Whatever you call them–VJs, MMJs or backpackers–reporters who shoot and edit their own material are becoming more common in large market television stations. WUSA-TV in Washington, DC, was the first in a top-10 market to make solo journalists the norm. So what’s it like? Georgetown University grad student Deborah Lynn Green, who interned at WUSA this year, produced a video explainer:
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