Multimedia Minutes: Time Management Tips from a Successful MMJ
When you enterprise your own stories, you’ll find they’re much more engaging than the stories you’re handed. One of the nation’s most successful and prolific multimedia journalists, Marc Schollett, anchors three newscasts a day and enterprises several stories a week. How does he do it?
Marc Schollett took our recommendation to work on multiple stories simultaneously to heart. The idea was that if you’re making calls on only one story, you likely won’t get all the elements you want to turn it “day of.” But if you enterprise several stories — like crime trends in the schools or which companies are hiring again — you put the odds in your favor.
The messages and emails you send out today start yielding results tomorrow and the rest of the week. As one MMJ told us, “It’s much better than the usual approach which doesn’t allow you enough time to get the strong elements you want.”
WANT A LAUGH?
You might enjoy some fun at the expense of TV news courtesy of Charlie Brooker and the BBC, which my colleagues Terry Heaton and Galen Culver wanted me to share.
Ouch!
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