by Beth Johnson | Oct 28, 2021 | App Articles, Job Interviewing, Picking A Shop, The Latest
For months, articles have been posted on LinkedIn and publications that report on media, about the growing decline of applicants for TV news jobs. I have written quite a few myself and touched on something important that needs to be said in more blunt terms, so...
by Beth Johnson | Sep 8, 2021 | App Articles, Job Interviewing, Picking A Shop, The Latest
As an advocate for TV journalists over the last decade, I have been watching a new reality form in the broadcast industry. A reality you need to know about, in clear terms to protect your interests as you grow your career, and frankly try to survive TV news. Its time...
by Beth Johnson | Oct 19, 2018 | App Articles, Job Interviewing, Picking A Shop
Recently FTVLive reported that someone posing as a recruiter for a network and someone who actually is a recruiter are making uncomfortable statements and asking lewd questions to women being interviewed. Let’s talk about how to handle these situations, specifically...
by Beth Johnson | Apr 26, 2016 | Job Interviewing, Picking A Shop
For the last 10 years or so the job interviewing process has largely gone downhill in many newsrooms. Many stations did little vetting. Many barely let candidates see much of the newsroom before being rushed out. If you asked a bunch of questions during an interview,...
by Beth Johnson | Sep 24, 2015 | App Articles, Job Interviewing, Picking A Shop
Everyone knows that in a lot of ways this is a small business. But many journalists today think that likely means you just need a few peers and a boss, maybe two, to root for you or serve as references. This is simply not true. What “this is a small business” really...
by Beth Johnson | Aug 8, 2015 | App Articles, Job Interviewing, Picking A Shop
When I would tire of a station or the raise offered was below that of inflation, I always knew it would take about 3 weeks to move on. That was it. Ten or so resume reels, and three weeks. But now, when I coach TV journalists on job searches, I have to tell them there...
