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Using the Media to Tell Your Story
Brian Barker
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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Layoffs
TV – Staffing drops 20% since 2005
Newspapers – Staffing drops 33% since 2001
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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
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Change in Ad Revenue by Medium, 2008
to 2009
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Daily Newspaper Advertising Revenue,
1985-2009
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Evening News Viewership Over Time
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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
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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%.
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They’re Counting on You
Newsrooms produce more content with smaller staffs
On-Line
Broadcast
Hungry for content
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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
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What They’re Looking For (Print)
Controversy
Government savings/waste
Stories with broad appeal/impact
Stories that make me care about someone
Deadline = NOW
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Major Newspapers
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Community Newspapers
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TV Stations
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Hyper-Local Websites
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Giving You Control
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Press Releases Still Work
#1 Source of stories from government agencies
Broad reach
Be careful – they may be a jumping off point for
critics
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Social Media
Reporters are obsessed with Twitter
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Pitching Stories
Why should I care?
Who does it affect?
It had better happen now, or soon.
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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
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Ideas
Make “friends” in the media
Call them!
They’re nice people
Use press releases – they work
Engage in Social Media
Remember, they’re hungry for content