Barbara Raab

Basic proficiency with the following techniques: gathering and editing video, audio and photographs and uploading to the web; creating slideshows with captions and audio; creating blogs, wikis and RSS feeds; and using social networking tools (Twitter, etc.) in a journalistic context.

Basic proficiency with the following tools: Sony PD-170 and Panasonic GS300/GS500 video cameras; Marantz 620 and 660 audio recorders; Fuji E900 and Canon Rebel still cameras; Final Cut Pro; ProTools; Audacity; Photoshop; WordPress and similar blogging/content management systems; RSS readers; Flickr; Soundslides; Skype; CoverItLive; Mogulus; FTP servers; Twitter, Blellow, Facebook, LinkedIn and MeetUp.

Extensive experience as a speaker, panelist and moderator in corporate and non-profit venues.

I have shared numerous honors for overall excellence with my colleagues at Nightly News, including Emmy, Edward R. Murrow, George Foster Peabody and Headliner Awards.

I have also received awards from NLGJA and the New York City LGBT Community Center for my volunteer contributions.

NBC Nightly News website

My blog

Linked In

My Delicious Bookmarks

Twitter

MeetUp

Blellow

Ink-on-paper: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker

RSS feeds: Al's Morning Meeting, Bitten, BlogTalkRadio, BuzzMachine, Chris Brogan, CollegeJourn, Columbia J-School New Media, Common Craft, CyberJournalist, Daily Beast, Daily Yonder, Eric Umansky, HuffPo, Internet Food Association., Mashable, MediaBistro, NewsTechZilla, NYT Multimedia, PastaQueen, Planet Money, PressThink, ReadWriteWeb, RosenblumTV, Salon, Save the Media, Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, Slate, StevenBerlinJohnson, TV Decoder, Well

On the radio: Morning Edition, The Brian Lehrer Show, On The Media

On television.: C-Span's America and the Courts, Q&A, Book TV, Booknotes, Washington Journal, and American Perspectives; NY1's Inside City Hall; CNN's Larry King Live and the first half of AC 360; The Daily Show; Seinfeld; The Suze Orman Show, and a couple of really cheesy reality shows that shall remain nameless.

I believe that news coverage, newsrooms and schools of journalism should reflect the ethnic, racial, economic and gender diversity of the broader culture, and that the best way to achieve that goal is to ensure a variety of voices and perspectives at all levels of the profession.

I have tried to be a consistent voice for diversity at NBC News, serving as a member of news management's first Diversity Advisory Council and, since my term ended, by consistently drawing attention to diversity in coverage and hiring.

Since its inception, I have been a member of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA), and have held past leadership posts including founder of the Chicago chapter, New York City chapter vice-president, national board member and chair of the NLGJA Journalism Education Program. I was coordinator/writer for the first-ever national survey of gays and lesbians in broadcasting in 1995, and a member of the Advisory Board for a follow-up study in 2000. I have represented NLGJA at national gatherings including Unity Journalists of Color  (1994 and 1999) and several AEJMC conventions, and co-authored an article for the ASJMC journal Insights, "Out of the Closet and Into the Classroom: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues in Journalism Education" (Fall 2006) [PDF].

My professional goal is to continue working in the news industry, and simultaneously preparing the next generation of journalists for a wide variety of careers in the field, including (but not limited to) those that utilize video, audio, text, blogs, live blogs, social networking tools, and things not-yet-invented for storytelling and reporting, and to be an active participant in the public discussion of how and where journalism can survive and thrive. 

I bring to the task significant experience in traditional television news and other media, as well as a demonstrated effort to embrace and incorporate new techniques and tools.

I seek a dynamic learning environment in which rigor, change and institutional self-assessment are welcome norms.

I believe this time of high anxiety for journalism can also be a time of great opportunity.

I currently freelance as a correspondent for Sirius OutQ News. I write and voice short news reports on LGBT legal issues. I also do occasional in-depth, longer reports (see audio clip in sidebar).

I blog.

I have been a freelance contributor since 1981 to print and online outlets including The New York Times, Slate, Salon, MSNBC.com, The Advocate, Chicago Magazine, Crain's Chicago Business, FreedomForum.org, Women's e-News and Student Lawyer (see clips in sidebar).

In the winter of 1998, I was a consulting producer for the Sundance Channel at the Sundance Film Festival. I did dozens of interviews with directors of documentaries and provided production expertise for a live broadcast of the awards ceremony.

From 1996 to 1998, I was a producer and writer for In The Life, a gay/lesbian television news magazine airing on 100+ public television stations nationwide.

I am a writer, producer, reporter, teacher, editor, project manager, storyteller and non-practicing lawyer. For 25+ years, I have made my primary living as a writer, producer and content editor in broadcast newsrooms in Chicago and New York City, while consistently freelancing "on the side" for print, online, and radio outlets.

In addition, I have extensive experience as a classroom teacher, public speaker and writing/producing coach.

In the last few years, I have become a voracious user of social media, including Twitter and Facebook.

I am also an unabashed perpetual student, currently focused on learning and teaching new tools for reporting, storytelling and engaging/collaborating with the public.