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Articulation matters
Delivering the news in a conversational way should not mean sounding sloppy on the air. Articulation makes the difference. If you suffer from “lazy mouth,” you may be hard to understand. Worse yet, you...
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Specialized journalism will win
The Internet has taught old media plenty of lessons, but none more significant than this: “News as the product of mass production no longer seems sustainable now that it is feasible to create content...
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Delivery with energy
If your narration sounds flat and your stand-ups lack spark, maybe you need a little extra energy before recording your track or going on camera. KSTP reporter-photographer John Gross, who also shoots...
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Why stand-ups matter
Stand-ups should never be an afterthought, says award-winning photojournalist Darren Durlach of WBFF-TV in Baltimore. He makes a point of talking with reporters on the way to the story to plan the...
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Breathing for broadcast
All the effort you put into writing and shooting a story may be wasted if your narration doesn’t measure up. Voice coach Ann Utterback says how you sound can make viewers decide to click away or stay...
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Writing better news stories
Tom Hallman, Jr. is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who conducts narrative writing seminars for the Society of Professional Journalism and writes a column for SPJ’s Quill magazine. This month he...
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Tweeting the news
CNN’s Rick Sanchez has almost 90,000 followers on Twitter, making him one of the top TV news Tweeters in the US. His frequent posts are a mix of requests for feedback on the news, commentary and...
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Surviving a live shot disaster
It’s a given. If you’re going live on television, sooner or later something wacky will happen and it will be caught on camera. Back in the old days, you could expect to be teased by your newsroom...
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News anchor roles changing
It’s an unfortunate reality that a good portion of students go into broadcast journalism because they want to be on TV. They dream of being someone like Oprah or of anchoring a newcast because they...
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Print writing help for TV journalists
One of the criticisms leveled at TV news sites is the hit-or-miss quality of the writing. Part of the problem, as many in the broadcast industry freely admit, is a discomfort with or lack of knowledge...
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