Got news judgment, curiosity and energy? Raycom’s Brad Conaway wants to talk to you. The corporate digital content manager says good decision-making is essential when you’re running a TV station’s website and social channels. “A lot of the job is news judgment.…
…long and high quality is better. Research published in the Newspaper Research Journal, “Longer, Higher Quality Videos Preferred by News Viewers” had several key findings: Viewers preferred high-quality videos over low-quality videos. (Not exactly a big surprise!) While prior research indicates that…
It’s a rare TV newsroom that does not require its journalists to write a Web version of their stories. Lynn Walsh, who produces multimedia for the Scripps National Digital Desk has done more than her fair share. She offers some…
The Internet is really still in its infancy, and according to USC’s Koci Hernandez, that means journalists still have time to help mold it as a storytelling platform. “We have small opportunity while the Internet is still a baby to…
CNN’s iReport first launched in 2006 as a way to allow people from all around the world to contribute pictures and video of breaking news stories. According to the website, here’s how the unit’s producers handle submissions from a reported…
Maybe this is merely anecdotal evidence, but it seems like more and more online editors are coming from the newscast producing ranks. Take Renee Johnson, for example, who runs the website for WLOX-TV in Biloxi; the former producer is now…
What exactly is the value of a journalism degree? Are J-schools really preparing students for the media jobs of the future? The questions aren’t new, but they’ve come up again in connection with the selection of a new dean for…
Expansive, interactive, engaging–the New York Times multimedia feature Snow Fall is all of that and more. The six-part online feature took more than six months to produce. Lead reporter John Branch worked with video journalist Catherine Spangler and a team of multimedia producers…
ProPublica has put up a new graphic that shows at a glance where members of Congress stand on gun rights and gun control. Using the now-standard red and blue tints to indicate party affiliation, Republican or Democrat, the graphic shows…
Few will argue with the statement that NPR journalists know how to use audio, so it’s no surprise that when they’re producing audio slide shows, they focus on sounds before pictures. Producer Andrea Hsu has worked on multiple projects and…
