the public image of TV news reporters, right?  They’re unethical, lazy and overpaid. Not. In this brilliant blog post, former Atlanta TV reporter Doug Richards  debunks  those myths, and several more–like this one: They can tell you what’s…

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When news finds you

Sometimes, the most amazing stories just fall into your lap. NJ Burkett, a reporter at WABC-TV in New York, says a viewer phone call this week led him to this story about a trail of personal information found in the…

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Blogging for dollars

So you’ve been laid off or can’t find a job in journalism. Think you can survive on blogging alone?  Not so fast, says Scott Joseph. After taking a buyout from the Orlando Sentinel, where he’d spent 20 years as a…

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Support for journalists

What’s happening in newsrooms today can be traumatic. Layoffs, cutbacks and fear are a daily reality.  Reporters, photographers and news managers worry that bottom-line pressures are affecting the quality of their work.  Many could use some help to deal with…

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Backpack journalism toolkit

When you work alone as a backpack journalist, you need lightweight, reliable gear and an efficient process for getting the job done.  In the 14 months she’s been working as NBC’s “digital journalist,” Maria Schiavocampo has figured out through trial…

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Grad school or not?

Not to belabor the obvious, but it’s a tough time to find a job in any field.  If you’re about to finish your undergraduate studies and you want to be a journalist, should you bag the job search and apply…

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The journalism skills gap

News organizations rarely find new hires who have all the skills they’re looking for.  But a survey of employers conducted in the UK finds they’re most concerned about gaps in traditional journalism skills, not the multimedia skills journalists are told…

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Are news Web sites all the same?

When it comes to page views, CNN.com is doing more than OK.  According to an article in the International Herald Tribune, “Nielsen ranked CNN.com as the No.1 current events and global news Web site last year, with a monthly average of…

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Inaugural multimedia

The Washington Post is already up with a very cool interactive map and timeline of President Obama’s inauguration. TimeSpace lets users “experience the events of Inauguration Day through photos, video and text from specific locations.” Students from the University of…

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