Telling The Story

How can we help journalism students do better? What are the things journalism students should know before they enter the business? So many of us in this profession, I fear, rarely think about how we welcome newcomers into that profession. I grapple with it often and have written about it in several entries in this blog. I have even authored a how-to book for aspiring local TV news reporters: The Solo Video Journalist, available now through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and the publisher's web site. Vicki Michaelis has taken her own path to help our industry's future. She became a nationally respected and renowned sportswriter, leading USA Today's coverage of the Olympics on six different occasions. She also served as the president of the Association for Women in Sports Media. Then she received an opportunity that she had not foreseen. Michaelis, in 2012, learned of the chance to head the University of Georgia's new sports journalism program. She applied for the job and got it, and for the past five years she has he