You Tweet: What your Twitter account says about you.
No doubt about it, Twitter is a fascinating place to track news people. Stations are pushing journalists to tweet. It’s super easy and quickly reaps rewards that stroke your ego. You cannot help but...
View ArticleAh-ha! What Meteorologists Can Learn From Story tellers.
It is no secret that meteorologists are often the number one reason viewers tune in for newscasts. Still the weather section of rundowns is not always getting the numbers it used to. There are...
View ArticleHow to get the most out of consultants when they come to your station.
At most stations where I worked, people dreaded when the consultant came to town. The seminars, extra meetings, temporary changes in news philosophy and execution just seemed to be a waste. But I...
View Article“To be or not to be” The ultimate writing challenge.
When I ask journalists what they want to improve on most, I am usually told writing. Yet the more newscasts I watch, the more I am struck by the sheer number of basic mistakes that make it on air....
View ArticleDeveloping your interviewing skills on the beat.
It can make or break a story if it isn’t done correctly. It can also capture the essence of what you’re trying to convey and draw your audience in like the earth’s gravitational pull. Interviews are...
View ArticleTime to question, all those questions!
You would think asking questions would be the easiest part of a TV journalists job. We are paid to ask them all day long, so we should be experts, right? Yet it is nearly impossible to watch a...
View Article“To be or not to be” The ultimate writing challenge.
When I ask journalists what they want to improve on most, I am usually told writing. Yet the more newscasts I watch, the more I am struck by the sheer number of basic mistakes that make it on air....
View ArticleDeveloping your interviewing skills on the beat.
It can make or break a story if it isn’t done correctly. It can also capture the essence of what you’re trying to convey and draw your audience in like the earth’s gravitational pull. Interviews are...
View ArticleTime to question, all those questions!
You would think asking questions would be the easiest part of a TV journalists job. We are paid to ask them all day long, so we should be experts, right? Yet it is nearly impossible to watch a...
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