Broadcast Journalism

Marketing Your Podcast: 7 Newbie Mistakes 
How do you attract new listeners to your podcast and increase downloads? There’s a myriad ways to do this and their ...
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In broadcast journalism, most stories are reported as they happen, and covering the new developments of a story for several days or even weeks doesn’t ...
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Internships are helpful for students who want a hands-on learning experience in a real TV or radio station. Interning with a broadcaster can help you ...
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If you spend time on social media, you might have seen the story of nine-year-old reporter Hilde Kate Lysiak, who broke the story of a ...
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Most broadcast journalism students who want to pursue an on-air career make an audition video in their senior year, prior to applying for jobs in ...
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Reading the news off a teleprompter may sound easy, but it’s actually more complicated than it seems. Anchors and reporters have to develop a reading ...
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Working in broadcast journalism can be an engaging and exciting job, but every job has its drawbacks. In the news business, there’s always a steady ...
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Recently, on a local news program, the show’s anchors congratulated their meteorologist, who wasn’t there because she’d had a baby that morning, and had sent ...
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What is Stacking a Show?
“Stacking a show” is a phrase broadcasters use to describe putting the segments of a newscast together. Usually the job of ...
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As a journalism student, you’ve probably learned a lot of different techniques for interviewing people. Being open and friendly, putting the interviewee at ease, asking ...
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While many people choose a broadcast journalism major because they aspire to be news anchors, there are many positions in the field, and all have ...
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As a reporter, there will likely be many times when you will have to go outside and cover a weather story. While this is normally ...
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When you decided on a career in journalism, you may have imagined yourself working for a large TV station, or even a national network. However, ...
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Writing and speaking like a professional have always been important concerns for journalists. But today, with advertorials cluttering up TV station websites and social media ...
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If you’ve spent any time watching news blooper videos on YouTube, you’ve probably seen a wide variety of live shots going wrong. But how you ...
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The latest HD television technology is called 4K, or Ultra High Definition (UHD), sometimes also called 4K UHD. Previously, there were three ways to describe ...
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According to a 2015 Pew Research report, almost two-thirds of Millennials (61%) view news on Facebook, more than any other news source. Only 37% say ...
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Streaming video is nothing new, and TV stations frequently feature live coverage of news conferences and events on their websites. But today’s viewers aren’t spending ...
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It’s no secret that increasing numbers of Americans across all demographics are obtaining news from social media—mostly Facebook and Twitter. According to a July study ...
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According to a 2015 Pew State of the Media report, retransmission fee revenue for local stations has been steadily growing since 2006, leaping up from ...
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User-generated content, or UGC, is everywhere these days. Many broadcast journalists feature it during newscasts, and even on the broadcaster’s website and social media profiles. ...
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Live or up-to-the-minute coverage of news events is expensive for TV stations, but also essential in today’s fast-paced world of viral videos and many big ...
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Every day, broadcasters struggle for new ways to stay relevant as viewers spend more time watching video online than on TV. According to a 2014 ...
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Sponsored content continues to grow, with a Business Insider article predicting native ad spending will reach $7.9 billion this year. This is especially true for ...
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Social media provides multiple platforms for promoting a TV or radio station, its programming, and its on-air talent. Social networks are also great places to ...
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Formerly a place to watch shorter video clips, the mobile market has exploded in the past few years. With mobile ad spending comprising 37% of ...
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According to a recent Tubefilter article, the U.S. Media Industry Forecast predicts digital ad spending will reach almost $42 billion in 2015. The study suggests ...
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Adapting a big news story for local audiences is an increasingly popular trend in today’s news landscape, which is dominated by social media and viral ...
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If there’s anything that you’ll learn when being taught journalism in our digital age, it’s that being self-sufficient is the key to your success. Journalists ...
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Broadcast journalism is an exciting career that offers a wide range of opportunities, but you must possess the right skills.

There are a few golden rules ...
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The TV and broadcasting is a tough nut to crack, but once you get your foot on the job ladder, a long and varied career ...
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Broadcast journalism is an ever-changing medium which has really thrived over the last decade, so it’s little surprise that so many people are looking to ...
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We’ve covered what native advertising is and how it can be of benefit to both advertisers and content creators – whether it be a news ...
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Far from being a special effect reserved for high-budget broadcasting, carefully-implemented chroma keys can help add a professional layer of polish to any production, both ...
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Journalism began as a print media and remained as such until the invention of radio and television in the 20th century. Journalism that provides information ...
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Author: Bill Einreinhofer, Chair, Broadcast Journalism Department, New York Film Academy

At first glance, talking about Broadcast Journalism means discussing technology. Microprocessor-based HD cameras produce stunning ...
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Election season is in full swing here in the United States, which means journalists all over the country are doing the same thing they do ...
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In the past, we’ve discussed some of the different job roles at TV stations, but not every graduate with a broadcast journalism degree works in ...
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Last week presidential candidate Donald Trump told supporters at a rally in Texas that, if elected, he wants to “open up libel laws” to make ...
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The amount of technical jargon in the world of journalism—often even for very simple concepts—is notorious, and even if you’ve spent a few years at ...
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Producers frequently do many of the same tasks as reporters—they come up with story ideas, and in some cases do the legwork of setting up ...
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Last week we talked about the pros and cons of on-air careers. While many people want to be in front of the camera, others prefer ...
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After the recent shootings in San Bernardino, in which 14 were killed and another 14 wounded, the news media naturally wanted to learn more about ...
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What is Media Bias?
As a journalism student, you’ve probably learned a lot about objectivity (what all reporters are supposed to have) and media bias (what ...
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It’s no secret that the way we watch things is changing at a rapid pace. While 77% of adults say they regularly watch TV via ...
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On September 17 of this year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) updated its Contest Rule, allowing broadcasters to post contest “rules and regulations” solely online ...
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In a time where one is connected to the world through an object small enough to fit into the palm of his or her hand; ...
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Over the past fifteen years, there has been nothing short of a sea change in how different generations listen to radio, While most radio listeners ...
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According a recent Pew Research report, local news viewership has grown in general, with total on-air ad revenue for affiliates hitting $20 billion in 2014, ...
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The idea of using drones for news gathering has excited journalists since the unmanned flying machines became popular a few years ago. In 2012 Congress ...
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A recent Washington Post article highlights the decline in cable news audiences, reporting that since 2009, the median daily audience for the top three cable ...
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NPR reports downloads of their podcasts were up 14% in 2014, according to the 2015 State of the News Media report. In fact, the number ...
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Morning news viewership for local TV news has been steadily increasing since 2012, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2015 State of the News Media ...
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In today’s world of viral videos and retweets, many broadcast journalists turn to user-generated content to stay relevant with their audiences. User-generated content (UGC) generally ...
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For years, live and up-to-the-minute coverage of news and events has been both essential to capturing viewers’ attention and very expensive to produce. In today’s ...
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While news broadcasts are still aimed at the masses, broadcasters are finding new ways to personalize how viewers get their news. After watching the evening ...
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According to a 2014 Pew Research report, the lines between public relations/marketing and news are becoming increasingly blurred, with news giants like The New York ...
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For years broadcast journalists have used social media to announce new stories or new information on a previously covered topic, generate interest in live TV ...
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Audiences for both local and national news are increasingly getting news from mobile devices, as shown in a 2014 Pew Research report. According to the ...
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Recent estimates of current U.S. ad spending by Strategy Analytics show that while digital marketing continues to grow, it’s still almost $30 billion behind TV ...
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In today’s multimedia world, a piece of news, either local or national, can go viral in hours. Anything from a celebrity scandal to a cute ...
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Social media’s impact on broadcast journalism is reshaping the way in which we all get, share and discuss news. According to a recent Pew Research ...
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The basis of journalism as the fourth estate and a watchdog for corruption and injustice brings an unequivocal responsibility for journalists to be equally skilled ...
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EARLY DAYS – 30s & 40s
“Edward Roscoe Murrow” – the significance of this name in broadcast journalism cannot be overlooked for those who are remotely ...
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Every now and then – perhaps a decade, sometimes longer – a news story comes along that grips the entire nation as it breaks live ...
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For many, the Internet is simply a wonderful playground of distraction full of cats, memes, and memes about cats.
YouTube is, technically, the second biggest search ...
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Many of us get our daily news from television networks such as CNN and MSNBC, so it’s no surprise that broadcast journalism is an attractive ...
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If you’ve ever spent more than ten minutes browsing online, you’ll have seen examples of native advertising even if you didn’t recognize it at the ...
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It’s an exciting time for not just broadcast journalism but for the very concept of journalism itself as technological advancements, arguably like never before, push ...
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Working in broadcast journalism is a funny old beast—sometimes dangerous, certainly unpredictable, and almost always challenging. While years of experience in the field and training ...
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ING’s News Division recently conducted a study on the impact of social media on news and journalism and the results are quite astounding.
It’s important to note ...
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There is hardly a month that goes by that someone doesn’t declare print journalism as ‘dead’, often using the medium to do so. While the ...
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Author: Bill Einreinhofer, Chair, Broadcast Journalism Department, New York Film Academy

There was a time, not so long ago, when it was relatively easy to define ...
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New York Film Academy Broadcast Journalism School graduate Joelle Garguilo comes back to speak with us about her experiences: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSXaZGjz6Xc
“I’m Joelle Garguilo, currently a digital journalist at NBC ...
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NYFA: Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and what first got you interested in broadcast journalism?
Solmaz Sharif: Well, this is my bio ...
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NYFA: Can you tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and what first got you interested in broadcast journalism?
Sheri Jamkhou: I was born in ...
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NYFA: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself, your background, and what made you decide to get into broadcast journalism?
Suzane de Oliveira: I’m ...
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Ana Puod took what she learned at the New York Film Academy School of Broadcast Journalism and brought her new skills and knowledge back to ...
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Upon graduating from the New York Film Academy’s School of Broadcast Journalism, Miriam Eryan scored a dream job at The Morning Show in Australia.
Miriam now works as ...
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Author: Bill Einreinhofer, Chair, Broadcast Journalism Department, New York Film Academy

Q. What is Broadcast Journalism?
A. Today the term “Broadcast Journalism” encompasses a wide variety of media ...
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