Cherri Gregg calls herself “the queen of the fish fry.” As community affairs reporter for KYW radio in Philadelphia, Gregg says she finds stories everywhere, from church events to flea markets. But when she started the job in 2011, it…
Tag: Reporting
How to cover a meeting
Write that down
Data and graphics create a new kind of journalist
Downsides to working as an MMJ
Take a hike to find a story
Salaries for TV news reporters, producers increase
Tips for finding story ideas
Shooting better interviews as a solo journalist
Mitch Pittman hates excuses. Think a multimedia journalist can’t do the job as well as a two-person crew? Baloney, says Pittman, and he’s out to prove it. Take the common complaint that people interviewed by solo journalists’ face the same screen…
Avoid the pack
When you’re just starting out as a TV journalist, one of the hardest things to do when you’re on assignment is to strike out on your own. If you hang around with the other reporters, the thinking goes, you’ll learn…