Broadcast journalists experience many newsrooms demands unique to the industry. This lesson will focus on how anyone involved in gathering information for broadcast news can use investigative techniques in his or her daily work despite the constraints of busy newsrooms and deadline pressures.
By attending this class, you’ll learn:
- How to incorporate data into your stories (and convince your editor to let you do so).
- How to use public records to strengthen your reporting.
- How to find exclusives and best pitch them to your manager.
The New England First Amendment Coalition launched in 2020 a monthly educational series featuring short, practical lessons on journalism and the First Amendment.
The goal of the program — called “30 Minute Skills” — is to provide reporters and other citizens knowledge they can use immediately in newsgathering, data collection, storytelling, and other areas of journalism and First Amendment law.
The lessons are provided in a 30-minute format to accommodate the demanding schedules faced by many working in New England newsrooms. The program is free and open to the public. Registration for each lesson is required.