AI Could Interview You for Your Next Job. Here’s What You Need to Know.From high energy to keywords, career experts explain what AI is looking for in your job interview answers. Dec 16 25December 16, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
How to Build an Engaging, Successful NewsletterNewsletter editors explain how to find your niche, trust your voice and strategize getting paid subscriptions. Nov 11 25November 11, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
From TV to Digital to Audio: Here’s Where to Find a Journalism JobWhether your are looking for audio journalism jobs on listservs or combing LinkedIn for a digital role, here's how to curate your search. Oct 14 25October 14, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
How These Journalists Carved Out Their Own BeatsFrom niche newsletters to network news segments, learn how to build sources and credibility in your journalism beat. Sep 25 25September 25, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
How to Attend Journalism Conferences on a BudgetCan't afford the pricy registrations, airfares and hotels at NABJ, AAJA and NAHJ? Check out these workarounds. Jul 01 25July 01, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
How to Report on ‘Positive News’ Without Being CornyPositive news stories can veer into corny clickbait. But these good news sites cover the helpers, changemakers and innovators in communities. Jun 04 25June 04, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
Welcome to the Expansive Universe of Asian American and Pacific Islander MediaThere are over 700 Asian American news and media outlets in the U.S. From Pacific Islander news to science platforms, learn more here. May 21 25May 21, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
Why Journalists Need to Report on the Local Impact of National NewsBetween the economy and education, there is no shortage of angles for local journalists to cover when it comes to national news. Apr 15 25April 15, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
‘Average American,’ ‘Coastal Elite,’ ‘Inner City’: How Journalists Can Avoid Regional StereotypesRegional tropes like "coastal elite," "urban" and "average American" may be a quick way to evoke an image, but they're not fair or accurate. Mar 19 25March 19, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
How Journalists Can Responsibly Cover the California WildfiresReporters are going viral for insensitive coverage of the California wildfires. Here's how journalists can do better. Jan 13 25January 13, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
Tools for Teaching Students Media LiteracyMeet the organizations ensuring the next generation can detect misinformation and get educated on media literacy. Jan 08 25January 08, 2025Article at nbcuacademy.com
How Journalists Can Create Boundaries with SourcesShould you follow sources on Instagram? Flippantly use emoji? Learn how to be friendly without being friends. (Vesnaandjic / Getty Images) At a movie premiere in 2023, journalist Sebastián Garrido was the next in line to interview one of the… Oct 23 24October 23, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com
Why Childcare Is a Growing Beat in JournalismThe pandemic exposed how integral childcare is to everyday American life. Journalists took note. Journalist Chabeli Carrazana covered the economy when she first joined The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom focused on gender, politics and policy. But it… Oct 02 24October 02, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com
How Journalists Can Responsibly Cover Multiracial PeopleDuring an interview at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in July, former President Donald Trump accused Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris — who is of Indian and Jamaican descent — of deciding to “turn Black.” Many… Sep 10 24September 10, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com
3 Out of 4 Journalists Have Been Harassed Online. Here’s How to Protect Yourself.Journalists who’ve experienced harassment offer advice for dealing with the trolls. (FG Trade/Getty Images) From the moment Angela Chen appeared as an on-air reporter in Houston, viewers sent her messages on social media. Most had nothing to do with… Jul 22 24July 22, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com
Many People Get Jobs Through Networking. But What If You Have Social Anxiety?Here’s how to make connections even when situations seem overwhelming. (PeopleImages/Getty Images) After college graduation, I attended my first Asian American Journalists Association convention, excited to network and meet other journalists. But at… Jul 10 24July 10, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com
Ghosted After a Job Interview? Here’s How to Bounce Back.There are lessons, even a little hope, to take away from an employer’s silent rejection. (Pheelings Media/Getty Images) A few years ago, multimedia journalist Andrea Kramar connected with a TV network recruiter who thought she’d be perfect for an… Jul 03 24July 03, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com
War, Abuse, Climate Disasters: How Journalists Can Be Sensitive to TraumaNewsrooms have been leaning into trauma-informed journalism in recent years. Here’s what that means. When NBC News reporter Nicole Acevedo was assigned a story about the impact of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan in 2022, she set… May 20 24May 20, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com
Understanding — and Avoiding — Asian American StereotypesJournalists must first learn the histories of racial tropes if they want to stop perpetuating them. Before Will Schick became a journalist, he served in the United States Marine Corps. He was one of only a few Asian Americans in his 2007 training… May 01 24May 01, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com
Media Is in Flux. Don’t Let That Dissuade You From a Journalism Career.There are many reasons a journalism education still matters. (milanvirijevic/Getty Images) At a recent get-together with friends, I mentioned to an acquaintance that I teach journalism at the University of Southern California. “Maybe you should talk… Apr 17 24April 17, 2024Article at nbcuacademy.com