NBC’s Bob Dotson has what many television reporters consider their dream job. He travels the country, finding and telling engaging stories about “ordinary people doing extraordinary things.” In a new edition of his book, American Story, to be released tomorrow,…
For all the gloom and doom you hear about the future of the news business, new opportunities seem to pop up all the time. Take the job Holly Edgell has at WCPO, the Scripps-owned television station in Cincinnati, Ohio. She’s…
It’s a perennial question and the answer keeps changing: What are TV news directors today looking for in new hires? For Geoff Roth, who’s building a new television newsroom from the ground up at Fox 46 in Charlotte, N.C., the…
The Annual Surveys of Journalism & Mass Communications Graduates is out, and once again it’s critical reading for anyone looking for a job in the industry. Here’s a list of some of the key findings as they relate to multimedia…
When it comes to teaching broadcast journalism, most schools tend to focus on reporting. Sure they teach video skills, too, and a few also prepare newscast producers, but there are many other jobs at TV news stations that rarely get…
In the competitive world of television news, most journalists are told that moving up will require moving on. Yet, there’s a lot to be said for staying put, according to Rayanne Weiss, assistant news director at Raycom-owned WLOX-TV in Biloxi,…
Broadcast news researcher and educator Bob Papper says there’s one criterion essential for getting a producing job. “You have to be able to breathe on your own,” says Papper. So, that’s a joke, but it’s not that funny to news…
It’s May and you know what that means… thousands of college journalism grads descend on news directors across the nation, all vying for hundreds of reporter jobs. Yes, that’s right — thousands of graduates, hundreds of jobs — even if…
Brit Stack was like many journalism students; she was learning about reporting and shooting, editing and writing and keeping her eye out for reporting jobs. But Brit was also smart enough to grab an opportunity, so when she got a…
First and foremost, it’s not about you. Tanya Carter is assistant news director at WABG-TV in Greenville, Miss. She’s also one of the primary news anchors, so she’s seen both sides of the job hunt. She’s says that just having…
