about -1 years ago - 1 comment
(Another classic from the mcarp archives… the prophetic genius and brilliance are his;
the ones/zeros, pixels, pictures and subheads and pull-quotes are mine.)
“You mean it’s not in Wisconsin?”
The phone rang, and an intern picked it up. She listened for a moment, then put her hand over the receiver and looked at me.
“Where is Mount Everest?” she More >
about 4 days ago - 3 comments
(A reminder… this is a reposting from the mcarp archives… the prophetic genius and brilliance are his, the ones/zeros and pixels are mine. And the pictures. Oh, and the subheads. I added those, just to help break up the page.)
“This is a cleansing moment of clarity.”
— Howard Beale, “Network!” (1976)
Network!, in case you’ve never seen More >
about 1 week ago - 1 comment
(More old-school wisdom from the mcarp archives…)
Why don’t you make something arrogant and superficial of yourself?
I came back from a story one day to find the fortune from a Chinese cookie stuck to my computer terminal screen.
“It is not talent you lack,” the slip of paper said, “but ambition.”
Some free character analysis, courtesy of one More >
about 1 week ago - 5 comments
Ike’s final day in television…
Am I venting too hard on journalism lately? Maybe it needs a kick in the pants. I teased the other day to some people that I would share the story of my last day as a television reporter. It certainly doesn’t have the gravity of the “Day They Forced Me To More >
about 1 week ago - 3 comments
If we are to believe the survey results, more journalists are turning to social media for story ideas and information.
This survey published in September of 2009 shows that 70% of journalists use social networking to assist in reporting.
A Cision study of practicing journalists released in January 2010 indicates:
89% use blogs
65% use social networking sites
52% use More >
about 1 week ago - No comments
(I am pleased to deliver more prophecy from the mcarp archives…)
Place blame now, and avoid the rush.
Sweeps. Or, in newsroom vernacular, “Oh, shit.”
But consistent sweeps series production is easy if you plan, plan, plan.
Herewith, the mcarp guide to planning and executing ratings sweeps series.
Six months before ratings:
Key newsroom managers meet to plan sweeps ’summit.’
This preliminary More >
about 2 weeks ago - 1 comment
(I am pleased to deliver more prophecy from the mcarp archives…)
Tips from the I-Team toolbox.
A producer in my newsroom was working on one of those ‘evergreen’ investigative pieces (i.e., one of those stories whose shocking secrets you can stick in a file folder, ready and waiting to be ‘discovered’ for the next ratings period).
But, there More >
about 2 weeks ago - 4 comments
The difference between fast food and cheap news.
To understand why your newsroom is the way it is, you have to understand why the burger place down the street is the way it is.
(I am posting this here so the next time someone asks, I can just More >
about 3 weeks ago - 1 comment
(This is the first of the mcarp essays, written more than 10 years ago by Michael Carpenter, a broadcast journalism refugee who found the light… republished with permission.)
Breaking Kayfabe
I learned an interesting word on the Internet a couple of years ago: kayfabe.
It’s a carney term, transplanted in later years to professional wrestling. It means to always More >
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
The web has always been a place for sharing rants, and now we can do it with instantaneous results.
No, I’m not going to add (much) to the cacophony about Kevin Smith and Southwest Airlines, other than to say that his fame certainly juiced the attention to the cause. His rant is one of an outsider, who rails More >
No, I’m not going back to television.
This time, I’ll be the subject of the interview questions. From 6-7 p.m. (Central time), I’ll be talking with them about the past, present and future of what we call Social Media. Maybe even get a plug in for the new #bhamchat Twitter events on Tuesday nights, and the upcoming Social South conference and soiree.
about 8 months ago
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about 8 months ago
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@ikepigott Can’t wait to hear you!
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about 8 months ago
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