newscasting

But the study guide also included mild criticism, albeit so oddly worded as to be almost incomprehensible: "Solomon might have offered a fairly more profound examination of why American newscasting neglects to satisfy its beliefs in covering war and the justifications for why political pioneers could feel a sense of urgency to deal with misdirection while tending to people in general."

She even seemed, for a moment, impervious to the fickle nature of newscasting: the critics who excoriated her history of racially insensitive remarks would just as easily anoint her a feminist firebrand for her takedowns of Newt Gingrich and Anthony Weiner.

It’s a new kind of newscasting in a consolidating industry where master control functions, the last line of quality control before broadcast, are increasingly being outsourced.

She said she had a newscasting job but was deeply discouraged and expecting to be let go soon.

“Stations aren’t making as much money as they once did, and some of the requirements have dissipated,” said Allen, the author of “News Is People,” a history of local newscasting.