By Robert Clarke
Here’s the list for this week of feature story ideas for broadcast journalists. Feel free to use or modify any of these, and as always, send us a link to your story if you use any of them & we’ll post them here.
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By Robert Clarke
Here’s a list of broadcast story ideas for July 1-7, 2009. I’ll keep my comments brief because my dashboard deleted everything the first go-around as soon as I wrote these up. You’ll have to just take the story ideas and do without my voluminous witticisms this week.
1. Tea Parties. Scheduled for the 4th. Expect... »
By Robert Clarke
It’s amazing to see how quickly the world of broadcast journalism is changing, with the advent of the internet and so-called “social media”. With it comes a new set of challenges for established forms of media, many of which are in denial about the new technologies and the threat which these pose to their... »
By Robert Clarke
This is our weekly resource of ideas for broadcast journalism stories. (Feel free to use them if you’re in any other form of media as well, of course.) As always, if you cover a story from the list, feel free to send me a link and I’ll post it here, along with... »
By Robert Clarke
I’ll write a post upcoming on using (or not using) Twitter to generate story ideas as well as the journalism ethics of reporting and tweeting. For now, I encourage you to read Rules of Engagement for Journalists on Twitter so that you can start thinking about the topic. Notice the tone... »
By Robert Clarke
I hear the lament of the young reporters on a frequent basis, “How do I come up with great story ideas?” A variation of this question comes up in the morning meeting on a weekly or bi-weekly basis. All of your competitors will be covering the same “big” news of the day,... »
By Robert Clarke
1. Journalism vs. Propaganda. ABC News will issue a major propaganda piece to the American people from the White House on June 17, 2009. Talk to journalism professors to see how enthusiastic they are about the project, and what a shining example of journalistic integrity and ethics they think is being displayed by Charles... »
By Robert Clarke
Following the crime beat has a number of challenges, but it can also be a valuable area to cover, because these stories are always high-interest in your local community. From the Christian perspective, covering crime is always tempered with the knowledge that the wages of sin is death. If you’re considering a crime beat... »
By Robert Clarke
Here’s a list of ideas for the coming week. Feel free to adapt any of them to your local market. If you do cover one of these, send me a link to the story and I’ll post it here.
1. Amazon’s Kindle DX, June 10. Amazon’s latest gadget comes out on Wednesday. Don’t expect it... »
By Robert Clarke
“Let me help you with story ideas,” said the News Director. “This will be of tremendous help for you. What is it that you like to do in your free time? What do you do when you leave this office and go home at night?”
“Well,” said Reporter A, “I like to hang... »