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 | Feb 25, 2016 | Anchoring, Reporting, The Latest
1. CAN YOU FIND EXCLUSIVE STORIES? No really…can you find the story that makes politicians and PIO’s lose sleep?? Better yet, can you do this even with news of the day? Do you have fast attack investigative skills? You better! Everyone can get PIO info and sound. You...
by Beth Johnson | Sep 17, 2015 | App Articles, Know Your Newsroom, Producing, Writing Help
Let’s face it, journalists are airing and/or publishing more mistakes than they used to. So it is a good time to reiterate some tried and true guidelines to determine when information is safe to tell the world. Breaking News Guidelines Two sources minimum have...
by Beth Johnson | Jul 26, 2015 | Anchoring, Know Your Newsroom, Producing
Recently there was a bunch of talk on Twitter about why anchors sometimes feel the need to make producing calls from the desk during a newscast. Producers talked about ways they try and prevent this from happening by being proactive before the show. Others discussed...
by Beth Johnson | Mar 12, 2015 | Anchoring, App Articles, Political Hotbed, Smart Alliances
A common issue I coach producers on is how to handle it when an anchor decides to “call out” mistakes in front of the staff. Too often, producers have to sit and listen to anchors going off on the set about something that did not work. The comments are often not...
