Learn how TV NEWS works

From finding stories to winning SPOT NEWS to excelling in a competitive newsroom - all taught by a veteran TV reporter who's lived it

  • MAKE MORE MONEY

  • DEVELOP CONTACTS

  • FIND EXCLUSIVES

  • TELL DYNAMIC TV STORIES

  • CREATE YOUR BRAND

How To Be a Successful
TV Reporter will pull back the curtain on the TV News industry

You'll see how the "news sausage" is made

This course is designed for those of you in school considering a career in TV News. This educational platform may be even more valuable to those of you already in the business.

Follow this course and I will teach you how to get paid, how to get the shifts you want, and how to control the assignments you cover.

I will teach you how to become a BRAND who DARES TO BE DIFFERENT. This will allow you to distinguish your reporting style from others.

This course is designed for...

  • College students considering a career in TV news

  • Young reporters trying to break through

  • Working journalists who want better stories, better assignments, and career growth

TV News Anchor takes the course calling it a Journalistic Game Changer


Blake Eason
Evening News Anchor 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Not everyone wants to be on camera.

The Communications Director of a Major Security Corporation says the course taught him to better understand reporters and why they ask the questions they do.

“How to Be a Successful TV Reporter provides invaluable insight into how journalists gather credible information, build reliable sources, and operate inside a fast-paced newsroom. The course not only improves your ability to craft compelling messages, but also helps you understand how reporters think — making media interactions more effective and impactful.

The lessons on clear, effective messaging are especially valuable for press briefings and crisis communications. As a Public Information Officer, communication is everything, and this course sharpened how I approach every interaction with the media. It's a must-have for anyone in public or media relations who wants to refine their skills.”

Taylor Pepper

Director of Communications
SOLAREN Risk Management

You'll get...

  • 11 written chapters (135 pages) of transparent, in-your-face news reality

    This is a blueprint of How to be a Successful TV Reporter. This course will take you inside the mind of a grizzled veteran TV Reporter who hears the constant tick tock of the news clock from the moment he wakes till his story airs. I'll teach you about the non-stop deadlines, the relentless pressure to win and the constant challenge of finding stories in an ever-changing news cycle. I'll teach you how to juggle all of it so you can find exclusives, tell great stories, and most of all build a brand that sets you apart from the pack.

  • Interviews and segments from video journalists, news anchors and producers

    Students will hear from lifelong video journalists with 40 and even 50 years in the business. These men and women began where you are now. They have seen everything you can and will see. They will tell you the unadulterated News truth on how to succeed.

  • Hours of video instruction and testimonials

    Watch me go to a live shot and then deconstruct the scene in real time so you can learn how to command the screen during a breaking news event. Get in the car with me and go to a story where you will see how we pick and choose what elements to put into the news basket and what elements to sacrifice. All my videos are cinematically charged examples of the high visual dynamic I bring to my stories. I show you my style because I want you to embrace it, daring to be different while creating your own unique brand.

After taking this course, students will...

  • Know what it takes to win a TV News story. I will give you a blue print of how to find a great story, tell a great story and brand yourself as the go to reporter in your newsroom.

  • Learn how to be vibrant and memorable on camera. I’ll teach you to think outside the box, while DARING TO BE DIFFERENT.

  • Understand how to control a live shot with energy and creativity so that producers want you in their shows, news directors take notice, and viewers remember your name.

  • Know how to find and cultivate sources, the backbone of the EXCLUSIVE news story. I will teach you to protect your sources and develop their trust. This relationship can provide you with exclusive stories for years maximizing your value to your news managers.

  • Understand that NEWS is an unforgiving beast that doesn't care about You, your family, your plans. This course is transparent and real, warning aspiring TV reporters about the long hours, lack of pay, & difficulty getting holidays and time off. You'll hear firsthand from grizzled veterans about maintaining relationships, raising children, making ends meet and trying to live a normal life while covering an abnormal world.

  • Quickly learn that it is the REPORTERS job to find “new” and Fresh News. Your News Director will expect you to bring him a lead story every single day. After taking this course you will understand the expectations and the pressures that come with the position and why so many promising young TV reporters quit.

    I’ll teach you how to excel while others struggle.

Course curriculum

    1. WELCOME TO HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL TV REPORTER

    2. CHAPTER 1: Truth - Wisdom & Insights from a life long Broadcast Journalist

    1. CHAPTER 2: IS TV NEWS THE RIGHT CAREER FOR YOU?

    1. CHAPTER 3: HOW TO FIND STORIES

    1. CHAPTER 4: LIVE TV

    1. CHAPTER 5: SOURCES & TRUST

    1. CHAPTER 6: NEWS GATHERING 101

About this course

  • $199.00
  • 38 lessons
  • 4.5 hours of video content

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