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Memo to News Managers: Loosen the Leash on One Man Bands for Top Performance1 comment

scottbroom wrote 1 month ago: Scott Broom New results from a recent RTNDA/Hofstra University survey showing only 38% of TV and rad … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, digital correspondent, mulitmedia journalism, mulitmedia journalist, news director, news management, television industry, television management

Scott Broom Quoted in AFTRA Magazine Article Outlining Union's One Man Band Strategy

scottbroom wrote 3 months ago: Scott Broom “There is no doubt there are certain types of stories that I’m less capable … more →

Tags: Unions and Labor, AFTRA, backpack journalism, Broadcast, digital correspondent, how to be a one man band, mulitmedia journalism, mulitmedia journalist, multimedia journalism

Newseum Features Scott Broom in "One Man Band" Exhibit

scottbroom wrote 5 months ago: Scott Broom beside the exhibit featuring his work as a multimedia journalist at WUSA-TV in Washingto … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, digital correspondent, how to be a one man band, mulitmedia journalism, mulitmedia journalist, one-man band reporter, scott broom, television industry

A Little Safety Reminder About Working Alone

scottbroom wrote 5 months ago: Scott Broom Inevitably when there’s talk about One Man Band TV reporting, the issue of safety … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, digital correspondent, mulitmedia journalism, mulitmedia journalist, Safety, scott broom, television industry

Small Crew, Big Danger1 comment

localtvnews wrote 6 months ago: It’s no leap to see that the arrests of Euna Lee and Laura Ling in North Korea have a lesson f … more →

Tags: Local News 2.0, YouTube, One man band, CBS News, Euna Lee, Laura Ling, Current TV, Al Gore, Kimberly Dozier

A New Media Model: Aggregate and Stop Giving My Work Away!

scottbroom wrote 7 months ago: Scott Broom This weekend I lamented the loss of the Tucson Citizen, and wondered why the media indus … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, Broadcast, Broadcasting, digital correspondent, Free News, free news content, media crisis, media meltdown, Montetize media

New "Digital Journalism" Venture in Baltimore Puts Traditional Media On Notice

scottbroom wrote 8 months ago: Scott Broom What does a local investigative journalism team do when their paper, the Baltimore Exami … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, Broadcasting, digital correspondent, how to be a one man band, mulitmedia journalism, mulitmedia journalist, New Media, One man band, television industry

Why are We Doing This?: Obama Teaches 'New Media' Lesson

scottbroom wrote 8 months ago: Scott Broom: (loyal NPR listener, really) The Gasbags on NPR’s Diane Rehm Show were at it agai … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, Broadcast, Broadcasting, Diane Rehm, digital correspondent, mulitmedia journalism, mulitmedia journalist, New Media, npr

Why Unions Should Embrace the "One Man Band"1 comment

scottbroom wrote 8 months ago: Local TV news insider Mark Joyella asks in a recent blog post entitled The Era of the One Person Cre … more →

Tags: Unions and Labor, AFTRA, backpack journalism, Broadcasting, digital correspondent, Labor Union, mulitmedia journalism, mulitmedia journalist, television industry

"Save the Media" Might Save You1 comment

scottbroom wrote 8 months ago: Gina Chen By Scott Broom Gina Chen writes her blog “Save the Media” for newspaper report … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, digital correspondent, television industry

A Reporter's Panic: "Can I Do This?"1 comment

scottbroom wrote 9 months ago: Scott Broom   You’ve been a traditional television reporter for 6, 12 or even 20 years.  You … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, digital correspondent, television industry, mulitmedia journalist, mulitmedia journalism, Broadcasting, scott broom

Twitter and the New Micro-Marketing of Television News1 comment

scottbroom wrote 9 months ago: When I first started in the TV business  back in 1983,  every now and then I’d “phone a … more →

Tags: twitter, backpack journalism, multimedia journalism, multimedia journalist, digital correspondent, television industry

One Man's Band explores and explains the new era of TV journalism

scottbroom wrote 9 months ago: Scott Broom Recently I was asked by a major Washington DC strategic communications and crisis firm t … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, Broadcast, Broadcasting, mulitmedia journalism, mulitmedia journalist, Multimedia, scott broom, television industry, twitter

A backpack journalist

jerms wrote 10 months ago: The term “backpack journalist” was made popular in the early 2000s when the convergence … more →

Tags: COM412, Assignments, backpack journalism, multimedia journalism, Kevin Sites

Making Multi-Platform Work: Building a Brand All by Yourself

localtvnews wrote 10 months ago: If I said to you, “hey, check out this reel of a guy’s one-man-band standups,” you … more →

Tags: Local News 2.0, Multiplatform, YouTube, Joe Little, KGTV, San Diego, Digital, all platform journalist

Fearing the Backpack? Here's the Skinny on Going "DJ"10 comments

localtvnews wrote 10 months ago: Longtime Backpacker Kevin Sites Yeah, sure, you can sit in the newsroom and bitch and moan with co-w … more →

Tags: Local News 2.0, WNBC, Content Center, deborah potter, multimedia journalist, WUSA, advancing the story, Kevin Sites

Liveshot? Yes. Livetruck? Nope. Vol. 2, The Obama Inauguration Edition1 comment

localtvnews wrote 10 months ago: Lauren Squires Goes Live by Skype I should probably label these posts NSFW, since if your news direc … more →

Tags: Multiplatform, Inauguration, Skype, kwwl, Waterloo, lauren squires, Dubuque

Getting started in Backpack Journalism1 comment

davideowen wrote 11 months ago: A backpack journalist is a person who takes his/her camera to a news event and uses it to document t … more →

Tags: backpack journalism, Protest, protesters, News, politial

D.C. area TV reporters go "backpack"

allthenewsblog wrote 11 months ago: According to The Washington Post, under a new agreement announced in late 2008, WUSA TV was to becom … more →

Tags: New technology, Industry News, Creating Video, video reporting


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