Finding that first job in television news can be stressful. There are many paths you can take to prepare yourself and just as many paths to success. Daniella Oropeza and Madison Van Zile are both journalism graduates of the University…
What do you remember (or will you remember) from your first day in a newsroom? Bob Morford, who’s retiring as news director at WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Alabama, after 40 years in the news business, has a vivid memory that he…
Callie Starnes is a relatively new news director, but she’s been in the WRCB newsroom in Chattanooga for about 10 years. Now that she’s doing the hiring for her station, she’s had to quickly learn what kind of employee is…
You’ve already been told to make the most of your internships, right? News directors says it’s astounding how many interns don’t take the initiative to get to know people in the newsroom. They don’t go out with reporters, don’t learn…
How do you recover when your newsroom comes under attack? What do you do when your entire newsroom becomes the story? Those were two of the questions facing the Capital Gazette after a man shot his way into the newsroom in…
When you’re out covering a story, are you planning an escape route? NPR’s Windsor Johnston says that’s what she does whenever a reporting assignment involves a large crowd. “People feel they have a directive” to go after journalists these days,…
It’s a perennial question. What skills do journalism students need most to get a job today? As always, it depends on who you ask. At NPR, executive producer Robert Garcia says it’s simple: Writing, writing, writing. “If you can write,…
When you’re hunting for a job in TV news, it’s easy to assume that everyone you see on the nightly newscast had an easy time getting there. But talk to reporters in a typical newsroom and you’ll see there are…
The only thing moving faster than the news cycle these days is the pace of change in the news business, or so it seems. There’s so much happening in and to the journalism industry and so much new technology, that…
It’s internship season — and whether you’re going to spend your time at a tiny TV station, a major metropolitan newspaper or a scrappy little start up, it’s important for interns to know how to protect themselves from harassment. The…
