Everyone knows the job market has been tight for the past couple of years but the latest report on jobs for new journalism grads is sobering, nonetheless. Employment levels that hit record lows in the spring of last year appear to…
We’ve all read the stories about the sea change in television news. From the ABC network news division to local stations from coast to coast, VJs are taking over, the stories say. The “one man band” reporter who shoots and…
More research from RTDNA/Ball State University indicates that television stations are relying on solo journalists to do more newsgathering than ever. In fact, nearly a third of stations say they use sojos more than they do two-person crews. Three years…
The Project for Excellence in Journalism just released its State of the News Media 2010 report. Here are four of the most important major trends. News consumers “are hunting the news by topic and by event and grazing across multiple outlets.” …
According to an outfit called Snapstream, there may be more substance in our network newscasts than TV journalists generally get credit for. In its news release, Snapstream says it is a “service we run that lets you see how often words are mentioned,…
If you want to be an investigative reporter, you may need to look beyond traditional newsrooms for job opportunities. Many local television stations have trimmed or dropped their I-Teams. Local newspapers like the Oregonian and Toledo Blade have cut back,…
Many young journalists dread the idea of working in a tiny TV market for obvious reasons. Some worry they will have no social life, others shudder at the low salaries and some worry they’ll get lost in obscurity forever. Lindsey…
If you want to be a journalist, should you go to journalism school? What’s the value of a masters degree in journalism? My usual answer is: It depends. I don’t mean to be flip or evasive. It really does depend…
Women make up more than 40 percent of the workforce in local television news and almost 30 percent of TV news directors. Both are all-time highs, according to the latest RTNDA/Hofstra survey released today. But the number of minorities in…
When Walter Cronkite anchored the CBS Evening News, his trademark sign-off was sometimes criticized as an overstatement. How could he end each broadcast, “And that’s the way it is,” when his 30-minute program only provided a brief glimpse of the…
