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Memo to News Managers: Loosen the Leash on One Man Bands for Top Performance
Scott Broom New results from a recent RTNDA/Hofstra University survey showing only 38% of TV and radio news directors say their staffs are “really on top of new technology and where they’r… more →
One Man's Band
Memo to News Managers: Loosen the Leash on One Man Bands for Top Performance
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scottbroom wrote 1 month ago: Scott Broom New results from a recent RTNDA/Hofstra University survey showing only 38% of TV and rad … more →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Small Crew, Big Danger
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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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
Why Unions Should Embrace the "One Man Band"
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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 →
"Save the Media" Might Save You
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scottbroom wrote 8 months ago: Gina Chen By Scott Broom Gina Chen writes her blog “Save the Media” for newspaper report … more →
A Reporter's Panic: "Can I Do This?"
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scottbroom wrote 9 months ago: Scott Broom You’ve been a traditional television reporter for 6, 12 or even 20 years. You … more →
Twitter and the New Micro-Marketing of Television News
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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 →
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 →
A backpack journalist
jerms wrote 10 months ago: The term “backpack journalist” was made popular in the early 2000s when the convergence … more →
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 →
Fearing the Backpack? Here's the Skinny on Going "DJ"
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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 →
Liveshot? Yes. Livetruck? Nope. Vol. 2, The Obama Inauguration Edition
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localtvnews wrote 10 months ago: Lauren Squires Goes Live by Skype I should probably label these posts NSFW, since if your news direc … more →
Getting started in Backpack Journalism
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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 →
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 →
