If you want a job in television news, be a producer. At any given time, more than 20 percent of all the job ads posted by TV news outlets are for producers, but just a tiny fraction of journalism graduates…
The advent of social media has, of course, fundamentally changed journalism in the U.S. and around the world. According to research conducted by Dr. Agnes Gulyas of Canterbury Christ Church University in the U.K., 78% of the U.S. journalists she…
When newly graduated journalists start getting those first job offers, they’re often at a loss as to how much they can expect to be paid. The annual RTDNA Salary Survey is one of the best places to start, and this…
There’s certainly no reason to rest on your proverbial laurels if you work in TV news, but neither is it time to call the undertaker. The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University Annual Survey found that 2015 marked another strong year for the TV…
KFDM-TV in Beaumont has close to 140,000 page likes on Facebook and that makes up a sizeable instant audience for the station’s live streaming efforts. KFDM anchor Tiffany Murphy found out herself just how much reach Facebook Live can have…
If you’re strapped for time, a Facebook post will likely do more for your website than a tweet. That’s according to research released on the NiemanLab website by Parse.ly, a social analytics tool used by hundreds of news organizations. The…
Got news judgment, curiosity and energy? Raycom’s Brad Conaway wants to talk to you. The corporate digital content manager says good decision-making is essential when you’re running a TV station’s website and social channels. “A lot of the job is news judgment.…
If you’re a journalist and you use social media, you’ll want to read this. And if you work for a news organization — from student media on up to the top markets, you’ll want to read this, too. According to…
As a journalism educator, I can’t say a recent study came as a real surprise to me, but it is good to have data to back up perceptions. A group of 11 researchers from eight countries, including the United States,…
Journalists must make tough ethical decisions almost daily. There are lots of tools to help guide those decisions, including the Radio Television Digital News Association Code of Ethics and one from the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ). In addition, SPJ has…
