Your time to find a TV gig is running out! The Staff at TVNewsGigs.com has cut through the clutter to help you score that job.
Spring Grads TVNewsGigs.com save 20%
Go Tapeless! with us...don't spend a dime buying tapes, or waste hours dubbing or drop a ton of money on shipping. We'll create your personal Web page with a headshot, resume and video for less than $1 a day. You could be email your page for jobs in a matter of minutes. Use the code: "liveshot"
Digital Agent- Tell us where you want to work and what type of job you're looking for and we do the rest. If there's a job that matches what you want on our site...we'll send your Web page to the News Director. Use the code: "liveshot"
Hundreds of TV News Jobs...just a click away at TVNewsGigs.com
We thought we'd take some time and talk about cover letters. For those of you using TV News Gigs' Go Tapeless! you know you're saving time and money not having to dub tapes, print resumes and pay high shipping costs. But you've still got to write an electronic cover letter to send with your own Web page we create for you. There are many different ways to do it. The Detroit Free Press has tips for 6 types of cover letters.
Happy job hunting.
Remember to check out TVNewsGigs.com to search hundreds and hundreds of fresh jobs.
So what should you put on that resume tape? Should you do put on a flash slate or just put together a simple tape? How long should the tape be? NewsLab has some good advice from News Directors on what to put on a resume tape.
Got a job offer? Can you ask for more? Don't forget to ask about benefits? What about outs in that contract?
The folks at Emerson College who train some of the best new journalists in Boston have some great tips for negotiating a job offer.
The Society of Professional Journalists has written a Campus Media Statement that includes three magic words: designated public forums. Having your college's media declared to be a designated public forum means that the college cannot control the content of your student media.
Here is the Campus Media Statement from SPJ:
“Student media are designated public forums, and free from censorship and advance approval of content. Because content and funding are unrelated, and because the role of adviser does not include advance review of content, student media are free to develop editorial policies and news coverage with the understanding that students and student organizations speak only for themselves. Administrators, faculty, staff or other agents shall not consider the student media’s content when making decisions regarding the media’s funding or faculty adviser.”
Read more about how you can encourage your college administrators to declare your student media as "designated public forums".
We'll all have to cover this big election for the White House, US House, Senate and State House. Looking for fresh tips? Looking to Track the Money Trail? Looking for ways to localize a national issue? Bookmark it now Campaign Finance Information Center.
So you've been offered that first job. Can you really live on that? Take a look at the top ten cities where paychecks can go far in a salary.com survey.
CNN/Money-Cost of Living Calculator
We've found some great advice for putting together a weather caster resume reel. Check it out from the folks at TheWeatherPrediction.com.
Looking for resume tape advice? How long should that montage be? 1 minute? or 2? How many packages? All hard news or one feature?
Remember with TVNewsGigs.com you can get your tape out to news directors around the world in just a matter of minutes. Sign up for Digital Agent and your tape hits the web and is emailed to news directors that have openings. No more buying tapes, dubbing, searching for jobs, printing resumes and paying for postage. We do it for you. There are several low-cost plans available. Visit TVNewsGigs.com for more information.
The folks at NewsLab have questioned dozens news directors for their advice on resume reels.
