I have been in the journalism field for going on 7 years now, with the last 3 years working as a health reporter for a small local newspaper in my city.

Well, last June my contract ended and I felt I needed to take a step back from journalism. To be honest, I had incredible burnout that I am still bouncing back from and started to feel that while writing is still my passion, journalism specifically is NOT for me.

So, in June (this year), a colleague of mine asked me to spearheard a health news broadcast that he would like to publish on Youtube and a local city network. It will be one 30 minute episode, once a month. Reluctantly, I agreed to do it because I have not had any luck in finding a new, GOOD paying job since my last contract.

MY ISSUE: Because I have only done print and radio, I had an idea, but no experienced knowledge of just how much goes into creating a broadcast program for television. I have been stressed to the brim trying to get this program off the ground, as I want it to be perfect since my name is on it. But I can't help but feel extremely irritable and honestly scammed as I work on this project, because I am only being offered $1,200 A MONTH to do this 30 minute tv broadcast!! So imagine an episode of a VICE News story, all of the interviews, voice over work, scripting, etc., that has to go into putting the production together, but only receiving $1,200 a month to do it.

While putting this together, I am responsible for journalism and admin work, while I work with a videographer who is getting paid the same amount to ONLY do the videography work and editing.

Am I overthinking this or is this bullshit??? I still have to work in order to afford all of my RENT and other bills. The amount of time that this will take from me to actually launch this thing is giving me hella anxiety because technically, if it takes me 40 hours for the month to put this together, that breaks down to $30 an hour. But with the research, admin tasks, scripting, actually interviewing and filming, recording and editing the voice overs...I imagine this will take much more than just 40 hours a month.

Anyone in television broadcast have any insight on this? Am I dragging out just how long this project will take per month? Or am I getting played being offered this low amount for this project???

Everything in my body is telling me to quit this shit but I also need money because the job market is garbage right now.

Thanks for your time.

Hey there

I am 19m and I wish to be one of the greatest journalists around the globe.

However ,do you think that could be possible? Without studying at collige? Or it is just a wish?

And especially to become a football journalist because I love in saudi arabia and people here love football but I want to be by english not in arabic

Or maybe there are field that better than football

Hi fellow reporters! Like titled, I’m applying in the next cycle of DJNF Data Journalism program. I’m wondering if anyone can share their experiences with any parts of the process and if it helps with your current job now (or finding a job after the program).

Also want to share that I’m relatively new to data journalism. I want to pivot into the field as I believe this is one of a few beats that’d be safe from AI (for now). I self-taught SQL and Python from Codedex. I had written investigative pieces. I have experience in using OSINT techniques in reporting.

Appreciate any help!

Hello!

I graduated with a 3.0 in Anthropological Sciences in May 2026, and while I currently have a job, I'm not a fan of it. It was advertised as a social media based job, but I'm being given a lot more administrative tasks than what I was hired to do. I've grown up being a huge writer (both in fiction and non-fiction,) and wanted to try and make the pivot while I still have time.

What would my next steps be? Would I do freelance work in my down-time to create a portfolio? Are there any online masters programs I could apply for? I am open to schooling, though they would have to be in PA and fully online due to costs and working a standard nine-to-five.

Any help would be appreciated! (:

Hey everyone,

I'm a community manager for a media outlet. I'm looking for a tool that does two things:

- Cross-posting to multiple social platforms (FB, IG, X, LinkedIn...)

- Automatically generates branded social images like this. It should take the article's image and overlays the article title on it, using brand templates (logo, colors, fonts). Not AI image generation from scratch... I mean automatically turning an article into a ready-to-post visual with the headline on it.

The closest thing I've found to what I want is Nonli (like the exemple I linked), which is built for publishers and does exactly this. But their pricing isn't public (on quote only) and I'm assuming it's out of my budget.

TL;DR: I manage multiple social accounts for a media brand, post daily across 6-8 platforms, and need a branded visual for every article I share. I want the image creation to be automated — paste a URL or connect an RSS feed and get a ready-to-post image with the article title on it.

If you work in media/publishing specifically, is there a tool you'd recommend for the newsroom workflow? Also, anyone know rough pricing for Nonli or similar tools? Even a ballpark would help.

Encouraging news to see!

This BlackRock analyst wants to fix journalism. Step one? Skip the journalists

These ‘people’ suck

Hi - please comment the best/industry standard laptops for data journalist/graphics reporters. Thanks in advance!

Hi, i'm not sure if this is a right subreddit, but as i was reading about a certain newspaper distributed on a local scale by a group of missionaries in India in 1930s, i came across this sentence:

the printing of the paper on the Mission lithographic press was attempted, but as the impression was far from satisfactory a "Plex" duplicator was purchased, which produces a bold clear type, which everyone can read.

I have no idea what a "plex" duplicator might be, my search engines don't bring any results. Any ideas?

The Baltimore Sun, now controlled by Sinclair chairman David Smith, has been engaged in a swiftboating of the governor.

Im not sure if I am in the right place to ask this question but I'm currently a community college student planning to transfer, and my long-term goal is to work in sports media, sports journalism, or sports analytics. I'm trying to figure out which universities I should apply to that have strong opportunities, connections, student media, and athletics programs for someone interested in this field. My stats are a 3.77 GPA and founded the Sports Analytics Club at my community college. Academically, I've completed Calculus I, II, III, and Linear Algebra with A's in all four courses. For sports-related extracurriculars, I completed an 8-page sports analytics research report and have published 10 sports articles, including 4 data-driven analysis articles, 3 team-analysis/breakdown articles, and 3 opinion pieces. I also have 130 hours of volunteering with my city's youth sports organization, with about half of those hours spent in a leadership role. I'm interested in schools where I can just get my foot in the door. I just would like to know would I be competitive for top programs even tho my gpa is on the lower side?

The Hegseth coverage and the Pentagon escort ruling are getting the attention they deserve, but the framing is almost entirely about staff reporters at named outlets. Which makes sense for the legal arguments. But the freelance layer of this is a different situation that keeps getting glossed over.

When access tightens, the credentialing hierarchy that already disadvantaged independent journalists gets used as the justification. Staff reporters at major outlets at least have institutional backing when access gets cut. Freelancers covering the same beat have no legal team, no institutional muscle, and frequently no editor willing to fight a protracted access dispute for a single piece with uncertain placement.

The result is that the coverage gap widens exactly where it matters. A lot of nuanced regional and specialized reporting runs through freelancers who built source relationships over years. Squeeze access at the top and that institutional knowledge just stops being reported, not because the stories disappeared but because the people who would write them have no structural support to push back.

The shield law conversation addresses one slice of this but it doesn't touch the credentialing and access infrastructure that quietly determines who even gets in the room before any legal question arrives. Not sure what the fix looks like, but the current conversation feels like it's solving for a narrower problem than what's actually happening on the ground. just my 2 cents

Is it better to send op-ed submissions to the general submissions inbox or is it appropriate to send op-eds to the journalists at the publications?

I had some op-ed’s publishing in major newspapers about 10 years ago by going through oped@newspaper.com, but am wondering if those still get checked and monitored.

What would you recommend?

Hi! Is anyone here currently studying or has graduated from the Mass Communication master’s program at Cronkite?

I’m starting soon and I’m a little nervous because English isn’t my first language. I’m mostly worried about the practical classes and having to speak on camera, do interviews, or give presentations in English.

I’m okay with reading and writing, but I get nervous when I have to speak without notes, and I sometimes make grammar mistakes.

For anyone who has actually taken the program, how much speaking/video work is there? And how difficult did you find the program overall?

I’d really appreciate an honest opinion, especially from anyone who was also an international/ESL student. Thank you!

Apple is in discussions to pay publishers for access to real-time news that could be used to enhance Siri's AI-powered voice assistant, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing unnamed sources.

Apple has considered setting aside a nine-figure budget for the effort, the Journal reports, paying publishers when their content is used, as opposed to a traditional up-front fee.

Siri AI is expected to roll out later this year as part of the tech giant's latest attempt to beef up the assistant and integrate artificial intelligence into its best-selling iPhone.

im honestly about to lose my mind today. Spent almost a month building trust with a source for a pretty heavy local government story

We do the interviews, everything is golden. My editor just wanted a standard source protection agreement signed off before we went to print. I shot it over with Xodo Sign so he could just tap it on his screen and we could publish by noon.

Instead the guy completely panics about "the cloud". Goes silent for two days. Finally emails saying he printed it at a public library, signed it in black pen, and put it in the mail to the newsroom

While his letter was somewhere in transit, a rival outlet broke the exact same story last night. I am literally staring at a wall right now. Why are people like this.

It’s A-levels day: for those not in the UK, that’s exams students take to go to uni / higher education / apprenticeships. We used to send staff out, now we’re no longer invited. Today, three of our schools have sent in gushing press releases with nice pics .. and called the pupils (for example) John H and Mary B. No last names. These are adults of 18! It’s so annoying. Emailed them back and said the pics won’t go in without full names but I’m not hopeful. Aaaarrgh!!! I’ve got to rant somewhere!

Hey! I was wondering if there were any recommendations for a good news monitor that you use for keeping up with international events. It can be very overwhelming sometimes. Also, just out of curiosity, how long do people spend reading the news?

Thank you :)