Survive Your Job In Television News
An Honest Guide To Journalism Jobs
We told you how to interview the station. Now let’s lay out how to identify a truly cool shop. Here are some clear ways to discover if the place you’re considering is a place where you would want to work. Sit in the newsroom and watch how the staff interacts with each other. Are people … Continue reading “Newsflash! This opportunity is too good to pass up.”
This can be hard to admit, but it happens to everyone. Cold sweats, waking up dreaming of your live shot or newscast crashing are all part of the gig. Getting chewed because you cannot complete all of your work happens, especially with more stations lumping on extra packages or making people one man band. Now … Continue reading “Help! I’m in over my head.”
If you haven’t already, you will eventually work for a “screamer” in television news. It’s just a simple fact of life in the biz. But that simplicity of fact does not mean reacting to it is simple. Screamers are alarming, and not just for the ear. It means the person loses control in key situations; … Continue reading “Stop the screaming! What to do when your boss is deafening and demeaning.”
Read that title again. Interview the station, don’t let it interview you. This probably goes against the grain of what you’ve been taught. But hear us out and you’ll see the logic. Most people assume that news management knows what type of person it needs for a given job. That is not always true. Increasingly … Continue reading “Interview the station, don’t let it interview you.”
