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BEHIND THE
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The Capstone Experience
This is my second term teaching the capstone, which is the editorial side of our weekly newscast, Fresno State Focus. These students...

Carey Higgins-Dobney
Feb 1, 20212 min read


Visiting Univision21 in Fresno
Our colleagues at Univision21 in Fresno are awesome and are donating an old set to our studio, so I got to go meet them, see their studio...

Carey Higgins-Dobney
Jul 14, 20191 min read


Fresno State Focus
Fresno State Focus is the weekly 30-minute newscast I get to help put on the air. My official role at this point is to teach the news...

Carey Higgins-Dobney
Nov 1, 20181 min read


A changing look
Behind the scenes is not the only place changes happen at a TV station. The on-air look changes periodically, too! During my time at KGW,...

Carey Higgins-Dobney
Jun 1, 20183 min read


What is automated production, anyway?
Believe it or not, I actually started off as a Broadcasting (read: on-air tv reporting) major at the University of Georgia (GO DAWGS!)....

Carey Higgins-Dobney
Nov 1, 20173 min read


Out in the field
Occasionally I head out with a crew to the field to keep those skills up-to-date, too. No, you will never see me on air. Yes, that is...

Carey Higgins-Dobney
Oct 31, 20172 min read


A peek behind the control room curtain
Or what my former boss called “making the sausage.” Carey note (2020): Before I started teaching multiplatform journalism and television...

Carey Higgins-Dobney
Oct 22, 20174 min read


Clackamas News Online
While I was still working on my dissertation and directing newscasts at KGW, I started teaching broadcast journalism at Clackamas...

Carey Higgins-Dobney
Jul 1, 20171 min read
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