Archives for category: PBS

‘When the intern gets the final say’

June 6, 2013 //

It’s odd when the intern’s the boss.

For the last few weeks, I’ve been editing PBS MediaShift’s Daily Must Reads, a collection of the latest news in media innovation and journalism industry trends. Though it often requires me making simple edits such as checking links and deleting commas, I often make much more substantive calls, such as nixing or pitching stories.

Julie Keck, our social media and newsletter author, typically takes my recommendations. Though she’s been working for MediaShift (and working in general) much longer than I have, I often have the final say.

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Tags career center, editing, intern, journalism, PBS MediaShift

Categories AU Career Center, Clips, Journalism, PBS

‘Podcasting from a grocery store’

May 28, 2013 //

My first time on the “Mediatwits” podcast was last week. Take a look behind the scenes at my tech issues, and check out the episode itself.

As I take on more responsibilities at PBS MediaShift, I’ve had to improvise a bit. For an internship about the digital revolution of media, the irony that the digital media revolted is inescapable.

For example, I was on vacation when I needed to join the “Mediatwits” podcast. Mark Glaser, my editor, had me sharing screenshots of the stories and websites the team was talking about.

I would have also contributed to the conversation myself, but I ran into some technical issues.

Read the rest of the story here.

Tags American University, career center, mark glaser, mediashift, mediatwits

Categories AU Career Center, Clips, Journalism, PBS

‘In a Fragmented Media Market, New Jersey Hopes to Thrive’

May 24, 2013 //

[View the story “New Jersey: A Laboratory for Media Innovation” on Storify]

Tags amy mitchell, debbie galant, intern, jeff jarvis, lab, media, mediashift, new jersey, pbs

Categories American University, AU Career Center, Clips, Journalism, PBS

‘Start of my internship at PBS’

May 22, 2013 //

I’m continuing the tradition of blogging about my internships for the American University Career Center. First TIME and USA Today Tech, now PBS MediaShift.

I had the pleasure to secure an internship at PBS MediaShift this summer!

Amy Eisman, my “Writing and Editing for Convergent Media” professor, first told me that Mark Glaser, executive editor of MediaShift, was searching for an intern to work on their weekly podcast, “Mediatwits.”

Though I wasn’t initially selected after the three-step application process (resume and cover letter, exercises, and then an interview), Mark did hire me to come on as an editorial intern to blog and edit the site for the summer.

A few weeks later, Mark’s first pick for their podcasting intern had to go, and he promoted me to work on the podcast as well with double the pay.

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Tags American University, career center, pbs

Categories American University, AU Career Center, Journalism, PBS, School

MSU students freelance for NJ newsrooms

May 21, 2013 //

Fascinating project out of Montclair State University, where students do freelance video projects for cash-strapped newsrooms across New Jersey.

Video Assignment Desk (via NJ News Commons)

Video production teams from the School of Communication and Media are available to create FREE one- to two-minute video pieces focusing on local news stories to supplement editorial. The assignment desk provides a needed resource — at no cost to sites — for news sites that have limited resources…

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Tags #NJMediaLab, freelance, future, journalism, montclair, NJ News Commons, state, training, university

Categories Journalism, PBS, School

‘Media Blast Feds for Secretly Obtaining Records on AP Phone Lines’

May 16, 2013 //

A screenshot of the Storify homepage May 15, 2013, which features the author’s story.

I published my first piece for PBS MediaShift today, compiling the social media and press clippings of the ongoing controversy regarding a Justice Department probe of AP phone records.

The Associated Press announced Monday that the Department of Justice had obtained two months of phone records from its journalists in New York; Washington, D.C.; and Hartford, Conn.

The DOJ sent the AP a letter last week stating that it secretly spied on 20 phone lines, some of which were used by five reporters and an editor who worked on a story about a foiled Yemeni bomb plot, which the AP believes may have been the unstated motive for the DOJ’s actions.

A screenshot of the PBS MediaShift homepage May 15, 2013, which features the author’s story.

Read the rest of the story here.

Tags associated press, department of justice, doj, justice, mediashift, pbs, phone, probe

Categories Clips, Journalism, PBS