BNM Writers
GEN Z Transforming Newsroom Social
500 million people watch Instagram Stories daily. Compare that to Twitter’s 166 million daily active users and it’s not even close and it’s where more than half of Gen Z’ers get their news.
Angel James is a former Supervising Producer of St. Louis’ #1 morning show, KTVI’s Fox 2 News in the Morning. In her 22 years at Fox 2, she helped grow the local television brand from a very distant third place to the city’s top brand. She’s originally from Virginia Beach, which is where her television producing career began at WTKR-TV News Channel 3 in Norfolk. She also spent time as a newspaper reporter for The Daily Press & The Denbigh Gazette. Angel now operates her own social media company helping small businesses. To learn more visit her website, https://www.angelmjames.com/.
BNM Writers
News is the Only Thing Missing From Election Coverage
Coverage of the election is, as we’ve discussed, still very horse-race-centric, and there’s been, of course, coverage of the various Trump court cases, but where is the coverage of exactly what the candidates plan to do if elected?
Perry Michael Simon is a weekly columnist for Barrett News Media. He previously served as VP and Editor/News-Talk-Sports/Podcast for AllAccess.com. Prior to joining the industry trade publication, Perry spent years in radio working as a Program Director and Operations Manager for KLSX and KLYY in Los Angeles and New Jersey 101.5 in Trenton. He can be found on X (formerly Twitter) @PMSimon.
BNM Writers
8 Ways to Take Your Commercials From Drab to Fab
Our main source of income is derived from commercials. There are a lot of bad commercials.
Peter Thiele is a weekly columnist for Barrett News Media. He currently serves as the Director of Spoken Word for iHeart Des Moines. Additionally, Peter has held programming roles in New York City, San Francisco, Little Rock, Greenville, Hunstville, and Joplin. He has also worked as a host, account executive and producer in Minneapolis, and San Antonio. You can reach him on X at @PeterThiele.
BNM Writers
The Lost Art of Using Sound as a Springboard
Use sound it wherever you can. All you need is a loyal, capable and willing board operator, to go along with a conscientious host.
Brian Shactman is a weekly columnist for Barrett News Radio. In addition to writing for BNM, Brian can be heard weekday mornings in Hartford, CT on 1080 WTIC hosting the popular morning program ‘Brian & Company’. During his career, Brian has worked for ESPN, CNBC, MSNBC, and local TV channels in Connecticut and Massachusetts. You can find him on Twitter @bshactman.
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