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AutoTranz
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posted April 20, 2007 09:14 PM
Let's play a little game of "finish this sentence".
A good news department has: at least 2 veteran reporters.
Your turn...
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posted April 20, 2007 09:30 PM
very few producers under 30.
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posted April 20, 2007 09:42 PM
At least one offbeat reporter who is a bit annoying but always comes up with unique angles to otherwise dull stories.
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posted April 20, 2007 10:18 PM
A news director with both balls intact.
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AutoTranz
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posted April 20, 2007 10:44 PM
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Originally posted by TVMattNYC:
A news director with both balls intact.
..and a lot of Pepto-Bismol.
Every good decisive boss I've ever worked for had some sort of gastic discomfort.
I think it was a sign of those 2 balls hanging so low that they tugged at his gut...
[ April 20, 2007, 10:46 PM: Message edited by: AutoTranz ]
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posted April 21, 2007 01:57 AM
quote:
Originally posted by AutoTranz:
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Originally posted by TVMattNYC:
A news director with both balls intact.
..and a lot of Pepto-Bismol.
Every good decisive boss I've ever worked for had some sort of gastic discomfort.
I think it was a sign of those 2 balls hanging so low that they tugged at his gut...
Ewwww...
On a less-gross and often over-looked note... I've found that having at least one well-organized and informed assignment desk editor has had a huge positive impact.
[ April 21, 2007, 01:59 AM: Message edited by: Oh Snap ]
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posted April 21, 2007 02:21 AM
Oh yeah, an assignment desk person who is:
A) Not the station receptionist
B) Not an intern
C) Not the someone on day release
D) Not whoever happens to answer the phone
Save the desk…
Save the world…
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posted April 21, 2007 06:05 AM
every good station has:
a news hungry stringer who enjoys making a few bucks in his spare time, because the station is too cheap to pay overtime.
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posted April 21, 2007 06:30 AM
quote:
Originally posted by TVMattNYC:
A news director with both balls intact.
I thought you liked them shaved.
A good newsroom has:
- The curiosity and creativity to find new angles
- The guts to take a chance on a great idea
- The judgment to squash the bad ideas a truly open environment fosters
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Sir Dropham Pants
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posted April 21, 2007 08:18 AM
Photographers and reporters who consider themselves equally vested in whatever story they cover.
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posted April 21, 2007 09:00 AM
A minimal amount of meetings.
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posted April 21, 2007 09:57 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Dropham Pants:
Photographers and reporters who consider themselves equally vested in whatever story they cover.
See? Another point in favor of "backpack" journalists!!!
(ok, easy now, just kidding...)
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posted April 21, 2007 11:04 AM
Spellcheck.
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posted April 21, 2007 11:14 AM
...free coffee.
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AutoTranz
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posted April 21, 2007 11:19 AM
An overnight photographer (scene video).
*At least* 1 person who has lived in the area over 20 years.
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posted April 21, 2007 06:07 PM
(1) An assignment editor who is there for more than freebies and a paycheck.
(2) Producers who a least get around and know something about the town.
(3) Reporters who know how to pronounce street names correctly.
(4) News managers who know how to manage
(5) Updated and working equipment.
(6) The gonads to back news employees that go out on a limb to get the best story.
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posted April 21, 2007 06:10 PM
A 15 rating and a 30 share.
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posted April 21, 2007 09:49 PM
An overnight photographer (I'm seconding that)
Reporters with established beats
Sweeps pieces that aren't copies of what the network or larger markets did last sweeps period
A dependable heating and cooling system
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phil413
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posted April 21, 2007 10:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by CorkySherwood:
An overnight photographer (I'm seconding that)
Reporters with established beats
Sweeps pieces that aren't copies of what the network or larger markets did last sweeps period
A dependable heating and cooling system
what gives corky? no reference to the sports dept. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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AutoTranz
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posted April 21, 2007 10:17 PM
Computers capable of handling Windows XP (you'd be surprised...)
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Lazlo Toth
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posted April 22, 2007 12:54 AM
quote:
Originally posted by 2:30:
A 15 rating and a 30 share.
Sadly, so also do some bad news departments.
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posted April 22, 2007 08:27 AM
a Chief Engineer and Head of I.T. who are on the same page as the N.D.
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AutoTranz
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posted April 22, 2007 09:02 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Union Label:
a Chief Engineer and Head of I.T. who are on the same page as the N.D.
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Someone who knows how to handle a decent budget.
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posted April 22, 2007 09:05 AM
A fresh supply of hot interns every summer.
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posted April 22, 2007 10:33 AM
quote:
Originally posted by AutoTranz:
quote:
Originally posted by Union Label:
a Chief Engineer and Head of I.T. who are on the same page as the N.D.
Someone who knows how to handle a decent budget.
While also treating their employees with respect.
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AutoTranz
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posted April 22, 2007 11:03 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Pinkie:
quote:
Originally posted by AutoTranz:
quote:
Originally posted by Union Label:
a Chief Engineer and Head of I.T. who are on the same page as the N.D.
Someone who knows how to handle a decent budget.
While also treating their employees with respect.
Seconded.
-Pizza on Election night
-A reliable fleet of vehicles
-A plan with some sort of a foundation
-Anchors who do not mind reporting
-The sense to know that in some cases (especially in TV), a craftsman/craftswoman is only as good as his/her tools.
-People who realize that yelling and screaming doesn't equate to positive progression.
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posted April 22, 2007 11:33 AM
at least a couple of people who have worked in radio at some point in their career. Most of the time they have a much greater appreciation for how good we all have it in the television end of things. I do have a problem with former radio who haven't mastered the ability of writing to the pictures.
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posted April 22, 2007 03:21 PM
Pay above the federal poverty level...
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posted April 22, 2007 04:46 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Ceasar:
Pay above the federal poverty level...
Let the church say Amen...
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posted April 22, 2007 05:57 PM
A good news department does not completely give in to what consultants 2500 miles away say they should do with their newscasts.
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posted April 22, 2007 07:40 PM
quote:
Originally posted by phil413:
quote:
Originally posted by CorkySherwood:
An overnight photographer (I'm seconding that)
Reporters with established beats
Sweeps pieces that aren't copies of what the network or larger markets did last sweeps period
A dependable heating and cooling system
what gives corky? no reference to the sports dept.
I've never worked at a station that didn't have a great sports department!! ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
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posted April 22, 2007 07:55 PM
Speaking of sports:
People that know when a big sports story warrants being A-block material.
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posted April 23, 2007 03:40 AM
Respect.
Respect for employee benefits and time off.
I've worked in newsrooms where your days off or vacation time is treated as a sin. You work for time off just as surely as you worked on a package or newscast. It is something employees EARN. Managers often treat is a slap in the face.
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posted April 23, 2007 06:09 AM
quote:
Originally posted by AutoTranz:
Speaking of sports:
People that know when a big sports story warrants being A-block material.
and when sports stories do not warrant a spot in the a-block!
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posted April 23, 2007 07:47 AM
quote:
Originally posted by phil413:
quote:
Originally posted by AutoTranz:
Speaking of sports:
People that know when a big sports story warrants being A-block material.
and when sports stories do not warrant a spot in the a-block!
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posted April 23, 2007 09:59 PM
A good news department has a ND who will give a kick to the ass of the lazy people in the newsroom while earning the respect of the people in the newsroom who actually work hard and pull the slack for the lazy folks who've been there too long.
It also has an informed assigment desk manager and a few informed desk minions. A chief photog who will tell a photog who screwed up, how not to screw up again instead of grumbling about "these damn kids..."
Equipment that works the majority of the time, and an engineer on call to fix it if it doesn't.
Oh, and tripods that actually get used.
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posted April 24, 2007 12:39 PM
a good news department has.....
eliminated it's sports department.
NOT!
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posted April 24, 2007 01:29 PM
. . the ability to recognize that it can always be a better than it is.
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posted April 26, 2007 12:58 PM
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Originally posted by DoneThatToo:
. . the ability to recognize that it can always be a better than it is.
Good one!
Good cameras/tape stock, enough edit bays, good field mic's.
And plenty of monthly get-togethers.
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posted April 26, 2007 09:47 PM
A full production crew handling live newscasts...not a one or two person "baby-sitting" crew...
In other words, NO AUTOMATION.
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