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By Jon LafayetteThe package is presented like something you’d see on the local news rather than like a traditional infomercial. Sometimes it resembles a lengthy feature story; other times it’s an interview with a local doctor or businessman, or a…
Gwen Ifill is the moderator and managing editor of PBS’ “Washington Week,” the longest-running prime-time news and public affairs program on television, and a senior correspondent for “PBS NewsHour.” In December, she also became one of the rotating co-anchors of…
By Jon LafayetteNews that NBC is moving Jay Leno back to 11:35 p.m. is good news for affiliates, whose late newscasts generally suffered during the network’s 10 p.m. experiment with the talk show in prime time. “I would say we…
By Elizabeth Jensen The contraction in the print press took a shocking toll in December when one of the oldest and most-esteemed chroniclers of the story—the monthly Editor & Publisher—said it would itself cease to publish in the New Year,…
By Dinah Eng The outlook for television news jobs in 2010 is brighter than it was last year, but the key to getting hired is having multimedia skills and the willingness to do more — for less money. News executives…
By Allison J. Waldman You don’t have to know the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest figures to realize that unemployment is a huge problem. Couple that with the sea change enveloping the ways of the news business, and you’ve…
By Dinah Eng Talent agents make their living by knowing where the jobs are, and how to place their clients. Whether you need an agent to land a job is, well, up to you. News executives say good talent agents…
Deciding whether an agent is right for you requires careful research and listening to your intuition. Like any partnership agreement, it’s important to assess whether you’ll get along with each other, and whether the agent has the right contacts for…
By Elizabeth Jensen Local television news has just come through two years of wrenching recession-driven changes and cutbacks that have left smaller staffs doing more work. Despite that, the jury of the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards found that strong…
By Elizabeth Jensen All fall, they came fast and furious: Another conference or report on new funding models to reinvent and save journalism. Conferences at Harvard, Yale, Aspen, and reports from the Knight Foundation and Columbia University’s Journalism School, just…