Ross Becker New Book Release

My new book is now available at the link below.  You can also get it from Amazon or Barnes and Noble.  Here is the link.  Please leave a review. https://store.bookbaby.com/book/what-you-sawand-what-you-didnt Use the QR code to link to purchase page...

Hubbard Broadcasting Station Succeeds with Top News Talent

In June, the coaching team of Beth Johnson and Ross Becker from Top News Talent spent a week “nose to nose” with the news team from KAAL-TV ABC 6 in Rochester, Minnesota.   It’s a young team with veterans on the anchor desk.  News Director Brianna...
It’s time to work smarter, not harder.

It’s time to work smarter, not harder.

  Two new studies confirm what nearly every TV news journalist has known for a while. Burnout is exceptionally high.  The hope is corporate broadcasting leaders will read the study headlines and let this concept truly absorb:  Newsroom structure must change. This...

Weather Producer Reacts to New Job and Top News Talent

I went to visit my client, Ilya Neyman, at KCBS/KCAL as he was settling in.  Ilya is the new Weather Producer for the stations.  It is a new position, created to enhance the weather product in the #2 market in the nation. Ilya has been an instructor of meteorology and...

Top News Talent Client Lands Job in Market #2!

Top News Talent is proud to announce that our client, Ilya Neyman, is joining the news team in the #2 market at KCBS in Los Angeles. He is creating a new position for KCBS as a weather producer. Ilya is sealed meteorologist, who knows so much about weather, he’s...
TV Career Management:  What’s Next For You?

TV Career Management: What’s Next For You?

Let’s talk for a minute about your journalism career management. Who are you getting advice from and bouncing ideas off—co-workers? Friends? Family?  Are you just going it alone for now? In this rapidly-changing media world, it’s critical for you to have expert advice...

A Toolbox For Mental Health in the Newsroom

Author Matthew Nordin, MSW, LSWAIC, MHP Let’s admit it. There are still some managers in TV news who don’t think “the troops” should feel as entitled to take time off for depression as the flu. And I’ll admit it. I’ve heard horror stories of, for example, an MMJ...