My Life As An iPhone Reporter

4-2-15

How are your reporters covering news today? For nearly two decades, Neal Augenstein has been an award-winning reporter with WTOP-FM and wtop.com. He's believed to be one of the first major-market radio reporters to do all his field reporting on an iPhone. The Newseum recently displayed one of Augenstein's phones as "an artifact of the new era of mobile-empowered reporting," according to the tech site Mediashift, where  Augenstein  reflected on his five years as an iPhone reporter.

Augenstein  says technology has evolved, along with journalists' job descriptions. And WTOP's focus changed from being the top-rated radio station to being a multi-platform digital news organization. And he goes on to say how emerging platforms and social media have changed the fast-paced game of news even more.

Augenstein says that, in 2015, photo and video-sharing sites like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are where news is broken, "generally in visually-oriented, easily-digested tidbits." He says Facebook has altered its mobile app to provide similar features to Instagram (now owned by Facebook), which boasted over 300 million active users in 2014. "Visual storytelling apps such as Steller, Storehouse, and JamSnap provide an alternative to traditional news packages and can be used in conjunction with those legacy packages, to remain engaged throughout the day with listeners, viewers, and users."

Augenstein argues that despite warnings that professional journalists are becoming extinct, trusted and trained journalists are more valuable than ever. "With so much 'noise' online, and as business models continue to change, I believe there will always be a need for accurate, ethical, and creative storytelling."

Read the entire article at Mediashift HERE and check out Neal's website called http://iphonereporting.com/

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Hannity Makes Hollywood Reporter List

4-16-14

Nationally syndicated talker Sean Hannity is listed in the top 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media 2014, but it's for his TV show. Hannity is also on the May 12 cover of Radio Ink magazine. In our interview, Hannity discusses the end of his contract with Cumulus, his rivalry with Michael Savage, and his thoughts on how radio is measured, which he says "is flawed in a dramatic way." Check out The Hollywood Reporter Media list HERE which also includes Howard Stern.

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Former WBZ Radio Traffic Reporter Joe Morgan Dies

1-31-2013

WBZ is reporting that Morgan, who retired two years ago, died peacefully with his family around him. Morgan is survived by his four grandchildren and his wife of 44 years, Ellen. The station said Morgan had a long illness. He was 67.
According to the WBZ website, Morgan worked for more than 30 years in radio before he started reporting in the WBZ traffic helicopter in April 1997. He spent his entire career broadcasting in Boston, beginning in 1968 at WCOP as the Operations Director. Eight years later, he became the Public Affairs and Editorial Director, News Anchor and Reporter, and the News Director for WRKO. In 1989, he was named News Director for WHDH-Radio.

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FOX News Radio Hires Former CBS Reporter

8-17-2012

FOX News Radio has hired Steve Knight and Simon Owen who will both start Monday. Knight will serve as a New York based anchor and Owen as a London based correspondent. Knight was an anchor and reporter for WCBS 880 in New York and also worked for Associated Press Radio. He also served as news director and anchor for New York Times Radio

Owen was most recently a reporter with Sky News Radio where he provided live coverage of the 2012 Olympics as well as of the 2011 Royal Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton. He also covered the death of singer Amy Winehouse, the resignation of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, and secured high-profile interviews with international celebrities such as David Beckham and Jude Law.

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WTOP Reporter Shoved by Former City Council Chair

6-7-2012

Jim Farley jokes to Radio Ink that his reporters now want combat pay after Washington D.C. City Council Chairman Kwame Brown shoved his forearm into WTOP reporter Mark Seagraves' chest and pushed him up against a wall. Brown was asked a question about an FBI investigation into his campaigning. Brown asked his staff to remove Segraves. Brown later "winked and smiled" to Segraves in the chamber from the council dais.

Brown later apologized to Segraves for the incident, and brought him into his office where the two spoke for a few minutes. Brown explained the wink he gave Segraves earlier on Tuesday was due to "a contact lens problem."

Brown resigned this week

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Longtime CBS News Reporter Don Mozley Dies

Mozley was 90 and he died of a heart attack Thursday at London?s Heathrow Airport on the way home from a trip to Europe. CBS News hired Mozley in 1942. He covered World War II and at age 12 was one of the youngest correspondent's to break the news of Japan?s unconditional surrender in 1945. Mozley was KCBS News Director for 15 years, where he also served as a news anchor and reporter, in addition to covering the automotive industry in his long-running ?California Driver? features.

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Radio Reporter Shot Dead in Philippines

The Philippines is one of the most dangerous countries for journalists. It's the 3rd most dangerous according to the Committee to Protect Journalists behind Iraq and Somalia. 49-year old Romeo Olea was fatally shot on his way to work in the eastern Philippines. Olea is the fourth journalist killed in that country this year. Two witnesses brought the body of Olea to a hospital where he died. They did not see who shot the reporter. A police superintendent says the killing was most likely related to Olea's work. Olea?s wife told police that her husband had received death threats. Olea worked for the provincial radio station DWEB-FM.

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New England Public Radio Reporter Bob Paquette Dead at 55.

At age 55, New England Public Radio reporter Bob Paquette has died. Published reports say the local host of National Public Radio's "Morning Edition" on WFCR-FM in Amherst dies of a heart attack. Paquette began working at the station in 1991. A 1977 graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Paquette got his start in radio at the campus radio station, WMUA-FM, when he arrived at school in 1973. He would later work for the former WTTT-AM in Amherst in a number of capacities. He joined WFCR in 1991 and took on several assignments at the station over the years.

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