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The final presidential debate is coming up on October 19 at UNLV in Las Vegas. It’s the last (scheduled) major event in this political season before the election itself. How have you been covering the debates so far? What’s your plan for this final round? With Social News Desk, you can see what your audience…
Weather teams, Social News Desk takes the burden out of gathering your viewers’ weather pictures and moving them to broadcast. Here’s how. #Hashtag Successful user generated content starts with smart hashtag promotion. Ask your viewers to tweet their weather shots with your preferred hashtags. Maybe you have established hashtags, such as your call letters plus “wx” (#WXYZwx)….
This one is for my reporter friends out there. You one-man-bands and multimedia journalists who hear stories from senior anchors about the days when there was a photog for every reporter in the field (wow!). My friends, I have a message for you: your standup doesn’t have to suck. How many times have you been…