How can I become a News Reporter?
1) Well enough to get into a good college. The better your college education, the easier you'll find it to network, get internships, and eventually a job. 2) Starting out, very very little. Living-on-food-stamps little. As you work your way up, the money gets better. Reporters in top-30 markets make a decent living but are hardly wealthy. Top news anchors in large markets make very good money, but there are very few of them, and their jobs don't open up often. 3) CNN values smart reporters. Know your subject matter, be willing to work very hard, and catch a bunch of lucky breaks on the way. 4) I'm not a fan of undergraduate journalism degrees, and outright opposed to communications degrees. Study political science, economics, history, or anything else that interests you. Get a minor in journalism if you'd like. Far more important than your major is making connections and finding internships during college so that you can get that first job after college. The higher up you start out, the easier your climb will be to a big TV market, newspaper, or network.
Where can I buy a news reporter like Microphone?
My girlfriend is a broadcast journalism student and is starting to interview people for her classes. She doesn't have a tape recorder yet because she can not afford one. So for christmas or our anniversary this month I dont know when to give to her but I want to buy her a microphone exactly like the ones the reporters use on the news. And I cant find them anywhere. I also want it to include or if not buy the little box that shows the logo of the tv station and put her name on it. Does anyone know what that box is called? Also one more question, Is there a tape recorder in the shape of a microphone?! That would be a double wammy! If not I would just buy her a recorder and have her connect the mic to the recorder. Anyways thanks alot!
How do I become a manager or a backstage reporter for wwe?
even to be a valet you need to go to wrestling school here is a website that gives a list of different school you can go to. A couple give you a price of how much it will be to go to the school and it costs less at most to go for being a valet http://wwestardom.blogspot.com/2007/11/professional-wrestling-schools_10.html
Can I get a job as a court reporter with a felony/misdemeanor on my record?
Different Cities, Counties and States (local government) have different requirements. Generally, it would depend on the type of conviction. A crime of violence or drugs would weigh against you however, sometimes the amount of time that has passed since the conviction and if you don't have any other problems, it begins to work for you. Also, there are now independent companies who provide 'court reporting' services to client law firms and attorney groups for areas like traveling to and taking depositions from plaintiff's and defendant's -- so you would be employed by a company and not a local government. Many TV and broadcast company's also use the 'court reporter' types in areas such as "closed-captioning". http://www.criminal-justice-careers.com/...
If a reporter is interviewing me and I want something to be "off the record" how can I know it will be?
Original question: If a reporter is interviewing me and I want something to be "off the record" how can I know it will be?When the reporter makes verbal assurance that he is cooperating with your request to be “off the record” for a particular information that you are about to say.When the reporter stops taking down notes as you talk.When the reporter turns off the audio/video recorder, allowing you to speak freely.When the next day’s paper or newscast does not include the supposed off-the-record information you shared with the reporter.A decent, good, and dependable reporter would think twice before including in his/her news material any information that is supposed to be off the record because a reporter would rather gain your trust as a reliable source for future news stories. Should a reporter breaches that trust, he/she knows it would be difficult for him/her to secure information from you again. And he/she knows well enough that he/she would someday most likely need you for future news stories.Believe it or not, a source like you is a valuable asset to a reporter for without your tipping him/her off and openly sharing leads and potential news with him/her, a reporter’s life will be harder than it already is.I remember interviewing a politician back when I was a newspaper reporter. In the middle of the session, he told me not to put on the record the following statements he will share with me. My audio recorder was on his table in front of him, and he knew it was on. So, I turned the recorder off without taking it away from his sight. During our exchange, he would check every now and then if my recorder’s red power light was off, and I would assure him it was. I didn’t play him about the whole thing.I respect my source who tells me to be off the record during an interview, instead of sharing with me information, and later on after publication of my news denying or retracting his/her statements only because he/she had a change of heart for some reasons saying those things.That’s my take.
What is the difference between a journalist and a reporter?
In professional news media, all reporters are journalists but not all journalists are reporters."Reporter" is a specific role: Someone who gathers facts and information from multiple sources, verifies them and writes a story or relays (reports) those findings in a TV, radio or Internet broadcast."Journalist" includes anyone who is part of the editorial process of gathering and disseminating news: Reporters, editors, producers, photographers, camera operators, news columnists, etc.In a literal sense, anyone can be a reporter by relaying their direct observations. (e.g. I saw a car crash.) With the advent of social media such as Twitter, amateur reporters are increasingly a breaking news alert network for traditional news organizations.Ordinary people can also commit acts of journalism by following the journalistic process of fact-gathering, multi-source verification and putting those facts in context (e.g. A high-speed police chase after a million dollar bank robbery yesterday ended when the suspect's car crashed into a lamp post at a busy downtown intersection.)Today, reporters' roles are being blurred as they are required to take on more tasks that include photography, editing, blogging, shooting and producing video, audio, etc., so "journalist" is increasingly the most appropriate catch-all term.
Have court reporters been replaced by technology? Is court reporting a dying profession?
Court reporting is a great profession, but it's not for those who aren't willing to be dedicated. It takes A LOT of practice in order to get through the schooling. I have been a court reporter for 17 years and when I graduated from college, people were saying that court reporting was a dying breed way back then in 1990. There is still a high demand for court reporters, but you may need to relocate to a larger city if you live in a less-populated area. While some courts have replaced "live" court reporters with other recording means; i.e., digital recording, there is still a high demand for more court reporters in the freelance and broadcast captioning arena. Freelancers usually work through a freelance agency that schedules depositions, hearings, etc, with attorneys. Most of this type of work is done in attorneys' offices. Broadcast captioning entails doing instant realtime, such as you see on TV with Closed Captioning for the deaf. Those are actually court reporters doing that. You may be required to work out of an office, or some captioners are able to work from home in their pajamas while captioning live on TV! There are also CART reporters (Communication Access Realtime Translation) who attend classes with a deaf student (usually at the college level) and the student reads everything that is said from a laptop screen provided by the court reporter. And, of course, there are still plenty of jobs in the court systems for court reporters. And in some courts they have actually switched back to live court reporters because the digital recording ended up being a disaster and costing more than having a live court reporter. In choosing a court reporting program I highly recommend attending a program approved by the NCRA (National Court Reporters Association). If you can attend a college in person, that is the best scenario, but there are many online programs also. The only NCRA-approved program in Michigan is the Academy of Court Reporting located in Clawson, MI. Their website is www.acr.edu. Hope this info helps! If you want more info, you can check out the Court-Reporters (include the dash in the name) group at YahooGroups. Brenda