Better Off Stoned: Social Media and the Anchor Brain

The Power of Wow

As much as we were moved by the On the Road piece featured here, what really put us in the holiday […]

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The Secret to Greatness

Doreen Gentzler and the late Jim Vance were a justifiably legendary anchor team at NBC Washington for many years. This […]

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Why Volume Matters

How loudly to speak is one of the most important and revealing choices you can make on camera. Volume — […]

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Joy to the News

In case you missed it, we wanted to share this essay from Roger Ebert’s memoir, reprinted by Salon on reports of his […]

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When Reading Ain’t Leading

The problem that’s really at the heart of most mediocre and uninspiring delivery is that the anchors don’t know what […]

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Power Posture

We’ve known for a long time that how you sit and stand on air is a big deal, because it […]

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Winning Looks

Whether you’re on the desk or in the field, the key to dressing for a newscast is knowing how to […]

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Stand & Deliver Two

Standing to deliver as a solo anchor is one thing.  Working on your feet with a coanchor is its own […]

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Stand & Deliver

Standing to deliver a story should increase your power as a communicator and as an anchor. In “real life,” we […]

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