Visionaries in 1939 realized that they could use new technology to report the news with images and sound. That’s when NBC launched the first TV newscast and innovations in delivering the news began. While fewer people make an appointment to watch TV news than they did in the last twenty years, TV continues to play …
Great Journalism Organizations
Society of Professional Journalists Deadline Club in New York https://www.deadlineclub.org/scholarships New York Press Club Broadcast Education Association- National Association of Black Journalists National Association of Hispanic Journalists Asian American Journalism Association Native American Journalists Association South Asian Journalists Association Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (Sarah says: "Unfortunately the only one that doesn't seem to offer …
Investigative and General Reporting Resources
A tenant dies in Trump Tower fire. You get assigned to cover the fire. Who do call? What do you? Who do you call, or email to get information? dcpi@nypd.org Deputy Commissioner, Public Information One Police Plaza - Room 1320 New York, N.Y. 10038 Attn: DCPI Fax: (646) 610-8795 / 5856 Voice: (646) 610-6700 …
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Sample Script for High School Overcrowding Story
VIDEO INSTRUCTIONS AUDIO (YOUR TRACK AND SOTS) NATSOT: (STUDENTS WALKING IN THE HALL :01 SECOND) TRACK: 1 STUDENTS JOSTLE FOR SPACE IN THE HALLWAY AT FRANCIS LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL SOT: (STUDENT) IT’S REALLY BAD. THERE’S NO …
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The Audubon Mural Project
Aylin Soriano and Tim Lopez reported about The Audubon Mural Project that put striking images of birds on Upper Westside walls. They each did a version of the story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqrfGr3OhPw https://youtu.be/2mo7nosyTU4
Where News Comes From
News organizations gather information with teams of reporters and editors. But they also use outside sources including wire services, or news agencies, to provide information. These news agencies have their own teams of reporters, videographers, editors and producers who cover breaking news, politics, business, sports, entertainment, culture and more. They have investigative teams that frequently …