Broadcast Journalism
Madison Frantz
Average Salary
$30,000-$45,000 per year
Duties
- Generate ideas to feature on the news that would interest the public
- Conducts interviews and research
- Travel to the scenes of news events
- Report in both live and recorded situations
- Writing scripts, headlines, and reports
Helpful Skills
- Good verbal and written communication
- Ability to meet tight deadlines
- Ability to conduct thourough research on a topic
- Strong public speaking skills
The Pyschology in Journalism
Many broadcasts journalists are told to travel to different events which can have a strong pyschological effect on them. Some travel to war zones, areas of natural disaster, and other events containing community issues. Witnessing tragic events can have a huge effect on a person and though a journalist is taught not to get caught up in their emotions when covering a story, it can cause pyschological damage.