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 | Apr 17, 2013 | Honing Skills, Reporting, Survival Kit
You’d think that standing on 5th Avenue, just yards from the Empire State Building, with police, tourists and business people swarming everywhere, would drive home the reality that I was finally reporting on the nation’s biggest stage. But none of that had...
by Beth Johnson | Oct 18, 2011 | App Articles, Job Interviewing, Picking A Shop
No doubt about it, news directors are often characters. They are charismatic, intense and usually intimidating. That means it can be hard to know what you are walking into when it’s time to interview. When I meet someone in the business, it’s inevitable the...
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...
