by Beth Johnson | May 7, 2012 | App Articles, Getting Along With Peers, Political Hotbed
Take a moment and think about the most colorful characters in the newsroom. For me there are two groups, photographers and assignment editors. We’ve decoded some photographer behaviors in “You exist to hold my tripod.” Bottom line, photojournalists are incredible...
by Beth Johnson | Sep 21, 2011 | App Articles, Political Hotbed, Reporting, Smart Alliances
Reporters often feel left on their own. There is some truth to that feeling since you are out and about, and your bosses are not there to really watch you work. Assumptions are made about what you do and don’t do by managers and producers. Often you are not given...
by Beth Johnson | Sep 20, 2011 | App Articles, Political Hotbed, Producing, Smart Alliances
Line producers are often in a very uncomfortable spot in newsrooms. You are in charge of a newscast, yet you are not a manager with any teeth. Competition between producers generally is pretty intense so you cannot really confide in another producer at your...
by Beth Johnson | Jul 5, 2011 | App Articles, Survival Kit, Writing Help
We all have news wording that makes our skin crawl: “area residents,” “alleged” and “budget woes” to name a few. Recently on Twitter a group of us started listing phrases that make us cringe. Then one producer tweeted, “What do you use instead?” Great question and...
by Beth Johnson | May 5, 2011 | Anchoring, App Articles, Getting Along With Peers, Meteorologist, Political Hotbed, Producing, Reporting, Videography
Newsrooms are notorious for hazing. It happens often in larger markets, but we’ve seen it in small markets too. You have to prove to coworkers that you deserve the job. You don’t truly have friends in the workplace. Everyone is out for themselves. Why? Because so...
