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national and international news The multimedia journalists of With some additional education,
at their disposal on their com- tomorrow will be the specialists gumbert believes that they’ll
puters during the workday. This today who possess the desire to be able to tell a great story and
requires making the Web the do more. For some former spe- not miss much that a specialist
priority from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and cialists, this will require training. photographer and editor would
then shifting gears and making For example, reporters under- have brought to the process.
the news broadcasts the priority stand the basics of shooting Stewart Pittman is a news
from 5 p.m. to 11: 30 p.m. with a camera and the strategy photographer at WgHP-dT, the
behind storytelling because FOx affiliate in greensboro, NC.

The end of the they work with both every day. Pittman has spent the last two specialist

“The financials of the industry

CNN has received copious amounts of industry

dictate that we can’t spend

recognition, including a technical Emmy, for helping to

as much money and as much

transform traditional satellite newsgathering methods

time on specific areas of the

with portable, broadband IP satellite terminals that let

newsgathering and news

the news network maximize its reporting resources.

production process as we used to, because we’re not able to monetize our newscast at the rate we used to,” gumbert said.

At the same time, broadcasters need more people on the street gathering content.

This new demand for more feet on the street will shift job responsibilities. The jobs of the future will be held by people who have multiple skills at every level of storytelling and newsgathering. Enter the multimedia journalist.

Television news is experiencing the end of an era in specialists and a shift to multi-skilled, multimedia journalists, said gumbert. While this transition will be a very painful, controversial exercise to go through, it is necessary based on economics and technological advancement, he said.