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about 10 hours after i visited st francois de sales a second report summarizes much of what i witnessed in port au prince and on the usns comfort postscript james lea a north carolina based freelance journalist who is also in his third year of medical school consulted with doctors at st francois de sales about decastillion a decision was made to have lea accompany decastillion in an ambulance back to the field medical evacuation station at verreaux where the navy had dropped off embedded journalists by helicopter that morning thanks to lea s advocacy decastillion was flown to the ship however the navy s admissions records do not match the id information decastillion s mother gave me as a result his fate is a mystery to me tagged with backpack journalism backpack journalist haiti multimedia journalist port au prince scott broom usns comfort leave a comment memo to news managers loosen the leash on one man bands for top performance posted in uncategorized by scottbroom on november 3 2009 scott broom new results from a recent rtnda hofstra university survey showing only 38 of tv and radio news directors say their staffs are really on top of new technology and where they re headed is not encouraging for either management or people in the field particularly for one man band tv journalists with the rapid adoption of one man band journalism many senior news managers are finding themselves in uncharted territory these managers never served as mmj s themselves because the job didn t exist back in the day with no battlefield experience to call upon now they can only imagine what it might be like hint air traffic controllers at o hare aren t nearly as busy even so newsroom execs recognize the gems in their organizations when they see them those motivated one man band reporters who are aggressive and productive these flexible masters of reporting shooting editing and web posting leverage their new digital tools to routinely beat their traditional competition despite working alone they turn up surprising elements in otherwise mundane event of the day stories to develop a whole newsroom full of these performers remember this formula for the proper care and feeding of these unique news animals autonomy empowerment feedback motivation autonomy the most efficient mmj s are the ones you rarely see at the tv station because they are maximizing time in the field the time wasted by traditional crews gearing up making calls sitting in morning meetings and otherwise being around the station is time a one man band can ill afford to lose a properly equipped mmj has no need to report to the tv station to get to work loosen the management leash by issuing take home gear to mmj s and allow them to dispatch directly to assignments with no diversions encouraging participation in morning meetings via e mailed story pitches and phone calls not in person appearances encouraging editing in the field and snap feeding by wifi or broadband or live truck rather than returning to the station to ingest tape and produce allowing mmj s to clock out from the field saving management the overtime required for travel back to the station to gear down these critical time savers provide the one man band the time needed to accomplish what used to require two or three individuals to do empowerment to be autonomous one man bands need to be empowered with a full tool box always on hand and a team to back him her up investments in take home vehicles and gear will return surprising dividends in productivity overtime reduction and motivation arm them with the following vehicle camera audio and light gear laptop computer enabled with the following capabilities wireless internet access broadband and wifi skype or other application that allows mmj s to stream to a web based receiver live from any location with broadband wifi or network cable access editing software able to ingest recorded and live video from camera in the field applications allowing reporter to snap feed packages from laptop to the station via internet handheld device that is phone internet e mail and video capable scanner a team at the tv station to assist in developing information while the mmj is tied up shooting and editing feedback let your mmj know you re keeping track with occasional atta boy emails or calls as well as instant feedback when he or she is not living up to expectations try to balance these categories carefully as the stress level in the field is high critique stories frequently remember your mmj is working alone without a partner to collaborate with in the field management feedback is more important than ever track web postings did your mmj file to the web first before producing tv tracking is the best way to let him her know this is a priority since you have assigned your mmj take home gear ask for a quarterly inventory of equipment and keep a watchful eye on gas and mileage in return support him her with quick fulfillment of requests for tapes batteries reimbursements and other needs motivation journalists are generally go getters autonomy empowerment and feedback breed a deep sense of internal responsibility to perform at the high level required for the extremely demanding role of a one man band the best managers will be as flexible as the mmj is in getting the job done tagged with backpack journalism backpack journalist digital correspondent mulitmedia journalism mulitmedia journalist news director news management television industry television management 1 comment scott broom quoted in aftra magazine article outlining union s one man band strategy posted in unions and labor by scottbroom on august 27 2009 scott broom there is no doubt there are certain types of stories that i m less capable of getting in terms of developing contacts than i might get if i had a partner with me scott broom in aftra magazine summer 2009 pp 16 17 in her recent article for the american federation of television and radio artists magazine aftra national manager of communications leslie simmons takes on the labor union s struggle with the coming age of the one man band in major market local television simmons quizzed me and my wusa colleague bruce leshan for some insight into what its like in the trenches of reporting shooting and editing unassisted we both agreed that despite the important focus on workplace issues like compensation for additional work the most critical part of the debate for reporters and society is the impact on journalism itself as my quote above indicates at wusa in washington d c its undeniable that one man bands can be at a disadvantage but not always the journalism with a capital j debate is not as straightforward as it may appear trade offs are being made and the search for equilibrium remains elusive aftra magazine june 2009 like other television outlets wusa is attempting to strike a new balance by adopting the information center model the wusa version seeks to turn nearly all newsroom employees regardless of classification or technical area into journalists there s been a lot of cross training for example photographers editors producers and assignment mangers have been educated or re educated on the basics of writing libel ethics and creating a beat the goal is to create a news organization with a lot more professional journalists on hand in theory the journalistic shortcomings of the one man band in the field should be balanced by the greater ability of the expanded team in the information center to collect and sift facts on any given subject predictably in practice this has been challenging to implement and has not yet fulfilled its promise wusa continues to work on it the best results were seen during a lethal metro commuter rail collision in june of 2009 when the station was able to flood the disaster zone with more people than the broadcast competition and therefore collect more factual information more quickly in my case thanks to the nimbleness of my gear and a strong wireless connection there was a long period where wusa had the only live picture of the scene it was being fed from my camera to a laptop i d carried to the location solo this was long after live trucks and their crews had been shooed away by rescuers helicopters were also excluded thanks to the no fly zone around washington it was a nice win for wusa s tv and web products later i was able to interview washington mayor adrian fenty as he walked through the area and turn a reaction package unassissted this freed other colleagues to focus on everything from medical triage to rider reactions in this case and other notable spot news events our journalistic efforts were helped rather than hurt by the one man band model the next step is to flex this into more sophisticated endeavors such as investigations and daily enterprise where more coordination and back up from the newly trained team in the information center is needed as bruce leshan put it in aftra magazine there are stories that require a tremendous amount of journalist work if you re driving and shooting and editing you just don t have the time in the day to do the old journalist stuff meanwhile simmons reports that aftra is now adhering to a principal of gaining something of substance as it negotiates the implementation of multimedia journalists a k a mmjs or one man bands in this regard aftra has it right for instance a deal with wrc in washington to give explicit primary aftra jursidiction over the internet and secondary digital channels is a reasonable bargain membership and future bargaining power is strengthened the overall quality and professionalism of the people creating content will be higher in the end that will be a critical factor as we flex new technology to defend the capital j in journalism tagged with aftra backpack journalism backpack journalist broadcast digital correspondent how to be a one man band mulitmedia journalism mulitmedia journalist multimedia journalism one man band reporter scott broom television industry leave a comment newseum features scott broom in one man band exhibit posted in uncategorized by scottbroom on june 28 2009 scott broom beside the exhibit featuring his work as a multimedia journalist at wusa tv in washington d c the newseum in washington d c has added me and my brand of one man band journalism to exhibits chronicling the dramatic changes in the news industry i m featured in the bloomberg internet tv and radio gallery on the third level of the newseum in an exhibit called digital news revolution newseum description of one man band journalism the exhibit reads get your local tv news from a one man band television stations are changing the way they gather and deliver the news to cut costs and take advantage of new technologies some traditional news crews are being replaced by one man band operations tv reporters shoot and edit their own stories using web cameras laptop editing programs and the internet some tv stations will soon start delivering local news live via mobile devices such as cell phones gps units and mp3 players these devices will pinpoint your location through a tracking system and pass on information about local news weather and traffic being enshrined in a major museum comes with mixed feelings naturally i m honored to be recognized on the cutting edge of a mass medium by the same token critics might note that i m now literally the poster child for cost cutting ironically some might say the exhibit is just around the corner from a display devoted to edward r murrow who once said we cannot make good news out of bad practice but murrow also said a reporter is always concerned with tomorrow there s nothing tangible of yesterday at their best the technologies brought to bear by a skilled one man band can beat traditional crews in speed and flexibility my experience tells me that one man banding is not bad practice rather it is a new practice that allows a creative journalist to inform a global audience by leveraging wireless capabilities to deliver video and text on air and on line in near real time remember murrow s signature broadcast was named see it now surely murrow would have no argument with the unfiltered reality that this technology is capable of delivering so the public can do just that tagged with backpack journalism backpack journalist digital correspondent how to be a one man band mulitmedia journalism mulitmedia journalist one man band reporter scott broom television industry leave a comment older posts pages about mmj training docs scott in the news video contact follow scott on twitter scott on facebook scott on linkedin scott on youtube wusa9 com links scott featured in examiner scott featured in washington post howard kurtz scott featured on ar d s tips for mmj s blog scott featured on mashable scott on bulletproof blog scott on standupkid s blog scott on washington and lee u news blog scott s top tips powerpoint recent posts how i stepped out of tv news after nearly 45 years 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