{"id":3151,"date":"2019-10-24T09:39:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T13:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/?p=3151"},"modified":"2019-10-24T09:42:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T13:42:31","slug":"cbs-execs-share-career-advice-with-online-journalism-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/2019\/10\/24\/cbs-execs-share-career-advice-with-online-journalism-students\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Execs Share Career Advice with Online Journalism Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Hunter online journalism students during an Oct. 16 tour of CBS Broadcast Center studios.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Students from Hunter\u2019s Online Journalism class got a window into the inner workings of CBS Interactive<\/a> on Oct. 16, along with insightful career and networking advice, thanks to an afternoon of meetings with senior executives and news producers. 
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As part of the visit, the 13 students and their professor, Adam Glenn, took a whirlwind tour of studio operations at the CBS Broadcast Center on West 57th Street in Manhattan. 
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And they received an impromptu visit from Emmy-award winning Hunter graduate Chelsea Narvaez<\/a>, a production assistant at 48 Hours, who spoke to students about her internships and her work at the news magazine.
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New technology, new job opportunities<\/strong>
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Darius Walker, executive producer at CBS News Digital, spent much of the afternoon with the students, detailing the network\u2019s 24\/7 news streaming operation, which markets CBS News programing to a younger audience, as well as cord-cutting and bilingual TV viewers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Darius Walker, executive producer at CBS News Digital, shared career advice with students during their visit to the network.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With the future job-seekers in mind, Jon McGlinchy, a senior producer for special projects, noted that such streaming services have led to the emergence of a new industry job title that merges journalism and computer operations\u2014 \u201cdigital line producer.\u201d 
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In fact, the network\u2019s very first digital line producer, Anne Hsu, was on hand to talk to students and describe the evolution of the position since she joined the team five years ago. 
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Hsu, now a senior producer who leads the CBS Interactive evening news team, detailed how she started as a local TV reporter in the West and Pacific Northwest, and later joined CBS News as a broadcast producer on weekend news before joining CBS Interactive, where she helped pioneer the digital line producer position.
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\u2018Be curious, dig deeper\u2019<\/strong>
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Asked about useful skills students should develop as they enter the job market, Hsu, McGlinchy and Walker all emphasized that writing that matters most. 
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\u201cWriting helps you day to day put good product on TV,\u201d Hsu said, \u201cIt also forces you to distill complex stories with analytical thinking.\u201d
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Walker added: \u201cIf you\u2019re a good writer, your chances of growth are larger. If you can write and express yourself, you can take on bigger challenges and rise up in the ranks.\u201d
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‘If you\u2019re a creative, curious person who can write well, your chance of success is good.’<\/p> \u2014 Darius Walker, executive producer at CBS News Digital<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Creativity is also central. \u201cBe curious, dig deeper, find the angle no one can present,\u201d Walker said. \u201cIf you\u2019re a creative, curious person who can write well, your chance of success is good.\u201d
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Melissa Maguire, a planning producer with responsibilities for medium term news planning, advised prospective interns to \u201ckeep your mind really open when interning. Mine every experience. Be open to many possibilities.\u201d 
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Hsu agreed: \u201cEarly on in your career, try everything. Being a team player is a key trait.\u201d 
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Added Racquel Foster, manager of streaming and video operations: \u201cAttitude is key!\u201d
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Maguire later urged students to work the connections they gain as interns, and to keep up relationships with professionals, even if their contacts don\u2019t always have the time to reply to emails or other contacts. 
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Students also heard from from Anna Sugg, who described her work as a network booking producer based in Washington, D.C., and from Alisa Walter, who outlined the CBS internship program, which posts nearly five dozen internships in six locations each summer, and frequently hires interns into staff positions.
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Tour of studios, control rooms<\/strong>
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The tour of CBS operations, led by production managers Jim Donovan and Andy Pezzica, brought students through WCBS and WLNY news studio, where they heard a live segment produced by WCBS-TV anchor Maurice Dubois. 
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‘Have a nose for stories. Be interested in news. Be interested in everything!’<\/p>\u2014 WCBS-TV anchor Maurice Dubois<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Dubois offered some impromptu advice: \u201cHave a nose for stories. Be interested in news. Be interested in everything!\u201d
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The class also were walked through the studio used in the production of John Oliver\u2019s \u201cLast Week Tonight,\u201d  as well as \u201cFull Frontal with Samantha Bee,” late-night talk show Desus & Mero and Showtime\u2019s \u201cInside the NFL.\u201d 
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The tour ended in CBS Sports studios that host the network\u2019s football and college basketball coverage.
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Students in Prof. Glenn’s Online Journalism class wrap up their tour of CBS News operations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students from Hunter\u2019s Online Journalism class got a window into the inner workings of CBS Interactive on Oct. 16, along with insightful career and networking advice, thanks to a tour of its operations and an afternoon of meetings with senior executives and news producers. Find out the top tips they heard about succeeding in the profession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":3162,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18,25],"tags":[145,45,27],"class_list":["post-3151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage_news","category-journalism-program-news","category-television-2","tag-advice","tag-cbs","tag-tours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3151"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3164,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3151\/revisions\/3164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fm.hunter.cuny.edu\/journalism\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}