by Beth Johnson | Mar 31, 2022 | App Articles, Know Your Newsroom, Producing, The Latest
I put this post up on LinkedIn and want to make sure it is here on the website as well. When I started this website 10 years ago the goal was to help with training. I still want to focus on that primarily but over the last several months I have felt called to also...
by Beth Johnson | Jul 30, 2021 | App Articles, Know Your Newsroom, Producing, The Latest
I expected to get TV news journalists talking with my article on where the producers are and how to keep them. But I must say, the response has been more than anticipated.Between LinkedIn, Twitter, website link, emails and DM’s this discussion has been seen more than...
by Beth Johnson | Jul 26, 2021 | App Articles, Know Your Newsroom, Producing, The Latest
In the past few weeks, I have seen several posts on LinkedIn either asking where are producers, or appeals from stations and broadcasting groups that frankly as of even a year ago would never have to worry about enough applications. This isn’t a surprise to me, since...
by Beth Johnson | Feb 26, 2021 | App Articles, Know Your Newsroom, Reporting, The Latest
It is no secret that you will likely move several times as a journalist. It can be hard to make a good living at first, and you just have to move to make ends meet longterm. So let’s talk about how to quickly and easily transition into a new market. The goal is to...
by Beth Johnson | Mar 12, 2020 | App Articles, Know Your Newsroom, Reporting, The Latest
Recently I stumbled across an important post to the “Storytellers” group on Facebook. (If you are in the TV news business and are not a member, here is link to join https://www.facebook.com/groups/TVNewsStroytellers/?epa=SEARCH_BOX.) One of the members told the story...
by Beth Johnson | Oct 14, 2018 | App Articles, Know Your Newsroom, Reporting, The Latest
It is time to talk about live shots: Why do them and how do they benefit the viewer? This is not the first time Survive has talked about live shots, (You know our logo shot!) including how to make a boring location more compelling, especially at night. But this issue...
