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How to Break Into Local News as a Broadcast Journalist
May 26, 2017 | How To's

How to Break Into Local News as a Broadcast Journalist

If you want to break into journalism, you better prepare yourself for it first. Unlike traditional disciplines where you can enroll yourself in a course, study and take exams, get…

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How Broadcast Journalism is Shifting in 2017
May 1, 2017 | How To's

How Broadcast Journalism is Shifting in 2017

Broadcast journalism has played a significant role over the last few decades in reporting national and international news. In 1935, Howard Armstrong broadcast the first radio transmission by using frequency…

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How To Produce Sweeps Pieces Or Stories In Series Form
May 5, 2016 | How To's

How To Produce Sweeps Pieces Or Stories In Series Form

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 necessarily mean you’re producing a…

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How To Find And Get Journalism Internships
May 5, 2016 | How To's

How To Find And Get Journalism Internships

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 narrow down what kind of…

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How To Get The Story First And Not Get Scooped
May 4, 2016 | How To's

How To Get The Story First And Not Get Scooped

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 murder in her small town…

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How To Make A Great Audition Video
April 22, 2016 | How To's

How To Make A Great Audition Video

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 the industry. (These are sometimes…

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How To Read The News Like A Professional News Anchor
April 1, 2016 | How To's

How To Read The News Like A Professional News Anchor

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 style that seems natural, but…

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How To Stack A News Show
March 21, 2016 | How To's

How To Stack A News Show

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 a producer, stacking the…

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The Ultimate List Of Broadcast Journalism Terms
February 19, 2016 | How To's

The Ultimate List Of Broadcast Journalism Terms

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 broadcast journalism school there will…

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