Friday, February 26, 2010

ABC Layoffs, Lesson for You


The recent announcement of as many as 300 job cuts at ABC News reinforces the necessity for broadcast journalists to know how to do multimedia. Advancing the Story blog has some thoughts.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

News Business Can Be Dangerous


A record number of journalists were killed around the world in 20o9. The details from the BBC.

Monday, February 15, 2010

Would You Have Run the Luge Video


There is a great deal of controversy about news organizations last week showing the video of the Georgian luger's fatal crash. The Poynter Institute' Al Tompkins disucsses the pros and cons here. What would you do?

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Weatherman Freaks Out at Cockroach

Hope you handle unexpected interuptions better than this guy...


Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Critic Says Local News Shouldn't Blame Leno


Tom Denari says it's not Leno's soft lead-in that turned viewers off.