Evaluating Online Resources

I went to google and typed in "how to be a good television reporter." I found an obscure website called "atotalwaste.com". The link is: http://www.atotalwaste.com/getajob/10stepstvreporter.html. At first when I read the top of the site,it sounded like a sarcastic, bitter person telling people what they think of the news industry. Once I read the ten steps they listed, I realized their advice was real.The website lists ten steps you can take to become a television reporter. The ten steps the author lists are 1. Become a news junkie, 2. Learn to write, 3. Find your voice, 4. Sharpen your appearance, 5. Get experience, 6. Make a resume tape, 7. Target the markets, 8. Hit the road, 9. Network, and 10. Ace the interview. While these steps are all important ones to take when wanting to become a television reporter, this website makes it sound like it's so easy when in reality it can be very difficult to get a television reporting job. The website has no advice on how to be a GOOD television reporter, it just has advice on how to become a television reporter in general. It seems to me that the website may give some people false hope if they do have a dream of becoming a television reporter because it makes it sound so easy to get a television reporting job when it's actually hard in some cases. However, I will say the advice given was pretty good for a website with the title being atotalwaste.com.If someone who wanted a television reporting job read this site, they would probably think it looks so easy to become a television reporter, so to me this website is very misleading. As a telecom major, I know how hard it can be to get a job as a television reporter off the bat. Although getting experience is one of the steps included in the website, the site makes it sound like getting experience is easy. Applying for internships is a long process and a lot of places don't take many interns. Also, getting into the broadcasting program can be difficult at universities. For instance, at the University of Florida one needs to take a writing test to even get into the broadcasting part of the telecom major. While the advice is good advice, the website's title is atotalwaste.com which probably makes people think the website is unreliable. There are no footnotes on the page, and there is no place to comment either. There is no author name, but the information provided by the author was taken from fabjob.com which is a website that has tips on how to get certain jobs. I actually thought the advice was quite interesting and had a lot of fun reading it. However, I don't think I would ever recommend this site to anyone trying to find a television reporting job!