Overused Expressions

The Facebook Group, "Overheard in the Live Truck," was asked what overused phrases they heard from reporters. Here are some of the answers:

"If you thought this was,.....think again."

"Tonight we're LIVE from ______"
"the ultimate sacrifice"
"fought the blaze"
"Only time will tell."
"That's exactly right (insert Anchor name here)."

"A neighborhood is on edge tonight as...(name your crime/catastrophe/dilema)."

"wreaking havok", "running amok" and "blaze"
EFFORTING... what the hell is that? Not even a word.
We don't know much...but what we do know is"

"a ...... they'll never forget."

"Something went horribly wrong!"
"Its quiet here now but several hours ago......."
"We are learning more today/tonight about ..."

Jay and Conan -- A Great Explanation

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Back After a Respite

Your humble correspondent has derelict in his duty here. But this new Spring semster also bring with it a new Online Journalism course to teach. So, I must lead by example and strive to be better blogger. So...we begin again.

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Intern Positions Can Be the Beginning

See that guy on the left?

His name is Matt Roberts.

He's just been promoted to executive producer of The Late Show with David Letterman. He started as an intern at Letterman's old NBC show in 1992.

An intern.

Now exec producer.

It's all about getting your foot in the door....then working hard to prove yourself.

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We're back...

The school year is starting up again and so blogging here will resume as well.

Today, a story of how major market reporters are adapting to the realities of shooting their own video. From voiceofsandiego.org