by Beth Johnson | Apr 30, 2012 | Anchoring, App Articles, Honing Skills, Producing, Reporting, Survival Kit, Writing Help
Let’s begin with this statement: This article is meant to start conversation. It is meant to stretch your comfort zone a little. TV news has to keep growing and reaching audiences differently for us to stay employed. There is a conflict in television news that many...
by Beth Johnson | Apr 25, 2012 | App Articles, Getting Along With Peers, Political Hotbed, Producing
A frazzled producer recently asked for advice dealing with his director. Their relationship was strained. The director was starting to question this producer’s calls in the booth, and at times making calls instead of checking with the producer to see if they were on...
by Beth Johnson | Aug 30, 2011 | App Articles, Honing Skills, Management Issues, Political Hotbed
We promise this situation will happen to you. It happened to us at several stations, in small to large markets. General Manager walks into an editorial meeting and says “So what are we doing to cover such and such, ( fill-in the blank, new road widening project, ...
by Beth Johnson | Jun 22, 2011 | Anchoring, App Articles, Honing Skills, Producing, Reporting, Survival Kit, Videography
It’s a phrase that makes many journalists cringe and roll their eyes: “People, we need to think out of the box.” What does that mean? Well, it means don’t pitch the same story ideas over and over. It means the station wants more than police blotter stories. It also...
by Beth Johnson | Jun 16, 2011 | App Articles, Getting Along With Peers, Know Your Newsroom, Political Hotbed, Reporting, Videography, Writing Help
Chinese philosopher Mencius said: "Friendship is one mind in two bodies." This is the basis of why I tell young and/or inexperienced reporters that their best “friends” in a newsroom should be the photographers they work closely with every day. Being of...
