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Mari Fagel | Multimedia Journalist
marifagel.com
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My views on issues and trends in the broadcast industry and my experiences as a reporter.
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New Beginnings: The Legal Lady

I am excited to announce the next step in my career…I’m off to law school. This summer, I will finish up two years reporting at NY1 News and head back home to Los Angeles to attend UCLA L...

13 dec 11

The Media’s Obsession with Celebrity

Last week I attended a Q & A with prominent legal analysts Lisa Bloom and Jeffrey Toobin. Bloom was on hand to discuss her new book THINK: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed Down ...

09 jun 11

Enterprise Reporting: A How-To Guide

When I tell people I’m a one-man-band reporter, they usually all respond the same way. Their first question is “how do you do it alone?” And then they usually ask “How do you find your stories?” So I...

21 apr 11

More than an outsider looking in

In journalism school, it was engrained in me to always be impartial. You are there to report the story, show both sides, and not form judgments, opinions, feelings or at least not to let them influen...

13 apr 11

Reporting in The Big Apple

It’s been a while since I lasted posted. In fact, the last time I posted on my blog, I was a week shy of graduation from the Medill School of Journalism, where I got my Masters. Well, a lot has happe...

17 mar 11

Inside the beltway and out: a reporter’s reflection

Follow my blog with bloglovin Oh, the life of a political reporter in the nation’s capital. What an exhilarating ride it was! From following around Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan at the Capitol (h...

22 jun 10 1 person likes this

Hey senior administration official, why so shy?

Each afternoon, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs briefs the press corps on the news of the day. The reporters ask questions and Gibbs answers as best he can, all while the cameras are rolling...

22 jun 10

News never stops, not even for Andrea Mitchell

I had the opportunity Thursday to watch the behind-the-scenes production of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports.” I shadowed producer Michelle Perry in the hours leading up to and during the show and re...

22 jun 10

Is the Obama Administration cutting out the press corp?

Recently the Obama administration has stepped up its use of social media to send messages directly to the American people, bypassing the press corps. Reporters can’t help but feel left out. If admini...

22 jun 10

How good data analysis reporting can make a difference

The Chicago Tribune investigation, “Judges don’t slow 100 mph speeders,” is a great example of how good journalism can make a difference. (http://bit.ly/aUpLqF) Through their effective data analysis,...

22 jun 10

The Business Behind the Brand: Access Hollywood correspondent Maria Menounos (Part 1)

In today’s crowded media landscape, people have an infinite number of means to consume their news. For entertainment news alone, there is a vast array of choices. They can read celebrity magazines li...

22 jun 10

The Business Behind the Brand: Access Hollywood correspondent Maria Menounos (Part 2)

Another attribute Armano said is essential to branding is to “be remarkable: do something worthy of remark.” Menounos has successfully used her brand to be remarkable. She founded Take Action Hollywo...

22 jun 10

Westin to ABC: Make way for one-man-banders

“The digital age makes our business more competitive than ever before. It also presents us with opportunities we couldn’t have imagined to gather, produce, and distribute the news. We can have great ...

22 jun 10

Should news sites put up a pay wall? (Part 2)

The Global Post is an online-based international news agency that launched in the summer of 2009. While users can access the site for free, they must pay $49.99 a year for a “Passport” me...

22 jun 10

Should news sites put up a pay wall? (Part 1)

With last month’s announcement that the New York Times will begin charging frequent readers to access their site, there has been a lot of discussion about the costs and benefits of pay walls. Critics...

22 jun 10

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