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…
Lots of advice about interviewing is a variation on the same theme. Do your homework. Plan ahead. Ask open-ended questions. All good suggestions. But a few tips that are rarely shared may be just as useful. Dean Nelson is an expert…
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…
Fran Bi is a storytelling engineer for SBNation. His focus is on taking sports features and finding new ways to tell them. “So, a lot of that is with graphics, whether it’s data visualizations or animations or any type of…
You’re on Facebook and Twitter, of course, but are you making the most of each platform? What about Instagram and LinkedIn? Tracy Davidson, morning anchor at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, is on all of the above, early and often. “I start…
By Deborah Potter. After more than a year of work, a commission supported by the Knight Foundation has offered recommendations for dealing with what it calls “a crisis of trust.” The suggestions are aimed at online services, educators, individuals and,…
