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…
Derek Seals is one of those people who just knows how to tell a story. The multimedia work he’s produced for the Detroit Free Press since 1999 is award-winning and powerful. He says he thinks about visual journalism as if…
If you think local television news is all flash and trash, and radio news is just headlines, you’re missing part of the picture. Sure, lots of stations still follow the “if it bleeds it leads” philosophy, spending far too much…
Where did it go? I keep hearing people on the air saying “impor’ant” and “Brih’an” and I can’t help but wonder what happened to the T. Was it not considered important enough to say Britain? I thought I might be…
You can learn a lot about writing from people who do it well. In fact, I don’t think you can ever stop learning about writing if you want to keep improving your craft. So I thought I’d share a few…