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Who is The Media?
Overworked 60+ hours/week, holidays, weekends High divorce rate
Underpaid Print – $25,000 - $50,000 TV - $35,000 - $60,000
Feeding the Beast Afraid for their job
Schedule of the average TV reporter 2:00 p.m. – Arrive at work – begin searching for story
ideas 2:30 p.m. – Evening editorial meeting – present story
ideas 3:00 – Reporter leaves meeting with assignment for
4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 newscasts 3:30 – Reporter and live broadcast truck arrive at
scene of assigned story, begin shooting video 3:45 – Reporter begins writing script for 4:00 newscast 3:50 – Reporter hands script to photographer, who
begins editing story. 3:55 – Photographer feeds video, plugs camera into
truck prepares for live shot 4:00 – Live report for newscast
TV reporter schedule 4:05 – Reporter/photographer leave truck to begin
shooting more video and interviews for 5:00 newscast.
4:20 – Breaking news occurs nearby – Reporter/photographer told to abandon story and head to new location across town.
5:00 – Reporter/photographer arrive at breaking news scene and begin doing live reports.
6:30 – After 1.5 hours of live reports, newscasts are over, crew is asked for story ideas for 11p.m. newscast.
6:35 – Reporter begins making phone calls to sources or PIOs to set up story for 11p.m.
TV reporter schedule 7:00 – Crew arrives at new location to begin
shooting 11p.m. story. 8:30 – Crew heads to restaurant to eat and
write story. 9:30 – Crew parks live truck at live location,
photographer begins editing. 10:00 – Breaking news occurs, story is
scrapped, crew races to new location for 11 p.m. newscast.
11:30-Midnight – Return to station Lay awake, worrying about job
Why is it so bad? Old days
3 Broadcast networks Major newspapers
New Era – Audience is scattered Internet
On-line news websites Social Media
Multiple broadcast/cable outlets
Total Average Audiences for Local TV News, 2009
2008 2009 Late News 27.9 26.2 -6.4%
Early Evening News 24.1 22.8 -5.5
Morning News 11.9 11.3 -6.1
Mainstream Media Still Matters! American legacy outlets like newspapers and
broadcast networks accounted for 80% of all items linked to stories on blogs.
International legacy outlets like the BBC and The Guardian in Britain accounted for 20%.
They’re Counting on You Newsrooms produce more content with
smaller staffs Print On-Line Broadcast
Hungry for content
What They’re Looking For (TV)
Controversy Visuals Holding the powerful accountable Easy/Not complicated Live What can you do for me?
Save me time Save me money Make me safe Take me somewhere I’ve never been
Deadline = NOW
What They’re Looking For (Print) Controversy Government savings/waste Stories with broad appeal/impact Stories that make me care about someone
Deadline = NOW
Press Releases Still Work #1 Source of stories from government
agencies Broad reach Be careful – they may be a jumping off point
for critics
They Don’t Care If… Someone got promoted/retired Your pitch isn’t local Nothing is new
They probably don’t care if… The story is about a process, not an event It’s not visual They don’t have anyone to interview