Celebrated Broadcast Veteran talks with Aspiring Digital Writers

Jeff Gralnick is a veteran in the field of broadcast news. MSNBC credits Gralnick as special events producer and field reporter for CBS News, Vice President and Executive producer of Special Events and World News Tonight at ABC News, Executive Producer of the NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw; and Vice President and executive in charge of the development of ABCNews. Gralnick is currently teaching English at Fairfield University and will be addressing a class on Digital Writing on Wednesday April 5th 2006.

Considering a large portion of Mr Gralnick’s career has been spent in the broadcasting industry, it mght be interesting to hear his feelings about the internet becoming people’s major source for news and information. Does he think that this medium is strong enough to put an end to print and broadcast journalism?

As a major figure in the field of broadcast journalism and even internet journalism, how does Gralnick feel about blogs? Many people attend many years of schooling and work hard to elevate themselves enough to be credible news providers. With the introduction of blogging into society any idiot with an internet connection and an opinion can provide millions of people information.