Episode 13: Mara MacDonald, WDIV Channel 4 Reporter
Manage episode 409434670 series 3559611
Have you ever seen a television news live truck with its satellite up in your neighborhood and wondered what happens inside that cramped tin can on wheels? Well, Mara MacDonald, veteran reporter with WDIV Channel 4, Detroit’s NBC affiliate, talks with us about traveling from story to story in the live truck during the evening shift. During this episode, she also gets into what it’s like to cover public corruption and mass casualty events; debunks myths about television news being glamorous and offers some advice to women aspiring to be television journalists.
Links associated with this pod
Mara MacDonald’s Bio, Social Media & Stories https://www.clickondetroit.com/team/PYNJEPLHCBD2TDCE7SFABB32HM/
Mara’s Twitter https://twitter.com/MaraMacDonald
Michigan State Budget Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pujApUfQ3o EMT Attack Story https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10154384838596002 UAW Strike Story https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=10154321586141002
Listen to Flack Talk here: -Spotify -Apple Podcasts -Amazon Music / Audible -iHeart Radio -Audacy -Deezer -Gaana -Player FM -FlackTalk.com -YouTube.com/@jamesecanning
#CherylChodun #WDIV #Detroit #FlackTalk #SanDiego #MaraMacDonald #Michigan #Fox #CBS #NBC #ABC #Costco #DireStraits #TheWitcher #GameofThrones #GOT #Luxury #Pain #MichiganStateUniversity #MSU26 episódios