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…
By Hillary Atkin As every news director and assignment desk editor knows, ENG and even satellite trucks have their limitations, whether they are distance, terrain or safety concerns. That’s why many news organizations across the country are embracing IP (Internet…
By Tom Petner I need to take a Manhattan lunch and pitch meeting with Mark Burnett. He’s the British producer and TV guru who introduced the competition-based reality programming genre to the U.S. So here’s my reality show idea for…
If a client wants to get involved with Deadliest Catch, they can probably have four different platforms with it. So that’s the promise of digital. What we’re finding is that kind of thing is only about half our digital business….
Green is a fad. Sustainability is forever. Planet Green is about passionate people doing forward thinking things. It’s about strong narratives, great stories and great storytelling. TVWeek interviewed Laura Michalchyshyn at her office in New York in November—Chuck Ross TVWeek:…