© Tom Petner 2012 Search The 24/7Newsroom Directories Agents play an important part in the broadcast industry landscape.  Like it or not, agents are often the primary access job hunters have to news directors and GMs to show off skills – get the inside edge on a job – and act as the go-between in negotiating the fine points of a contract.  Click here to find a complete list of agents in the24/7Newsroom directory.   Agents & Recruiters  Marketing/Promotion: Consultants, Training & Sharing  In this section of the24/7 Newsroom directories you will find an assortment of consultants, training services, companies and information sharing focused on marketing and promotion issues.  Several are full service marketing companies offering creative concepts, promos,”sizzle reels,” commercials and an array of tools to solve creation problems and marketing challenges. Click here to see the list. Music is an integral part of broadcast and multimedia productions.  Find whatever you need in this section of the24/7Newsroom directories, music for newscasts, marketing campaigns, commercials, promos, trailers, interactive projects and more.  Several of the vendors have extensive sound effects libraries.  Click here to see the list of vendors.  News & Production Music/Sound Effects       Design, Graphics and Production Companies In this section of the24/7Newsroom directories you will find a full range of audio, graphics and video production houses - companies that offer a menu of services from audio sweetening and graphics design to video and film production.  Does your graphics package look tired?  Are you looking for stock footage, or on the hunt for a piece of animation?  If so, you can find it all here.  Just click here to connect to the directory. Radio and television announcers perform a variety of important tasks, adding character, tone or even the signature to a newscast, commercial, marketing campaign and more.  See and hear the full list of announcers in the24/7Newsroom directory.  In the self-described outline of their individual work and experiences all of the announcers have included websites where you can get a feel for their work.  Click here to see the list in the directory.   Announcers Journalism Organizations   American Communication Association  American Journalism Review  American Society of Journalists & Authors Asian American Journalists Association Columbia Journalism Review Online  Committee to Protect Journalists Freedom Forum  International Center for Journalists  National Press Club  National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ)  National Association of Hispanic Journalists  National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association  Native American Journalists  Association  Nieman Foundation  Poynter Institute  Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA)  Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) The Pulitzer Prize 

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