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Making corrections on social media 15 Aug 2013 | 07:24 pm
When you get something wrong in a news story, how do you make it right? Newsroom policies–if they even exist–usually cover the timing and placement of corrections in legacy media and online, but socia...
Local TV station goes deeper online 12 Aug 2013 | 07:06 pm
How many local TV stations have reporters whose primary responsibility is the Web? It’s an idea whose has come at WPRI, the LIN-owned station in Providence, R.I., which now has two digital beat report...
How to provide effective feedback 7 Aug 2013 | 12:34 am
One of the first things to go when a newsroom shrinks is regular feedback. Everyone has more work to do, including managers, and there just doesn’t seem to be time to give employees feedback on their ...
Reddit for journalists 24 Jul 2013 | 12:43 am
What happened on Reddit after the Boston Marathon bombings may have scared many journalists away from the site. NPR tech reporter Elise Hu believes that’s a shame. The self-described “front page of th...
Salaries decline in local TV newsrooms 2 Jul 2013 | 06:14 pm
For the first time in four years, local TV news salaries have taken a dive. The latest RTDNA/Hofstra University survey says pay was down on average by almost 2% in 2012. If you factor in the rate of i...
Whatever happened to TV-print partnerships? 26 Jun 2013 | 09:34 pm
Research a few years ago suggested that the bloom was off the rose for news-sharing agreements between TV stations and newspapers. An uptick during the recession may have been fleeting, according to t...
The hazards of approaching victims 17 Jun 2013 | 06:02 pm
The video went viral, of course. Reporter Abbey Niezgoda of WLNE in Providence, R.I., was reporting reaction to a shooting when she was attacked by the victim’s mother. The video shows the woman throw...
The power of details 23 May 2013 | 09:11 pm
One challenge TV reporters face is deciding what details belong in a story. Too many and the story bogs down. Too few and it loses impact. What works in a story is “telling” detail: information that c...
15 rules of storytelling–and then some 20 May 2013 | 06:11 pm
Writing a two-minute TV news story is nothing like writing a screenplay for a movie. Or is it? Truth is, all writing has some things in common. Take this list from Emma Coats, a former screenwriter at...
Cutting corners isn’t just lazy, it’s wrong 16 May 2013 | 11:03 pm
Picture this. You’re on day two of a TV news shoot out-of-town, working with a freelance crew. Location: a high school auditorium. Day one was a morning session and the house lights were on. The photo...
